Significance

Short-Term:

The October Revolution brought many good opportunities but also some hardship. ”Even though workplace conditions may have been increasing in quality, the overall quality of life for workers was not improving. There were still shortages of food and the increased wages workers had obtained did little to provide for their families” (Unrest by workers, soldiers, and peasants). “In the early 1900s, Russia was one of the most impoverished countries in Europe with an enormous peasantry and a growing minority of poor industrial workers. Much of Western Europe viewed Russia as an undeveloped, backward society” (“When Was the Russian Revolution”). The people of Russia were treated poorly during the days leading up to the October revolution. After that, people and the economy got better. Women got rights, peasants and slaves got land, and the NEP made the economy thrive again. The overall quality of life for most Russians stayed the same. They had food shortages, wages increased but still weren’t enough for people to provide for their families. So in a sense things got better but not life.