political Flashcards
when were political crimes transferred to secret counts?
1878
what percentage of the zemstva did the nobility make up?
40%
when was the number of people allowed to vote in elections reduced?
1892
when was the zemstva’s independence reduced?
1890
what did alexander III do in terms of land captains?
he abolished justices of peace and replaced them with land captains
when did the anti-party group stage a coup against khrushchev? what was the outcome?
the anti-party group attempted a coup in 1957 but khrushchev acted fast and expelled the members
how many members did the bolsheviks have before the october revolution?
250,000
when did bolsheviks get a majority?
petrograd soviet september 1917
how did lenin respond to the demands of the masses after the october revolution?
•they were mainly ignored
•but he did end the war in march 1918, introduced new maximum hours and nationalised all land
how many members did the bolsheviks have in january 1917?
24,000
what signs of political progress has there been before 1914 in terms of the Duma?
more government ministers had started to work with the Duma
