Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Opposition
towards Tsar NII
- Populists (Narodniks)
- Made up of intelligentsia and
bourgeoisie
- The peasents were capable of
overthrowin the government with
the help of education and
enticement to violence
- They had little success due
to lack of interest from the
peasants
- They were successful in
assinating Alexander II
- Social Revolutionaries (SR's)
- Made up of Populists
and Marxists
- Divided between anarchy or a
revolution to overthrow the
government
- Between 1901 and 1905,
arnarchist members commited
over 2000 political assinations
- SD/RSDLPS
- Followed the theories of Karl Marx
- However they suffered a division
- Bolsheviks
- Vladimir Lenin
believed revolution
should be led by a
small group of
professionals
- Mensheviks
- Julius Martov believed
revolution should be led by
peasants
- Social Class
- Industrial workers
- Did not gain from the industrial
revolution - poorer working and
living conditions
- No trade unions
- Inflation and long hours
- Intelligentsia and
bourgeoisie
- Driving force of liberalism
came from the intelligentsia
- Believed in change through
reform and not revolution - no
plans to overthrow government