"Russia's income inequality was not exceptional, either in comparison to contemporary societies or when stacked up against estimates for the post-Soviet period. That being said, recent research indicates that the level of inequality in the country was not particularly unusual - both for the time and compared with today's levels. Around 80% of the population may have been living in rural areas around the year 1900. The czarist family lived a life of luxury, as illustrated by the ornate Fabergé eggs they commissioned and collected, while much of the population lived in poverty. However, czarist Russia was fertile ground for a revolution. Prior to the establishment of the Soviet Union, Russia was a monarchy ruled by a king, or czar.
Vladimir Lenin, first leader of the Soviet Union, giving a speech in Moscow in 1919 (Image credit: UniversalImagesGroup via Getty Images)
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