movements Flashcards
1
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Workers’ Protests
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- continuous throughout Russian Revolution
> PROTESTING BECAUSE OF:
1. poor working conditions
2. low wages
3. lack of political rights
4. economic hardship
2
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Peasants’ Uprising
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- continuous throughout Russian Revolution
> DUE TO:
1. hunger
2. high taxes
3. oppression from government
4. ecomomic hardship
3
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Soldier & Sailor Mutinies
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- mutiny –> revolt (by soldiers/sailors) against their authorities
> begun after Russo-Japanese war
- lack of confidence
- seized Trans-Siberian railway
> begun again during February Revolution
- mutiny gave protestors military capability
- told to shoot the protestors –> did not agree
4
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Socialist Revolutionaries (SR’s)
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- middle (political spectrum)
- don’t believe in marxism
- thought worker’s would drive revolution
- had significant support for peasants
5
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Bolsheviks (SD’s)
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leader = Vladimir Lenin
- very left wing
- wanted immediate, violent revolution
6
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Mensheviks (SD’s)
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leader = Julias Martov
- semi left wing
- wanted a gradual, mass-based revolution
7
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Octoberists
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- very right wing
- favoured a limited constituational monarchy
- believe the need for reform
8
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Kadets
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- semi right wing
- liberal-democratic reform rather than socialist
- support for middle + upper class
- favoured British style system
