opposition to tsar 1984-1905
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- Created on: 22-12-19 19:22
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- how serious was the opposition to Nicholas II 1894-1905?
- liberal movements-
- kadets- intellectual arm of movement led by Paul Milyukov, important opposition in the first duma
- octobrists-moderate group of liberals, loyal to tsar only wanted reforms in gov. they supported the October manifesto
- little threat as no organised political party, little support from peasants so limited influence on policies
- 1904 Peter Struve sounded the union of liberation, who wanted fairer land distribution to peasants, a representative constituent assembly and improved conditions for industrial work. if addressed these would have diluted authority of tsar
- populists
- Revolutionaries, didn't pose much threat by 1894 due to lack of large-scale support
- believed agriculture commune and so-operative workshop could rpovidea base for Russian economy
- social revolutionaries
- left wing- radical, between 1901 -1905 about 2000 political killings
- right wing- moderate, appealed to peasants and worked with other parties to gain support after 1905 revolution
- despite division these posed the most threat b4 1917 octoberrevolution
- social democrats- followed George plekhanov version of marxists teaching emphasising the need to encourageworking class consciousness
- lenin worked with Martov to try and improve pat and lower working hours but lenin got annoyed at the ineffectiveness of this
- produced a pamphlet in 1901 which had plans in complete over throw of tsar- on paper this was a big threat but all it did was split the party and pushedTsar to instigate reform by instigative legal workersinterestgroups in 1902
- lenin worked with Martov to try and improve pat and lower working hours but lenin got annoyed at the ineffectiveness of this
- liberal movements-
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