Ideologies Flashcards
What slogan did all tsars use
Orthodoxy, autocracy and nationality
Alexander II what were his ideologies like compared to his fathers
More liberal than his fathers
Alexander II When did he relax censorship What did this mean
1865 and meant that he could be criticised
Alexander II when were Zemstva created what were they and what did they do
1864, regional councils, Removed power from the tsar and handed it to the people
Alexander II Who did he believe wanted him to be tsar
God
Alexander III what did he blame his fathers assassination on
His liberal reforms
Alexander III what did he do to his fathers liberal reforms and what happened as a result of this
reversed his fathers liberal reforms and censorship was stronger
Alexander III why and when were land captains introduced
1889 Land captains introduced to assert authority over the Zemstva
Alexander III when did he give the Okhrana more powers
1881
Alexander III what opposition movement was repressed
the peoples will
Nicholas II what was forced on Nicholas because of the Russo Japanese war and when was it
October manifesto in 1905
Nicholas II what law reinforced autocracy and when was it made
the fundamental laws 1906 reinforced autocracy
Nicholas II what did law 5 state
Stated that the supreme autocratic power belongs to the emperor of Russia
Nicholas II what did the fundamental laws do to the Duma
turned the Duma into a talking shop
Nicholas II who did he believe wanted him to be tsar
God and he believed his power was sanctioned by god
Lenin What did Lenin think of Marxs theory about the dictatorship of the proletariat
He argued that this could not be done at the moment as the workers wouldn’t know how to run the country and there needed to be a dictatorship of the proletariat.
Lenin what was Marxism Leninism
lenins interpretation of Marxism and it argued that the Bolsheviks needed to rule on behalf of the workers
Lenin What was he able to do in order to stay in power
Change his ideologies (NEP and War Communism)
Stalin what was Marxism leninism stalinism and what did he argue
stalins interpretation of marxism leninism. and it argued that you needed a cult of personality to stop infighting
Stalin what type of economy did he introduce
a command economy totally controlled by the state
Khrushchev what leadership did he use and between what dates
collective leadership from 1953-55
Khrushchev when was destalinisation introduced and what did this do
destalinisation was in 1956 and prison camps were closed and towns were renamed
Khrushchev what was he like in comparison to Stalin
less oppressive and had less of a cult of personality
Khrushchev in what way was he similar to Stalin
crushed hungarian uprising in 1956
