Opposition from political parties

Question 1

Who were the main opposing Political parties under the Tsars?

Answer 1

-The Populists/ Narodnik’s
-The people’s will
-the social revolutionaries
-The social democrats
-The Liberals
-The Kadets and the Octoberists

Question 2

Populists aims? ALEX II

Answer 2

-own brand of socialism

Question 3

What book did Populist Chernyshevsky publish and what did it entail?

Answer 3

‘what is to be done’
-how poor Russians could be released from their misery

Question 4

What large event did Pytor Lyvov organise? (Populist)

Answer 4

‘-going to the people campaigns’ (1873-4)
-4000 students going to countryside to politically educate peasants.

Question 5

When did the populist movement become more organised?

Answer 5

-When it turned into the land and liberty movement
-Failed because of disagreements on violence (black repartition).

Question 6

Leaders of the Populists?

Answer 6

-Nikolai Chernyshevsky and Pytor Lyvov

Question 7

The People’s will aims? ALEXANDER II

Answer 7

-Spark violent revolution and kill the Tsar

Question 8

How many attempts did the people’s will make on Tsar?

Answer 8

-Four before he was killed in 1881.

Question 9

SR’s aims? NICHOLAS II

Answer 9

-improving the living conditions of the poorest in society.

Question 10

What were the SR responsible for?

Answer 10

-2000 political killings including grand duke Sergei.
-right of party appealed to peasants, left to industrials
-biggest threat to Tsardom- getting momentum past revolution

Question 11

SD aims? (eventually became Bolc and Mench) NICHOLAS

Answer 11

-encouraging working class consciousness.

Question 12

Who was the leader of the SD?

Answer 12

-George Plekanhov

Question 13

Since the workers showed no interest in Marxist theory, what did the SD’s focus on?

Answer 13

-improving pay and working hours.

Question 14

Liberal aims? NICHOLAS

Answer 14

-constituent assembly
-freedom
-justice.

Question 15

Who founded the libertarian party?

Answer 15

Pytor Sturve

Question 16

Kadets and Octoberist aims?

Answer 16

-constitutional monarchy.

Question 17

Who led the Kadets?

Answer 17

-Paul Milyukov

Question 18

Who led the Octoborists?

Answer 18

-Alexander Guchyov

Question 19

What did the Octoberist and Kadets both support?

Answer 19

-Nicholas II October manifesto.

Question 20

Who opposed the Provisional Government?

Answer 20

-The Bolchevicks

Question 21

Who was deemed to be a bigger threat to the provisional government than the Bolsheviks?

Answer 21

-Strength of workers committees in Petrograd. (of whom supported Bolsheviks)

Question 22

What evidence shows that the Bolshevik opposition was substantial?

Answer 22

-won the majority of elections in the PG.

Question 23

How many votes/ seats did the Bolshevik government gain in the provisional government?

Answer 23

9.8M votes and 175 seats.

Question 24

What did Lenin believe about elections?

Answer 24

-there would be no consolidation of power with elections.

Question 25

What opposition did Lenin initially face in terms of his party?

Answer 25

-Left SR’s saw him as a traitor to the revolution and a German collaborator.