Attiitudes of the Tsars, PG + Coms towards poltical change

• What was the attitude of the Tsars towards politcal change?

  All desired to maintain autocracy

  Some elements of democracy

  • A2- Zemstva
  • N2 - Duma
  • Zemstva = unrepresentative of entier pop
  • Duma had its powers limited by the Fundemental laws 1906
• What was the attitudes of the PG for politcal change?

  More positive attitude toward politcal change more liberal

  • Aimed to set up the Constituent Assembly
  • Freed politcal prisoners
  • Formed an alliance with Petrograd Soveit
• What was the attitudes of the Communists for politcal change?- lenin

  Bolsheviks

  • initally wanted rev change
  • forced Tsar to abdicate
  • challenged PG
  • Disbanded the Consituent Assembly

  Once Oct Rev over

  • consolidating power using their politcal system
  • Under stalin CENTRALISED SYSTEM
• Whatr were the attidues of Stalin for politcal change?

  Extreme Totalitarianism

  • used extreme repression
  • Power more centralised
• What was krushchevs attitudes for politcal change?

  showed willinginess to embrace change

  • de-stalinisation
  • shifting authority to the Party
• What was the extent of the politcal forms under the Tsars?

  • ideology and struct of govt largely stayed the same
  • Leaders made some changes but only to MAINTAIN AUTOCRACY
  • A2- emnacipation edict, remove from top
  • A3- OCT manifesto and Duma
  • ALL Tsars used repression and reform to control
• What was the extent of political change unde the PG?

  Constituent Assembly freeddoms led to the downfall

  • too much freedom

  E.G releasing politcal prisoners allowed ops to gather momentum

  The Consitituent aseembly was short lived and replaced dramatically by the Dictatorship
• What was the extent of politcal change under the Communists?

  Totalitarianism vs destalinisation

  • poltical change under 1925 and 1936 constitutions