Proletariats In Russia During The Twentieth Century: Source Analysis

The working conditions of the proletariats in Russia during the twentieth century was nothing short of inhuman. No factory legislation to protect labour meant that employees had to work long hours in dangerous environments and were underpaid which they had to accept since workers' strikes were illegal. Source C provides clear evidence of the horrid working conditions, this primary source is a photograph taken of proletariats towing a barge on the River Volage in Russia. The small number of men compared to the large and weightily barge is a incomparable ratio and such labour would be unacceptable in today’s society. Source C would be considered reliable because it is a snapshot of the past taken without an alternate motive, it is simply a photograph that the audience can make a judgement on straight away as every photo portrays a story. …show more content…
By examining source C we can see that it is substantially useful to a historian studying the working conditions of the proletariats in Russia because it gives a truthful insight to the past by visually witnessing one of the many acts of