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1
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What did the populists believe?

A

Future lays in the hands of peasants

2
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Who believed that the future lies with the peasants?

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Populists

3
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What was a nickname for the populists?

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Narodniks

4
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Who were the Narondiks?

A

Populists

5
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Characterise the Populists

A

Revolutionaries

6
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When did the Populists form?

A

1870s

7
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What did the Populisst argue?

A

Agricultural communes

Cooperative workshops which would provide a base for the Russian economy Without restoring communism

8
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What was the position of the Populists in 1894?

A

Not pose as much as a threat

Failed to mobilise large scale support

9
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Who were the members of the Populist party?

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Young Intelligentsia, who thought they could convince the way Russia was ruled

10
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Did the young intelligentsia fulfil their aim of convincing the peasants?

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As peasants didn’t materialise

11
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What emerged in the early 20th century?

A

Populist movement from the socialists revolutionaries

12
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When was the Populists movement from the Social Revolutionaries?

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Early 20th century

13
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Why was the Populist movement in the Socialist revolutionaries important?

A

Mark the shift in an attempt to represent the interests of people in the new urban areas of Russia

14
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How are the leaders drawn up?

A

Lead is drawn up from the middle and upper-class

15
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What was the goal of the populist party

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Overthrow Tsarism

16
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How did the Populists use terrorism?

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The propaganda of the deed

Peoples will

17
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Who did the Populists assassinate

A

Alexander II

18
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What did Populism inspire?

A

Other thinkers and groups

19
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What did the populists do to the peasants?

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Moved from university to country side to educates the peasants on revolution

20
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Why policy did the populists use with the peasants?

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“Going to the people policy”

21
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What did the populists do after 1879?

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The people’s will

22
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Who was assassinated?

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Murdered Alexander II

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