Alexander II opposition Flashcards

1
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what did the Polish resent ?

A

conscription + Russian influence

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2
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when did uprising begin + how long

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jan 1863 until 1865

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3
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how was emancipation a cause of the polish revolt

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renewed hope of freedom

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4
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trigger for polish revolt

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1862 summer forced conscription

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5
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what was milyutins plan as war minister

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purge Polish gentry to convert to national state

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6
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what did Milyutin do

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-russia official language - russification
-Catholic Church no communication w/ Vatican
-polish nobility exiled to siberia

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7
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what was the Polish Revolt countered w/

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repression - Karakazov (pole) student Uni Kazan assassination attempt

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8
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who is Nikolai Chernyshevsky ?

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editor journal + author ‘What is to be done’ 1863 ( influence bolshevik rev 1917) - peasants had to be revolutionary leaders

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9
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who was Alexander Herzen

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editor ‘The Bell’ - advocate new peasant based social structure on Mir - intelligentsia

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10
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who was Mikhail Bukunin ?

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anarchist + socialists - collectivisation of land
-1869 translate Karl Marx communist manifesto

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11
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what did Karl Marx say?

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-communism abolition of private property

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12
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what does narodnik mean?

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go to the ppl

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13
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what did Peter Lavrov call for in 1874

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encourage 2,000 students to ‘go to the ppl’ in the country dressed as peasants
–> failed as peasants loyal to Tsar

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14
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consequence of 1874 narodnik

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1,600 arrested

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15
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main effect of narodnysm

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-move radical meeting to countryside - more widespread

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16
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when was a second failed narodnik attempt

17
Q

what caused land and liberty to arise from narodniks (populists)

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peasant indifference + subsequent gov persecution

18
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when was land + lib set up

19
Q

what did land + lib do?

A

-use zemstva to place pressure on tsar for constitutional reform
-had public sympathy
-committed to carry out assassination

20
Q

evidence of assassination by land + lib

A

1878 gen Mezemstev - head of third section (secret police) + 7 attempts on Tsar

21
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when did land + lib split

A

1879 to black partition + ppl will

22
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who organised Black Partition

23
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what did Black Partition do?

A

-partition black soil provinces under peasants - NOT SUCCESSFUL

24
Q

who led ppl’s will

25
evidence of Ppl's will success
advocate assassination tsar - march 1881 success ( 7th attempt he survive but 8th attempt someone blows themselves up next to him which kills him)
26
what group led polish revolt
intelligentsia
27
how many men in polish revolt
10,000 men + 90,000 RUSSIAN soldier - 2yr guerrilla struggle