Liberals

Who was the key figure?

Peter Struve founder of Union of Liberation in 1904

What was the general belief?

By 1894, liberal westernisers (as opposed to Slavophiles) continued to demand that Russia should be governed in a similar way to Western European democracies, such as Britain

What happened in 1904?

Peter founded the Union of Liberation which demanded greater freedoms and justive for all Russians

Methods?

• focus on reform rather than violence

• Use if political channels Through Zemstra

• Publish articles in newspapers

• Hold meetings and banquets

Support?

• middle class

• Intelligentsia

• Small following-little threat, few ways to express themselves