The Extent Of Opposition Between 1905-1914: Other Opposition Groups Flashcards
What happened to the moderate liberal opposition?
-largely appeased by tsarist concessions 1905-06
-tried cooperate with Duma system hoping for constitutional evolution
What was nationality opposition like?
-no single strong opposition among nationalities after 1905
-apart from Poles + Finns none wanted independence
What measures delayed the emergence of ethnic consciousness?
-combination of policies of assimilation + repression enjoyed success
How were the SR + SD parties weakened?
-by exile of leaders after 1905
-damaging split between B’viks + M’viks
How did the rev parties suffer regarding ideological divisions”
-divisions within parties compounded by disagreements over appropriate response to 1905 defeat
-the use parties should make of ‘legal’ opportunities to work in + through Duma
How else did the rev parties suffer regarding the role of the secret police?
-secret police agents very effective smashing rev cells
What was the impact of the industrial depression from 1907?
-lack of finance c shortage of secret printing presses made organisation difficult
-none of exiled leaders incl Lenin exercised effective control over their parties within Rus
How did this in turn impact membership?
-membership declined
-neither SR or SD succeed est national or regional organisations
What was the only thing they managed to do?
-maintained undercount organisation in individual factories where leaders were local labour activists
When was there an apparent revival in B’bik fortune?
-1912-14 whenever succeeded taking over many legal labour institutions in St.P + Moscow from M’viks + gained 6 workers deputies in elections to 4th Duma
What was launched by the B’viks in 1912?
-their propaganda newspaper ‘pravada’
-enjoyed higher circulation that the M’vik ‘the ray’
How was the growing support for B’viks ideals quite limited?
-been helped I’m 4th Duma elections by SR boycott
-no success with army or navy + nothing came of promise to launch general political strike or recreate society of workers deputies
What was opposition like before 1905?
-weakened + demoralised
-workers politically apathetic, TUs failed provide broad popular base + labour protest contained by repression + concessions
How did the war affect the support for opposition action?
-diminished it further as patriotic fever swept through political groupings
-Lenin alone favoured defeat WW1 hoping bring Russia closer to the rev her sought
