Politics Exam Revision

Question 1

What are the five main parties?

Answer 1

Octobrists
Kadets (Constitutional Democrats)
Populists
Social Revolutionaries
Social Democrats

Question 2

Aims of Octobrists

Answer 2

• moderate conservative
• assisted russian government in implementing the 1905 october manifesto (covered areas such as freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, right to religion, right to have political parties etc)

Question 3

Aims of Kadets

Answer 3

• wanted western constitutional monarchy
• wanted citizenship and equality for all russian minorities (eg. emancipation of the jews)
• anti-bolshevik

Question 4

Aims of Populists

Answer 4

• wanted to build society based on village communities
• encouraged peasants to lead the reformation of russia (they believed this reformation had to start with overthrow of the tsarist system)

Question 5

Aims of Social Revolutionaries

Answer 5

• end to tsardom
• return the land to those who work it
• economic socialism

Question 6

Aims of Social Democrats

Answer 6

• believed successful marxist revolution could only happen after development of capitalism
• opposed the tsar
• advocated for trade unions

Question 7

Octobrists - key figures

Answer 7

leader - alexander guchkov
one of founders - mikhail rodzianko

Question 8

Kadets - key figures

Answer 8

leader and founder - paul milyukov
influential member - lvov (1915 became chairman of all-russian union of zemstva, 1916 8000 agencies)

Question 9

Populists - key figures

Answer 9

leader - vera figher
influential member - khalturin (planted bomb in winter palace)

Question 10

Social Revolutionaries - key figures

Answer 10

founder - victor chernov (member of intelligentsia)

Question 11

Social Democrats - key figures

Answer 11

Lenin - formed bolsheviks after party split
Julius Martov - formed mensheviks

Question 12

Octobrists - key dates

Answer 12

creation - 1905
held 154 seats - 1907
joined with constitutional democrats - 1915

Question 13

Kadets - key dates

Answer 13

creation - october 1905
1915 - began criticising war effort, questioned competence of tsar nicholas II

Question 14

Populists - key dates

Answer 14

creation - 1861
khalturin planted bomb - 1880
shooting of governor stresnikov - 1882
party dissolved - 1890

Question 15

Social Revolutionaries - key dates

Answer 15

creation - 1901
combat group blew up new minister of the interior (plehve) - 1904

Question 16

Social Democrats - key dates

Answer 16

created - 1898
party split - 1903