1. What impact did industrialisation have on Russian society: 1881-1904?
To understand the consequences of industrialisation on Russia’s development after 1881.

2. How was Russian society structured?
Urban working-class
Middle class
Nobility

3. The Middle Class:
Size:
Change (as a result of industrialisation)
Opportunities:
Difficulties:
The Urban Working –Class

4. Look at the activity on page 54
Look at the activity on page 54. What would have been the consequences of each of these developments?
A growing middle class – this would have created a more educated group who would have been keen to achieve more political participation. This might then lead to more challenge to autocracy in the form of opposition.