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RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT “Every revolution was first a thought in one man’s mind” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT ORIGINS OF THE OPPOSITION: INTELLIGENTSIA - “critically-thinking people” with strong social conscience
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RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT ORIGINS OF THE OPPOSITION: DECEMBRISTS: 1825 Revolt against Tsar Nicholas I Forefathers of revolutionary movement
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RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT ORIGINS OF THE OPPOSITION: GREAT REFORMS - sweeping changes implemented by Tsar Alexander II no limitation on autocratic power, no political participation for citizens frustration with lack of real change further radicalizes intelligentsia Tsar Alexander II
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RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT SOCIALISM: Reaction against oppressive & unjust conditions of capitalism UTOPIAN SOCIALISM ROBERT OWEN CHARLES FOURIER - Phalanxes
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RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT SOCIALISM: Socialism in Russia (Agrarian) ALEXANDER HERZEN: father of Russian socialism commune = Russia’s own form of primitive socialism basis for socialist future
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POPULISM 1870s: loose association of utopian socialists Founded LAND & FREEDOM launched “To the People” movement Turned to terrorism: PEOPLE’S WILL assassinated Tsar Alexander II - 1881 RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
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