10-The development of socialism and the emergence of the Social Revolutionary Party Flashcards
What looked increasingly unlikely by 1894?
The slavophile and populist idea of a ‘new Russia’ based on the peasants
What ideas were revived under after the Great Famine 1891-92?
Agrarian socialism which highlighted the need to reform the rural economy
What is agrarian socialism?
taking estates from landowners and dividing the land between the peasants to be farmed communally
What did students begin to champion?
A new style of Populism inspired by The Peoples’ Will
What did the activities of the students culminate in? when?
The assassination of Nikolay Bogolepov, the Minister of Education in 1901
When was the Socialist Revolutionary party founded?
1901
What did the SRs initially serve as?
A rallying point for those who wished to appeal to the peasantry through a commitment to land socialisation and decentralised government.
Who was the most influential theorist in the SR?
Viktor Chernov
Why was the SR considered a fairly loose organisation?
It comprised of groups with a wide variety of views
When did the SRs first hold congress?
1906
What did the SRs mix Marxist teaching with?
populist ideas
What view did the SRs put forward?
That the labouring poor (peasants and workers) had identical interests and should work together to destroy autocracy and bring land redistrinution
