Every time you learn more about imperial russia you think “surely it can’t be worse than that” but no, there’s always something more. recently I learned about the workers barracks where they lived crammed in dormitories (can’t find a picture unfortunately) around the turn of the 20th century, and the land captains who were nobles tasked with keeping the peasants in line by punishing them severely around the countryside. Doesn’t take a whole lot to understand why a revolution happened.