High School History Recap

#12 Rise of the Russian Marxists

April 26, 2020 William H Palk and Colin du Plessis Season 1 Episode 12
High School History Recap
#12 Rise of the Russian Marxists
Show Notes

In this episode we pick up the story of Russia with the reign of the "Great Reformer" Alexander II and the development of the Nihilist and Populist movements. We show how discontent for serfdom and the monarchy grew and how different groups took up the struggle for a more equal society until it found a voice (and strategy) in the ideas of Karl Marx. We discuss the pathways that ultimately led to the formation of Vladimir Lenin's vanguard, the Bolsheviks. We've drawn extensively on the work of the historian Mark Steinberg @TheGreatCourses. PS: Alexander II died in 1881.

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