opposition 1855-94 Flashcards

1
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when was the first assassination attempt on alex ii

A

1866

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2
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who did alex ii appoint as minister of education in reaction to his assassination attempt

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count tolstoy

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3
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when was censorship relaxed

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1865

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4
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how were students vital to opposition against alex ii

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they formed study circles and staged protests against repressive regime and the harsh treatment from the police radicalised them

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5
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1865-99 how many students

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quadrupled
4000-16,000

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6
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between when did half professors leave their posts for more liberal ones to replace them

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1854-62

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7
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how did reforms encourage opposition

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freer speech led to circulation of ideas
courts became platforms to criticise the regime in public
increased education increased people’s awareness
local governments have people a taste of power

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8
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when was the first assassination attempt of alex ii and by who

A

1866
karakazov

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9
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what did the narodniks do/believe

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go to the people (peasants) and educate them, populism
believed in agrarian socialism centred around the commune

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10
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when was the narodnik movement

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1870s

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11
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what was the response to the narodniks

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met with suspicion from peasants - reported them to authorities

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12
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whcih narodnik was welcomed and why

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vera figner
worked in a hospital and set up a free school

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13
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what and when were the show trials of the narodniks

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1877
trial of the 50 and 193

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14
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how did the narodnik show trials backfire (+evidence)

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tried to deter political agitation but a sympathetic jury acquitted all but 40/193

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15
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what was significant aboit vera vasulich

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shot and wounded general trepov
adimitted it, but jury acquitted her
decision applauded
last political trial in regular courts

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16
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notable figures that wrote about stuff that influences narodniks

A

herzen
larov

17
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notable figures that wrote about stuff that influenced revolutionaries

A

chernyshevsky
nechaev
plekhanov

18
Q

when was what is to be done published and who wrote it

A

1862
chernyshevksy

19
Q

what movement developed from narodniks

A

land and liberty
small groups formed in villages and towns to support actions against autocracy, often violent

20
Q

when did land and liberty split and what into

A

1879
into black partition - peaceful agitation
and people will - terrorist violence

21
Q

when and why was alex ii sentenced to death by the people’s will

A

august 1879
for crimes against the people

22
Q

what was loris melikovs position in 1880

A

minister of the interior

23
Q

how many people were under people surviellance in 1880

24
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when was the third section abolished

25
what was in the loris melikov proposals
more rights for peasants to buy their land and national assembly’s to assist law making
26
how was support felt for the tsar in 1880
thousands celebrated his 25th anniversary in feb
27
when was alex ii assassinated
march 1881