Explain Karl Marx ideas
Marx believed that capitalism would eventually destroy itself.
He thought that the capitalist system was unfair because capitalists exploited workers by taking advantage of the "surplus value of labor".
Marx believed that the oppressed workers would eventually overthrow the owners and take control of the means of production.
reigned from 1881 to 1894, is primarily known for his staunchly autocratic rule, promoting "Russification" policies
Who is Alexander III
A farmer who had no rights. They were emancipated but nothing really changes.
Who is serfdom?
Explain what the DUMA was
The Duma is the lower house of the Russian parliament, or legislature. The word Duma is Russian for "thought" or "deliberation".
initiated a series of important reforms in Russia.
Who is Alexander II
Who were the The Mensheviks
a group who wanted a broad base of popular support for the revolution.
OR
a member of the moderate non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, opposed to the Bolsheviks and defeated by them after the overthrow of the tsar in 1917.
The war that many Russians did NOT want to be involved in.
WW1 or Great War