Opposition under Nicholas II Flashcards
1
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2 Political groups
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Socialist Revolutionaries - over throw tsarism and build socialist society. 1898 - Social Democratic Party, 1903 split into Bolshevik and Menshevik factions
2
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1905 revolution
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Bloody Sunday, Strikes and mutinies
3
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Agrarian Revolts
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Black Earth Revolts following Stolypin’s land reforms. Stolypin response with necktie and some reforms
4
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Organised Strikes
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Lena Goldfields in 1912 - violently crushed
5
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Formation of Progressive Bloc
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1915 - urged for liberal reforms, dismissed by Nick
6
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Feb Rev 1917
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Mass demonstration met with little resistance. Strike at Pulitov works ignited revolution
