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The Intelligentsia and Liberals

The Intelligentsia and Liberals. Caitlin, Tracy, Adrian & Jarvin Pages 64-66. Aims. To reform the autocracy so that the tsar would listen directly to his people To promote welfare, education, liberty and the rule of law They opposed tsarist oppression and the injustice of the legal system

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The Intelligentsia and Liberals

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  1. The Intelligentsia and Liberals Caitlin, Tracy, Adrian & Jarvin Pages 64-66

  2. Aims • To reform the autocracy so that the tsar would listen directly to his people • To promote welfare, education, liberty and the rule of law • They opposed tsarist oppression and the injustice of the legal system • Wanted individuals to live pure and simple lives in order to bring about the moral regeneration of the country • Rejected violence They wanted the tsar to rule in conjunction with his people

  3. Supporters • Public figures • Town leaders • Members of the legal and teaching professions • Industrialists • Liberal thinkers • Educated middle/upper class Count Leo Tolstoy was a liberal thinker

  4. Methods of Opposition -Tolstoy wrote a book called ‘What I believe’. He was a well respected novelist so this contributed to the assault on authority of the autocratic government. -Used petitions, but Nicholas II said they had a ‘senseless dream’. -Tried to set up an ‘All-Zemstvo Organisation’, but it was immediately banned. -Radical members met in secret to discuss matters of liberal interest e.g. judicial reform and universal education. -Founded the Union of Liberation in 1903 in which representatives of the zemstva and other professional societies were invited for discussions.

  5. Were they successful? -Limited political influence before 1905 -Unnoticed by the police as the police were busy coping with the activities of the Socialist Revolutionaries and Social Democrats -At most, they contributed to the momentum that was building up within the country for political change -Not very successful as they didn’t make significant changes or have a big impact

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