The economic circumstances of the Russian working class

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• The working-class history in general of Russia

• The wage crisis in Russia, 1996–2000

Falling wages

The Daily Californian, (Berkeley), 1 April 1998. Berkely study shows that real wages have declined by 50 percent following the fall of communism. Unemployment increased from 1.1 percent in 1991 to 13 percent in 1996, reaching 22 percent among those between the ages of 18 and 25.