POLB92H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: July Days, Saint Petersburg, April Theses
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Midterm: 1 hour long, half mc half short answers. Causes of 1848 (marxist, economic downturn, diffusion) What role did lenin play in the revolution? (voluntarist--leadership) Tsarist rule was even more centralized; absolute monarchy. But less economically developed, and heavily indebted to the west. Small working class and concentrated in key cities. They were very radical and the govt responded violently to any types of labour demands because they wanted to protect foreign investment -- therefore making them more radical. They are the basis of your power. They can be easily bought out if they. Not many positions available even for the highly educated, except to work for the government. The russian soul lived in the countryside, letting the peasants gain control. Russian salvation in traditional peasant communities (obshchina) They went to the countryside to awaken the peasants, the government was freaked out and when they saw these educated people go the countryside, they assumed the worst.
