ATTITUDE OF RUSSIAN LEADERS TO POLITICAL CHANGE

Question 1

What did AII and NII introduce? What did this show?

Answer 1

AII: Zemstva
NII: Duma
Changes made alongside efforts to maintain tsarist rule.

Question 2

How did the PG demonstrate a more positive attitude towards political change?

Answer 2

By aiming to set up a Constituent Assembly.

Question 3

How did the PG present a more liberal nature to reform?

Answer 3

Release of political prisoners and the formation of an alliance with the Petrograd Soviet.

Question 4

What were the Communists interested in once the October revolution was over?

Answer 4

Consolidating power using the political system they had created.

Question 5

What happened to power under Stalin?

Answer 5

Became more centralised.

Question 6

What attitude did Khrushchev demonstrate toward political change?

Answer 6

Greater willingness to embrace political change by de-Stalinisng Russia and shifting authority to the party.