opposition

Question 1

who assassinated Alexander II

Answer 1

peoples will

Question 2

what did SR split into

Answer 2

radical left + moderate right

Question 3

how many political killings 1901 to 1905 were left SR

Answer 3

2,000

Question 4

biggest threat to tsarist rule pre 1917

Answer 4

SR

Question 5

1917 constituent assembly votes - majority

Answer 5

17 million SR votes

Question 6

1917 constituent assembly bolshevik votes

Answer 6

9.8 million - lenin shuts via military

Question 7

key developments pre lenin death - clique

Answer 7

troika clique of Zinoviev kamenev + stalin to isolate Trotsky - viewed as Lenin’s successor

Question 8

how did stalin rise to power by eliminate opponents

Answer 8

exploit troika then break away from Zinoviev + kamenev - poliburo reinforced w/ stalinists

Question 9

example opposition stalin - united opposition group

Answer 9

oppose NEP + demand free speech

Question 10

Stalin’s control - how did he manage united opposition group

Answer 10

-excluded from politburo 1929 Trotsky expelled from USSR

Question 11

opposition from bukharin

Answer 11

voiced opposition to collectivisation - claim repeat war communism

Question 12

how did Stalin dismiss bukharin

Answer 12

1929 removed as president Comintern + Pravda

Question 13

what was Stalin’s dealing of inside opposition similar to

Answer 13

tsars

Question 14

stalin removes opponents to accelerate policies e.g.

Answer 14

1930s lost 1/3 party member who resisted pace of industrialisation

Question 15

peasant revolt repression example

Answer 15

1907-08 black earth region revolt put down w/ force

Question 16

NEP appeased peasants similar to

Answer 16

stolypin land reform + emancipation

Question 17

civil war militarises peasants e.g.

Answer 17

-peasant armies -e.g. led by Chapayev sympathised w/ bolsheviks

Question 18

example strike Alex III reign workers

Answer 18

1885 Morozov dye works 8,000 workers

Question 19

WW1 strikes

Answer 19

23 feb 1917 putilov works st Petersburg

Question 20

when did the SD form

Answer 20

1898

Question 21

when did the SD split into M + B

Answer 21

1903

Question 22

who were the populists ?

Answer 22

land lib // ppls will / SR

Question 23

when did land and lib split

Answer 23

1878 ppl’s will + black partition

Question 24

Alexander III rule opposition

Answer 24

limited BUT land captains 1889 suggest require repression

Question 25

party opposition stalin

Answer 25

united opposition group Trotsky // zinoviev // kamenev

Question 26

Khrushchev party opposition

Answer 26

1957 Khrushchev suppress anti party group - molotov // malenkov // kagonovich

Question 27

example of instability in central gov

Answer 27

(all political party opposition) + 1925 triumvirate zinoviev / kamenev / stalin

Question 28

when were SR formed

Answer 28

1901 - suppression populism under Alex III - appeal in land hunger areas e.g. Volga

Question 29

what were populists

Answer 29

(go to ppl) land + lib // ppl’s will / SR