3. Social Democrats

Question 1

Where was the social democrats found?

Answer 1

Minsk in 1898

Question 2

What happened in Minsk 1989?

Answer 2

All Russian Social democratic workers party founded

Question 3

What was he group founded in 1898 influenced by?

Answer 3

Marx’s work by George Plekhanov

Question 4

What was significance of George Plekhanov?

Answer 4

Translated Marxs work into Russian influencing the newly made party

Question 5

What did George Plekhanov translation of Marx’s work emphasise?

Answer 5

Working class consciousness
Class struggle formed over history known as “dialectic”

Question 6

What piece of work emphasised working class consciousness?

Answer 6

George Plekhanov translation of Marx’s work

Question 7

What is a dialectic?

Answer 7

Class struggle formed over history

Question 8

What is the word for a class struggle formed over history?

Answer 8

Dialectic

Question 9

What did Marc believe was the last stage of the dialectic class structure

Answer 9

Industrial revolution as there would be a proletariat revolution and they will be above the bourgeoisie. Reactionaries killed and utopia formed

Question 10

Who had no interest in Marxists theory

Answer 10

Workers

Question 11

What did workers have no interest in?

Answer 11

Marxists theories

Question 12

Because workers were not interested in Marxist theories what did the party focus on?

Answer 12

Practical concerns
Improving pay
Lowering working hours

Question 13

Who were the main instigators of the Social democrats?

Answer 13

Julius Martov

Lenin

Question 14

Who were Julius Martov and Lenin?

Answer 14

Instigators of Social democrats

Question 15

What did Julius Martov and Lenin attempt to do?

Answer 15

Improve conditions for workers

Question 16

Who tried to improve the conditions for workers?

Answer 16

Julius Maratov and Lenin

Question 17

Who left because there was a lack of action and called for more revolutionary tactics?

Answer 17

Lenin

Question 18

What did Lenin call for?

Answer 18

More revolutionary tactics

Question 19

What did Lenin release in 1901

Answer 19

What is to be done

Question 20

What was contained in the pamphlet ‘What is to be done’

Answer 20

Outlined the idea that the complete overthrow of Tsarist can be achieved by the workers if they were lead by the politically educated or vanguard

Question 21

When did Lenin release the pamphlet ‘what is to be done’

Answer 21

1901

Question 22

What is the name of the pamphlet that Outlined the idea that the complete overthrow of Tsarist can be achieved by the workers if they were lead by the politically educated or vanguard?

Answer 22

Lenin’s pamphlet ‘What is to be done’

Question 23

When did the Social Democrats split into 2 groups?

Answer 23

Party conference 1903

Question 24

What happened during the second conference in 1903?

Answer 24

Social democrats split into 2

Question 25

What were the 2 groups the Social Democrats split into in the second party conference in 1903?

Answer 25

Bolsheviks

Mensheviks

Question 26

What did Nicholas form in 1902?

Answer 26

Creation of legal workers interest group, Zubatov union,

Question 27

When was there a Creation of legal workers interest group, Zubatov union,

Answer 27

1902

Question 28

What did the Zubatov creation mean?

Answer 28

Quell workers fears

Given the workers the notion that they could negotiate with the state officials to improve their plight

Question 29

When was the Zubatov plan abandoned?

Answer 29

Summer 1903 as it became unruly and unmanageable

Question 30

What did Zubatov indicate?

Answer 30

Workers unrest needed to be taken seriously.

Question 31

What was the police opinion?

Answer 31

Didn’t report them as being a state security