Chapter 4- Radical Parties Flashcards
When was the social democrat party created?
1898
When did the populist movement appear?
The 1860’s
When was the social revolutionary party created?
1901
When did the split in the social democrat party occur
1903
Which two parties did the social democrats split in to?
The Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks
Who were the leading thinkers of the populist movement?
Peter lavrov and Nikolai chaikovsky
What did the populists do?
Went out in to the country side to educate the peasants to try and get them to become involved and start a revolution
Why did the populist movement fail?
The peasants were not interested
What happened to the populist movement in 1879?
They adopted more extreme tactics, and formed the peoples will
Which two parties did populism eventually lead to foundation?
Social revolutionaries and social democrats
Where did the SR believe Russia’s future lay?
With the peasantry
Who led the SR
Viktor Chernov
What did the SR promise peasants?
That all of them would be given their own land, without compensating the previous owners
Who were the anarchists?
Members of the SR who disliked central political authority and wanted independent peasant communes. They formed a terrorist group that was similar to the peoples will, and assassinated the grand duke Sergei in 1905.
Which group became an SR stronghold in the 1905 revolution?
The all Russian Union of peasants
Where did the social democrat party look to help form their ideas on how Russia ought to be ruled?
Marxism
When did the second party congress of the SD occur?
1903
Who led the Bolsheviks?
Lenin
What did the Bolsheviks believe about membership?
It should be limited to dedicated revolutionaries only
What did the Mensheviks think about membership?
It should be open to anyone sympathetic with the parties aims
Who led the Mensheviks?
Martov
What was the name of the political newspaper made by Lenin and martov?
The iskra
What was the union of liberation?
In 1901, some Russian liberals who had been exiled to Germany established a newspaper called liberation, which supported the idea of a constitutional monarchy.
What did the octobrists want?
The preservation of the unity of the Russian state, with better rights for everyone. They supported the tsar.
What did the October manifesto promise?
The tsar would share political power in national government. A suggestion of the creation of a national parliament
What did the kadets think?
The October manifesto was the beginning, not the end, of political reform. They wanted social and political equality, freedom of speech and elections
What were the two main groups that the liberals were divided in to?
The octobrists and the kadets
