Opposition Under Nicholas Flashcards
How had economic development and reforms altered the political opposition ?
-Industrialisation + education –> Middle Class seeking liberal change
What did the Liberals want?
- Free speech
- constitutional monarchy
Where were the Liberals strongly represented?
-The Zemstva
How was Prince Lvov Significant?
-Was kadet Leader
-A liberal (despite being and aristocrat)
=> Advocated for reform
What job did the October manifesto do?
-Accommodated Liberals (appeasement)
How did the Liberals attempt to cooperate with the Tsar? Successful?
-Through the Duma
–> Failed a Duma was subordinate to Tsar
What did The SR’s Believe in?
-Agarian Socialism: land Distribution: Mass Ownership
What was the support base like for the Sr’s?
-Half Support base was peasants, some students
How many assassination did the Sr’s Carry out?
-over 2000
What were the SD’s committed to?
-Marxism
Were the SD’s top down or bottom up?
-Top down: Support from Marxism came from educated areas of society
What had helped support for Marxism to grow?
-Increased Industrialisation
What Split happened in the SD party?
-Mensheviks vs Bolsheviks
What did the Bolsheviks (And Lenin) believe?
- Small , highly disciplined party of professionals
- refused to work with TU’s
- Bourgeois and Proletarian revolutions= Same time (contrary to marxists ideology)
- Would lead revolution on behalf of workers
What did the Mensheviks (And Martov) believe in ?
- Democratic party open to all
- Cooperation with trade Unions
- Bourgeoisie revolution–> proletarian revolution (Top down)
- workers lead the revolution
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