▁being ▁crow ded ▁together ▁in ▁the ▁cities , ▁was ▁much ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁protest ▁and ▁go ▁on ▁strike ▁than ▁the ▁pe asant ry ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁previous ▁times . ▁In ▁one ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁survey , ▁it ▁was ▁found ▁that ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 1 6 ▁people ▁shared ▁each ▁a partment ▁in ▁Saint ▁Petersburg , ▁with ▁six ▁people ▁per ▁room . ▁There ▁was ▁also ▁no ▁running ▁water , ▁and ▁p iles ▁of ▁human ▁waste ▁were ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁the ▁health ▁of ▁the ▁workers . ▁The ▁poor ▁conditions ▁only ▁ag gra v ated ▁the ▁situation , ▁with ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁strik es ▁and ▁inc idents ▁of ▁public ▁dis order ▁rapidly ▁increasing ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁shortly ▁before ▁World ▁War ▁I . ▁Because ▁of ▁late ▁industrial ization , ▁Russia ' s ▁workers ▁were ▁highly ▁concentr ated . ▁By ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁ 4 0 % ▁of ▁Russian ▁workers ▁were ▁employed ▁in ▁fact ories ▁of ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 + ▁workers ▁( 3 2 % ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 ). ▁ 4 2 % ▁worked ▁in ▁ 1 0 0 – 1 , 0 0 0 ▁worker ▁enter pr ises , ▁ 1 8 % ▁in ▁ 1 – 1 0 0 ▁worker ▁business es ▁( in ▁the ▁US , ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁the ▁figures ▁were ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 4 7 ▁and ▁ 3 5 ▁respectively ). ▁ ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁cha os . ▁Cons cription ▁across ▁Russia ▁resulted ▁in