The first English-language account of the changing role of children in the Russian workforce, from the onset of industrialization until the Communist Revolution of 1917, and an examination of the laws that would establish children's labor rights.
At the height of the Russian industrial revolution, legions of children toiled in factories, accounting for fifteen per cent of the workforce. This title presents an account of the changing role of children in the Russian workforce, from the onset of industrialization until the Communist Revolution of 1917.