3. Social Revolutionaries

Question 1

What was the aim of the social revolutionaries?

Answer 1

Continue terrorism of the people’s will

Question 2

Who wanted to continue the terrorism of the people’s will?

Answer 2

Social revolutionaries

Question 3

Who was the reformed the social revolutionaries?

Answer 3

Victor Chernov

Question 4

Who was Victor Chernov?

Answer 4

Founded member and leader of the social revolutionaries

Question 5

When were the social revolutionaries made?

Answer 5

1901

Question 6

Who did the social revolutionaries receive support from since 1906?

Answer 6

Professional classes
Trade unions
All Russian Union of Peasants

Question 7

When did 
Professional classes 
Trade unions 
All Russian Union of Peasants 
Support the social revolutionaries?

Answer 7

1906

Question 8

Characterise the social revolutionaries:

Answer 8

Anarchist wing to continue terrorism

Question 9

How many assassinations did the radical left wing of the social revolutionaries make during 1901-1905?

Answer 9

2000

Question 10

During what period did the social revolutionaries make 2000 assassination attempts?

Answer 10

1901-1905

Question 11

What were the issues with the social revolutionaries?

Answer 11

Weakened by internal divisions

Too much focus on peasants rather than working classes

Question 12

How did the social revolutionaries develop

Answer 12

Populist movement

Question 13

What were the social aims of the social revolutionaries?

Answer 13

Improve the quality of the lives of the poorest and improve the urban proletariat

Question 14

What noticeable people did the Social revolutionaries kill?

Answer 14

Grand Duke Sergei

Plehve

Question 15

What were the social revolutionaries split into

Answer 15

Radical left wing and moderate right wing

Question 16

What did the more radical left wing?

Answer 16

Direct action

Question 17

What did the moderate right wing of the social revolutionaries do?

Answer 17

Worked with other parties and groups gathering support and the momentum after the 1905 revolution

Question 18

Who did the left focus on

Answer 18

Plight of industrial workers

Question 19

Who was the biggest threat to the tsar before October 1917?

Answer 19

Social revolutionaries

Question 20

What did the first congress lead to?

Answer 20

Revolutionary socialism

Question 21

When did the social revolutionaries split up

Answer 21

1905