>>514926321
Tsarist Russia proved the people will never revolt until they begin to starve. That's as true in the 19th-20th century as it is today. Bread is infinitely more important than circuses.
>>17955228
You can't pretend like Tsarist Russia wasn't a backwater medieval shithole in comparison to the rest of Europe which only began to change once Nicholas II and his family were offed.