opposition Flashcards
what do some historians claim about the reporting on opposition in the tsarist rule?
they claimed disturbance was exaggerated because sources from the tsarist police records were unreliable
what was Alexander II’s upbringing?
liberal
how many disturbances were there in 1861?
1,000
involving over 10,000 peasants
example of a disturbance in 1861
Bezdna- 70 peasants were killed by an armed response
two reasons why alexander II initiated counter- reforms
•following the assassination attempt in 1866
•because his reforms had led to a rise in radicalism
how many cases of mass disturbances were there in june 1888 alone?
332 cases
examples of ethnic minorities opposing Alexander II
•polish rebellion in 1863
•the growth of finnish language pressure groups in the 1840s
when was the finnish diet reorganised?
1892
how many riots were there after the emancipation?
647
how many lutheran’s were forced to convert to orthodoxy and when?
37,000
in 1884
who was Herzen and what did he do?
•he was an agrarian socialist with a radical view for russia which avoided industrialisation
•he led the criticism of the emancipation in his journal ‘The Bell’ and called for ‘Land and Liberty’
what was the impact of the novel ‘What is to be done?’
it proved to be a powerful image which encouraged many young socialists such as lenin to set up their own groups
when did the relaxation of censorship end?
1866
who were populists inspired by and what did they believe in?
inspired by prince Lavrov and they believed in an agrarian society based around the peasant commune
