The Growth Of Opposition To Tsarist Rule

Question 1

When was the Tchaikovsky circle formed? Who were they?

Answer 1

Friend in 1868
It was primarily a literary society that organised the printing, publishing and distribution of scientific and revolutionary literature
Sought to achieve a social revolution

Question 2

Who was Mikhail Bakunin?

Answer 2

Anarchist and socialist.
Forced to live in exile
Helped to introduce Marxism into Russia by translating Karl Marx’s communist manifesto into Russian in 1869

Question 3

When was the first volume of Karl Marx’s communist manifesto published in Russia?

Answer 3

1872

Question 4

Who was Sergei Nechaev?

Answer 4

Radical student activist
Published a manifesto - Catechism of a revolutionary - smuggled into Russia
This pleaded for opposition to autocracy to be merciless in their pursuit of revolution - sacrificing all attachments including family, friends, gratitude and honour

Question 5

What manifesto did Sergei Nechaev smuggle into Russia?

Roughly when was this?

Answer 5

Catechism of a revolutionary

1869