maria ,a women worker view Russian revolution from the viewpoint write a paragraph
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In the 1860s and 70s, a number of women joined the populist revolutionary movement that was gathering momentum in Russia. Many of the women were from noble or bureaucratic families and had studied abroad, where they had formed and participated in women’s study circles. Calling for social justice and political change, these women took advantage of the revolutionary mood sparked by Alexander II’s reforms to serfdom, the judiciary and education.
Both male and female revolutionaries printed and distributed propaganda, and carried out political and economic terrorist acts. In 1874, thousands of Populists (Narodniks) went to the countryside to live among peasants in the hope of improving living standards and raising socialist consciousness.
Tsarist authorities swiftly crushed the movement and hundreds of male and female activists were arrested. New non-violent and violent groups soon emerged, including the revolutionary terror organisation People’s Will (Narodnaia Volia), which was responsible for the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881.
Some of the most well-known women revolutionaries of the 19th century include Vera Zasulich, Maria Spiridonova, Vera Figner and Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskaia (Catherine Breshkovsky).