Alex III Oppostion Flashcards
How could you describe Alex III’s rule
Repressive
What was the secret police called
The Okhrana
What happened to People’s Will
Heavily Suppressed
150 members arrested
In what year was the People’s Will reformed
1886
What happened to People’s Will after 1887
Reduced membership and activities due to police activity and a lack of enthusiasm from the peasantry
What year was The Great Famine
1891-92
What did many radical revolutionaries do during The Great Famine
Turned to humanitarian work to help the starving peasants rather than pursuing radical politics
What did The Great Famine highlight
Government failure - need for significant change to the rural economy
What party did populist ideas lead to
The Socialist Revolutionary Party
What year was the Socialist Revolutionary Party formed
1901
Who translated and sent Marx’s writing into Russia
Plekhanov
What group did Plekhanov form in 1883? What did it later become?
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
What year was The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party formed?
1898
What is Plekhanov referred to as
The ‘Father of Russian Marxism’
In the late 1880s and 1890s what was the extent of Marxist opposition
Limited - small cells in major cities
