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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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1 RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT “Every revolution was first a thought in one man’s mind” Ralph Waldo Emerson

2 RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT ORIGINS OF THE OPPOSITION:  INTELLIGENTSIA - “critically-thinking people” with strong social conscience

3 RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT ORIGINS OF THE OPPOSITION:  DECEMBRISTS: 1825 Revolt against Tsar Nicholas I Forefathers of revolutionary movement

4 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

5 RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT SOCIALISM:  Reaction against oppressive & unjust conditions of capitalism UTOPIAN SOCIALISM  ROBERT OWEN  CHARLES FOURIER - Phalanxes

6 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

7 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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