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Russian Rev. Figures
Term | Definition |
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Konstantin Pobedonostev | served under Alexander III and leading official at the beginning of Nicholas II. Opposed reform and high ranking member in Orthodox Church |
Sergei Witte | Served under Nicholas II and supported reform. Minister of finance and believed in rapid industrialisation. Dismissed by the tzar and called back to be prime minister |
Vladimir Lenin | Exiled to Siberia and returned during February Revolution. He opposed the provisional government and played a role in the October Rev. Led Russia until his death in 1924. |
Leon Trotsky | Exiled after 1905 Rev and joined Lenin and the Bolsheviks abroad and played a role in their seizure for power and the creation of the Red Army. Lost a power fight with Stalin. |
Pyotr Stolypin | prime minister and leader of the third duma. Tried to counter unrest by making peaseant life easier. |
Mikhail Bakunin | Leading anarchist |
Georgi Plekhanov | Russian Marxist who spent more than 30 years in exile. Supported the Russian social democratic party. Opposed Lenins idea to create the Bolshevik party |
Grigori Rasputin | advisor to the tzar and tzarina |
Alexander Kerensky | minister of justice and prime minister under the provisional government. Basically the leader but he lacked the ruthlessness of Lenin.He continued the war and postponed land reforms. |