Causes Of Poverty In Russia

Under the rule of the Tsar there was severe poverty throughout Russia. Finding work was difficult for the poor due to lack of education and location I which they lived. Majority of the population in Russia were not educated and some children did go to school because their families could afford it. To provide for their family’s men and women would go into the city to work and send money and supplies to their families. The main causes of anxiety during Russia was lack of jobs that would help families survive due to the corruption and of the unconcerned Tsar.
In the Russian villages, women faced large hardships with the absence of their husbands. “… it was the women who suffered most. Pregnancies, numerous childbirths and mistreatment from drunken husbands or lovers cost them dearly” (Blom 127). Women who were married …show more content…
One workers spoke to the crowd and said, “You know why we are going. We are going to the Tsar for the Truth. Our life is beyond endurance ... Now we must save Russia from the bureaucrats under whose weight we suffer. They squeeze the sweat and blood out of us. You know our workers’ life. We live ten families to the room. Do I speak truth?’” (Blom 141). Their mission was to go to the Tsar but they were not able to because members of the police began to open fire at the crowd killing workers and priests. The people of Russia could not trust their Tsar and this has caused them their anxiety. “The situation was deteriorating fast, with strikes and unrest now also flaring up in other cities, particularly in Moscow” (Bloom142). Many want to better their lives but some were discouraged because of the fear of being killed. Their persistence to change the system that is holding them both financially and politically continued. The march in which Bloody Sunday occurred was a peaceful march, but they will no longer be peaceful in fighting