ideology

• when were the fundamental laws made?

  1906
• when did pg overthrow nicholas?

  1917
• when did nicholas II abdicate?

  march 1917
• what was Marxist-Leninism?

  workers would eventually rise and take control, until then Bolsheviks rule on their behalf
• fundermental laws 1906 reinforced autocracy under Nicholas
• october manifesto 1905 introduced democratic principles into tsarist russia but was undermined by fundermental laws
• Duma 1905 theoretically had powers but theses were undercut by Nicolas disbanding Duma whenever he disagreed with them
• Alexander II introduced reforms like emancipation edict 1861 but upheld autocratic principles by compensating serf owners
• stalin ruled by cult of personality
• lenin held ideology of dictatorship of proletariat
• lenin held ideology of not needing a democratically elected assembly and going straight to a party led by a party central committee