Political parties 1905-1914

Short name for social democrats workers party

SD

When was SD formed

1898

What two gorups made up SD

Bolsheviks and mensheviks

Explain about mensheviks

Wanted coopertation with u/c and legal opposition, led by martov

Explain bolsheviks

Led by lenin, wanted discipline, centralisation and organisation

Short name for social revolutionaries

SR

SR founded

1898

Who led SR

Chernov

Methods of Sr

Terrorism

What did sr want

Nationalism and redistribution of land

What were trudoviks a breakaway group from

SR

Who were the trudoviks

a non revolutionary group Had moderate liberal views no formal programme

Who supported trudoviks

Peasant and intelligentsia support

What did trudoviks want

• nationalisation of non peasant land

• Democratic representation

• Minimum wage

• 8 hour working day

Who led kadets

Milyukov

What political position were kadets

Central liberal

What did kadets want

• constitutional monarchy

• Paliamentary gov

• Full civil rights

• Legal settlement of worker disputes

• Forced redistribution of large estates

Who led octobrists

Guchkov

What political position were octobrists

Moderate conservative, accepted oct manifesto opposing further action

Who supported octobrists

Supported by wealthy landowners and industrialists

Who led rightists

Purishkevich

Example of rightist group

Union of russia people was extremely right wing liked monarchism, chauvanism, orthodoxy, plan-slavism and anti-semitism

What did rightists promite

Violent attavks on the left and pogroms trough street fighting, gangs and the black hundred