This cartoon shows the strong separation of classes in imperial Russia. Social structure is one of the most important themes in imperial Russia. The pyramid represents numbers: the majority of the population is at the bottom. HEIRARCHY IS SHOWN: fixed, rigid, ranked according to authority. Opposite of western idea of social mobility.
Intended audience: lower class- specifically peasants, urban workers, proletariats. Work with hands as a pose to the intelligentsia, that work with their hands. Peasants lived in rural areas, but revolutions took place in cities.
Intended message: to make peasants and proletarians question this structure. While they do the work, the upper class takes things. DEMAND CHANGE. Showed OPPOSITION to Tsardom, which was believed to keep Russia a backwards nation. This separation was one of the main causes of the Russian Revolution, specifically in result of the growing middle class.
This cartoon shows the strong separation of classes in imperial Russia. Social structure is one of the most important themes in imperial Russia. The pyramid represents numbers: the majority of the population is at the bottom.
HEIRARCHY IS SHOWN: fixed, rigid, ranked according to authority. Opposite of western idea of social mobility.
Intended audience: lower class- specifically peasants, urban workers, proletariats. Work with hands as a pose to the intelligentsia, that work with their hands.
Peasants lived in rural areas, but revolutions took place in cities.
Intended message: to make peasants and proletarians question this structure. While they do the work, the upper class takes things. DEMAND CHANGE. Showed OPPOSITION to Tsardom, which was believed to keep Russia a backwards nation. This separation was one of the main causes of the Russian Revolution, specifically in result of the growing middle class.
by: Greta Hiestand