Matthew Raphael Johnson has posted a link of a book called Undiscovered Russia by an American traveller Steven Graham throughout Russia in 1912 detailing the social/economic reality of Russia prior to the events of 1917 on his site The Orthodox Medievalist
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Undiscovered Russia a free (public domain) book in .pdf format written by Steven Graham in 1912.
It is an account of Mr. Graham's months of travels through 1912 Russia, explaining her holiness, prosperity and general sense of justice.
This is a very rare book where Mr. Graham clearly shows how traditional economic and social patterns are superior to mechanized and modern ones. Graham also argues that the Russian peasant is a deeply moral person, happy, and truly the center of the nation.