nBy
the 1890s new protest currents
appeared.
•Marxist socialism spread among the
intelligentsia.
•Vladimir Lenin attempted to make
Marxism fit Russian conditions
and organized disciplined
cells to work for the expected
revolution.
•At the same time working-class unrest
in the cities showed through
union formation and strikes –
both of which were illegal –
to compensate for lack of
political outlets.