Imperial Russia Flashcards

1
Q

How were Polish people prevented from reasserting Polish nationalism from 1848-1849?

A

Russian troops suppressed their attempts

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2
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What was the result of Russia getting involved in the Crimean War?

A

Russia was defeated

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3
Q

What was “nihilism?”

A

Rejected romantic illusions and instead favored rugged realism

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4
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The Russian Populist Movement pushed what notion?

A

Inevitability and desirability of a social and economic revolution

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5
Q

People of the Russian Populist Movement were _______ by Alexander II.

A

Executed

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6
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The emergency of the “Russian Social Democrats” and the “Russian Social Revolutionaries” came out of what?

A

Opposition to the Czarist government in Russia

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7
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Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks (1903-1912)?

A

Lenin

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How were the Bolsheviks characterized?

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a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917. – MAJORITY

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How were the Mensheviks (1904) characterized?

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Minority’s group that believed there needed to be a bourgeoise revolution first before working class could come to class consciousness; opposed idea of vanguard party.

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