5 - Radical Thinkers and Populist Opposition Flashcards
Whose ideas influenced young people? What view was promoted?
Radical thinkers
Socialism
Who was Chernyshevsky? What book did he write in 1863?
Editor of The Contemporary
What is to be done?
What view did Chernyshevsky have about revolution?
Peasants had to lead it for it to be successful
Who was Herzen? What structure did this advocate?
Editor of The Bell
Peasant based revolution
Who was Bakunin? What type of ownership did he promote?
Anarchist/socialist
Collective ownership
Whose book did Bakunin translate? What did he believe in?
Marx's Communist Manifesto A struggle of working and middle class would lead to a perfect society
What year did Lavrov encourage a populist movement? What was the name of the movement?
1874
Go to the people
How many Narodniks joined “Go to the people”? What would they do?
2000
Act as peasants and spread socialist ideas
What were 3 reasons for peasants rejecting Narodniks?
Fears they were secret police
Ignorance
Church loyalty
What year did the second Narodnik movement take place? Why did it fail?
1876
People were arrested
What did the remaining Narodniks establish in 1877? What was it?
Land and Liberty
Commitment to assassinations
What 2 objectives did Land and Liberty have?
Assassinate Mezemstev (Third Section) Attempt to kill Alexander II
What 2 organisations did Land and Liberty split into in 1879?
Black Partition
People’s Will
Who was The Black Partition organised by? What was its aim?
Plekhanov
“Partition the black soil”
Who did The Black Partition work peacefully among? What did it spread to students and workers?
Peasants
Radical materials
