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Political positive
National Duma existed; 3rd Duma helps to pass important agarian and social legislation; radical leaders exiled through the work of the Okhrana; the regime was politically stable.
Political negative
Dumas frequently dissolved; Tsar passes fundamental laws; 1906 vyborg appeal; opposition only held back through repression; assassinations continue (1911 Stolypin)
Economic positive
Growth rate reaches 8.5%; Russia is world's 5th largest industrial power; agarian reforms improve agricultural productivity; growth utilises internal investment
Economic negative
Economic development = social strain; still heavily reliant on foreign investment (eg France); Russia was growing slower than other developing countries; 90% of land was still scattered strips
Social Positive
55% of children in full time education; literacy rate improves to 40%; new welfare legislations such as 1912 health insurance scheme; trade unions legalised; agarian reforms = wealthy kulaks; expansion of the professions; large support for Romanov Tercentenary
Social negative
Growth of militancy and strikes; support was more for Russia than the Romanovs; hatred of Alexandra and Rasputin (mad monk); Lena Goldfields massacre; as one peasant became richer, another became poorer; appalling living and working conditions; lack of doctors and teachers in rural areas
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