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How did governments in pre - revolutionary Russia deal with social and political unrest?  

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How did governments in pre - revolutionary Russia deal with social and political unrest? Social, political and economical unrest was not unheard of in pre - revolutionary Russia. The Tsarist government being as stubborn as they were chose to take a series of measures which they thought would control the masses of revolutionaries. These measures were often carried out in extreme ways, which in-turn created a greater hatred for the Tsar and his ruling class. The following passages will explain the Tsarist government's motives and reasons for their ways of dealing with the social and political unrest in pre - revolutionary Russia, and how it was carried out. It was known by the Russian ruling class, that reforms in Russian society were needed, although doing this was not as easy as it sounds. Severe reforms would result in minimising the Tsar's power. No Tsar was prepared to do this, no matter...

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