before the revolution Flashcards
What were the okhrana ?
The tsars secret police
who were the duma?
the parliament
what were the zemstrava
local district council
who were the Bolsheviks?
a political party?
why did peasants have reasons to question the authority of the tsar?
peasants were poor and there was bad diseases and starvation which lead to increase of deaths which cause population to decrease.
why did the proletariat (working class) questioned the authority of the tsar?
poor working and living condition caused death and decrease of population.
what did the liberals believe in?
they wanted reform but wanted to keep the monarchy : groups are constitutional democrats
what did the social revolutionists believe?
they were extreme terrorist elements (who believed in political assassination )
.they lacked discipline and co ordination and thus limited its chances of reaching its ambitions
what did the social democrats believe in?
.based on the theory of karl marx and led mainly by intellectuals and based its support on the rapidly expanding working class
What was the Marxist stage theory?
In each stage a dominant class uses its control of the means of production to exploit the labour of a larger class of workers
