The fact that 70% of Russia's population was illiterate should definitely say something about the state they were in during WW1

And people wonder why the Revolution happened...

it happened for many resons

>tfw other European powers rejected Russia's plan to have a European christian alliance after the napoleonic war

mostly the war

but also ethnic tensions

russia pre wwi was largely agrarian

and others

"We wuz Christians n shiet"

What were the literacy levels in Western Europe of that time btw

not amazing probs

Curio

better than russia tho

Over 70%

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literacy is a meme

tbh

>ywn get to be a cossack charging a machine gun nest for your Tsar

it was pushed on the masses for ideological reasons

Ye I guess I can't argue with that

it's not a good metric of anything

yeah cuba has a high literacy rate and they are gay af

Actually no most were like 50-60%

you think the 19th century factory worker benefited much from being able to read well?

nope

"Literacy is not a good metric of anything" yep, it's big brain time

I'm not saying reading bad

the eastern front didnt rerally use trench warfare dana

I'm saying it was pushed on the pop

from the top down

i know but they still had machine guns @Lucienne d'Anwyl

for ideological reasons

and did not actually serve much purpose in the immediate

yeah literacy was pushed by Protestants and communists

not just

"Look at all these soulless ideologues wanting people to know how to read!!!"

but also those, yes

stop being gay, kitten

I'm just describing facts

not judging them

Well yes I mean of course