Russian History Revision - 3

This is an A-Level Russian History quiz that covers the opposition to Alexander II and his eventual assassination.
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When was first attempt on Alexander's life?
April 1866
After this, the Tsar became more reactionary and increased censorship, political arrests, removed communication between the zemstvo, and revived the tradition of exiles to where?
Siberia
What is the term given to the people who sought to rouse peasants into rebellion by sharing their lives and win their respect, but found it difficult to break the barrier between liberal student and conservative peasant?
Narodniks
What was the organisation that formed from some members of the intelligentsia and acted as the first major popular opposition group to the Tsar?
Land and Liberty
In the 'Trial of 193' the lawyers of the young narodniks had a field day at the state's expense, leading to 90 being acquitted and how many being sentenced to hard labour?
28
What was the terrorist organisation that formed out of a split of Land and Liberty and sought to remove the Tsar and destroy the Tsarist regime?
The People's Will
What increased by 80% throughout Al's reign and was a major burden on the peasantry, though the gentry were exempt?
Poll Tax
Who was the perpetrator behind the Tsar's first assassination attempt? He missed the shot, was arrested and then executed.
Karakozov
How many people were exiled to Siberia during Alexander's reign?
150,000
What was the other section of Land and Liberty that wanted to focus on winning the workers over to the ideas of Marxism rather than engage in political terrorism?
The Black Repartition
Who wrote 'Fathers and Sons' which gave birth to the term 'nihilist' and acted as encouragement for revolution?
Turgenev
How many attempts in total were there on Alexander II's life?
6
When was the final assassination attempt which killed him?
1 March 1881
What was the weapon used to kill Alexander II? It didn't work the first time due to the bulletproof nature of the Tsars carriage, but after the Tsar stepped outside to help the casualties, he was killed on the next attempt.
Bomb
What was the name of the thrower of the weapon who also died in the effort?
Ignacy Hryniewiecki
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