Opposition Flashcards
1
Q
Identify a work of Karl Marx.
A
The Communist Manifesto / Das Kapital
2
Q
What did Marx call the working class?
A
Proletariat
3
Q
What did Marx call the middle class?
A
Bourgeoisie
4
Q
What opposition movement emerged in the 1850s and 1860s?
A
Nihilists
5
Q
In 1862 a student group set a series of fires in St Petersburg. What were they called?
A
Young Russia
6
Q
What was the strategy of the Populists known as?
A
“Go to the People”
7
Q
Why did the Populists fail?
A
Peasantry informed on them to the secret police
8
Q
What extreme group emerged out of the Populists in 1879?
A
People’s Will
9
Q
What strategy did the People’s Will use to oppose the Tsar?
A
Assassination
10
Q
Why did a rebellion against Russian rule break out in Poland in 1863?
A
- desire for independence
- order to conscript Poles into the Russian army
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