Peasant's in Tsarist Russia were very badly off. They would wake up evry morning in freezing temperatures in their little izbas(huts). This made them save a quater of the room in the hut for a perch, or large stove that was fueled with straw. They would be practically starving from the shortage of food because of the lack of crop production. This was due to the poor, hard, and sometimes swampy soil conditions. They all had to bond together, peasant to peasant and share food from a common bowl just so their bellies would be some what satisfied. This became a sign of friendship and trust, which was a good feeling for these peasants considering they were ruled by a ruthless and selfish tsars. These same tsars heavily taxed these peasants which brought them down into complete poverty. The only thing that kept them pushing on was story telling. This was when peasant families would sit down together and tell eachother stories of how the future would be bright and full. This and the trust they all had in eachother enabled them to persevere through hard times. These people most certainly would support the idea for a Revolution. This is because they were economically in poverty and needed change in order for them to have better lives.
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