tsarist reaction and the radical opposition after 1881

Question 1

Alexander II’s assassination marked

Answer 1

a turning point

Question 2

what did it lead to(security)

Answer 2

-security was stepped up
-new tsar retired t the fortified castle of Gatchina in case they tried to kill him too

Question 3

Alexander’s assassination effectively ended?

Answer 3

the populist movement ,as it had been known, although some of its supporters managed to meet in secret and commit acts of terrorism

Question 4

by the 1890s opposition movements appeared to?

Answer 4

stand little chance of success in the face of tsarist repression

Question 5

how were radical Marxist ideas spread more widely?

Answer 5

as industrialisation speeded up, a number of worker’s organisations, illegal trade unions, Marxist discussion circles and other groups developed