POLITICAL OPP TO TSAR
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- Created on: 04-04-17 14:25
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- Political opposition to the Tsarist system
- Reasons for opposition
- Long history of violence
- 'Peoples Will' assassinated Alexander III in 1881
- Wanted change to how they were ruled
- Demanded constitutionalgov and political freedom
- Wanted end of extreme poverty
- Impact of Marxism
- Marx argued capitalism = exploitation
- Communist society would emerge which is fairer
- Industrialisation meant communism appealed more
- SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- Marxist Party (1898)
- Divided party-failed to agree on strategy and organisation
- 1903-split into Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
- Bolsheviks led by Lenin-revolution only brought about by an elite group
- Mensheviks-believed that revolution should be carried out on mass
- SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARIES
- Led by Victor Chernov-drew on ideas of Marxism
- Focus to attract peasants
- More popular due to economic problems
- Poorly organised with no real plan
- Key method was terroism
- LIBERALS
- Educated middle class
- Many supported it as they wanted a Western way of living
- Demands for political constitution
- Liberal politicians became more aggressive
- Divided opinions meant they weren't as effective
- Reasons for opposition
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