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THE NATURE, EXTENT & EFFECTIVENESS OF OPPOSITION Flashcards

1
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Who were the two chief proponents of the Populist cause?

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Chernyshevsky and Lavrov.

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In what years did the Narodniks go to the peasants?

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1874 and 1876

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What did Chernyshevsky publish? When?

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What is to be Done? In 1863.

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What campaign did Lavrov organise?

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‘Going to the People’ from 1873 to 74, involving approximately 4000 university students.

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What formed in 1876?

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Land & Liberty.

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6
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What year did the People’s Will form? What did they turn to?

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  1. Turned to ‘the propaganda of the deed’ (violence) as a means to spark revolution.
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Who was a notable member of Land & Liberty? What did they do?

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Vera Zalsulich who shot and injured General Trepov in 1878.

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What was the significance of the Vera Zalsulich case?

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She was acquitted in April 1878 and exiled in Switzerland despite all evidence. Never again would the government risk the open courts.

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9
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Who led the Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1901?

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Chernov.

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What two groups did the Socialist Revolutionaries split into by 1905?

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Left-wing SRs and the more moderate right-wing SRs.

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11
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How many political killings were the left SRs responsible for? Give a two examples of people who were assassinated by this group.

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2000.

Including Grand Duke Sergei and Vyacheslav Plehve.

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12
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How did NII deal with the opposition presented by the SRs? What was the later issue with this?

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Stolypin’s Necktie.

Stolypin was assassinated by a members of the SRs in 1911.

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13
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Who did the right SRs appeal to?

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Peasants.

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14
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When were the SDs founded?

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In 1898.

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15
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Which group assassinated AII?

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People’s Will.

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16
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Who were the SDs influenced by?

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An interpretation of Marx’s work by George Plekhanov.

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17
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What was the name of the notable liberal group under AII? Give two people who were part of this group.

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Intellegensia.

Herzen & Bakunin.

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18
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What were liberal ideas supported by under the Tsars?

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The emergence of the Zemstva and the mid-1890s revival of the concept of a Zemstva union.

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What was formed in 1904 as liberal opposition? Who created it?

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Union of Liberation - demanded greater freedoms and justice for all Russians.
Struve.

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What two liberal opposition groups were formed after the 1905 October Manifesto?

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Kadets and Octoberists.

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21
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Who led the Kadets?

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Milyukov.

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What significant action did the Kadets along with the Trudoviks take after the closing of the first Duma?

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Vyborg Manifesto.

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Who was the leader of the Octoberists?

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Guchkov.

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24
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Why was there a lack of successful opposition before 1917?

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Due partly to the control exerted by successive tsars, but also the lack of unity within and between opposition groups.

25
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What was the main concern for the PG?

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The growing strength of workers’ committees, especially in Petrograd.

26
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What clearly shows that opposition towards the Bolsheviks was substantial?

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The elections to the Constituent Assembly.

The Bolsheviks lost 175 seats to 370 for the SRs.

27
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What was Lenin’s initial justification for the closing down of the Constituent Assembly?

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‘The Russian soviets place the interest of the toiling masses far above the interests of treacherous compromise disguised in a new garb’.

28
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When did the SDs split? Into what two groups?

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1903 - Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.

29
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Who led the Mensheviks? Who was involved in the Mensheviks originally?

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Martov.

Trotsky was originally a member.

30
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Where is there evidence of political opposition in the Civil War?

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White armies - political opponents from the Constituent Assembly.

31
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What did the existence of Green armies suggest about the nature of the civil war and opposition?

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Not simply about party politics, but also concerned conflicts about nationalities and regions.

32
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Who is an example of a dissident tag the Tsars randomly removed from their post?

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Witte, finance minister from 1892 to 1903, unexpectedly demoted to chairman of ministers. But later given the role of Prime Minister from 1905-6.

33
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What clique formed within the Politburo after Lenin’s death?

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Triumvirate consisting of Zinoviev, Kamenev and Stalin to combative growing influence of Trotsky.

34
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What did the left emphasise the need for under Trotsky? What did the right emphasise? After Lenin’s death.

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Left = press for Permanent Revolution.
Right = need for socialism in one country.
35
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What did Trotsky, Kamenev and Zinoviev respond to Stalin’s split with them by forming?

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The United Opposition Group.

36
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What happened to Trotsky after forming the United Opposition group in 1927? Then later in 1929?

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Expelled from the party, and after continuing to provoke trouble was exiled to Kazakhstan. In 1929 he was expelled from the USSR all together.

37
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Who was removed in 1929? Which two members also suffered demotions?

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Bukharin was removed from his positions.

Tomsky and Rykov also suffered.

38
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What happened to those who opposed Stalin’s collectivisation measures?

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Lost their party card, reducing total membership by about a tenth.

39
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What happened to members of the Politburo from the mid-1930s?

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Exiled or executed after being branded ‘oppositionists’.

40
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What was the difference in dealing with opposition in Khrushchev’s time in power?

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De-stalinisation resulted in an end to purging and greater tolerance of political criticism.

41
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What was a notable success for workers under NII?

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October Manifesto.

42
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What rose in 1956?

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The minimum wage.

43
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Which peasants tended to be more involved in political opposition?

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Older, more educated peasants.

44
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Why was peasant opposition taken so seriously?

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As they constituted 70-80% of the population at any point.

45
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What changed in the attitude of peasants after the Emancipation Edict?

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Became more inventive and politically intelligent in the methods they used to demand improvements.

46
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How did peasants oppose after the Emancipation Edict?

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Appropriated ‘private’ and state land, refused to pay taxes, robbed warehouses and stores, physically attacked landowners and resorted to incendiary.

47
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What peasant revolt in 1906-7 was initially put down with a great deal of force?

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The Black Earth Revolts.

48
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What seemed to pacify peasants? When did opposition restart again after this?

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Stolypins reforms from 1908 to 1914, but the upheaval of the First World War ignited another phase of peasant revolt.

49
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What were established by some peasants in the Civil War period? Who led these?

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A number of quasi-independent peasants armies, led by heroes such as Chapayev.

50
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When did large numbers of peasants die? Due to what?

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Thousands of peasants died as a result of the different phases of collectivisation there was opposition to the scale and speed of reform, and the loss of the mir (dismantled in 1930).

51
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How were peasants affected by Khrushchev’s rule?

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Little rural unrest, though Khrushchev’s agricultural policies were not especially successful.

52
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When did workers become more susceptible to opposition groups?

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When the pace of industrialisation quickened, especially during and after Witte’s ‘Great Spurt’.

53
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What is an example of poor working conditions?

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No factory inspectorate until 1882. 10-hour working days were not introduced until 1914.

54
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What workers strike occurred in 1885?

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Morozov dye works, involved over 8000 workers.

55
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What was the most famous strike during the WW1 period?

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23rd February 1917 at the Putilov works in St Petersburg.

56
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What was there a rise in for workers by the 1940s?

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Rise in the number of workers suicides accosted with the pressures of failing to meet production targets.

57
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What was opposition like during WW2?

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No strikes, although there were early examples of a lack of support for the conflict.

58
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What is an example of a workers strike in Khrushchev’s period?

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1962: workers at Novocherhassk protested against food shortages and rising food prices.

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