Liberal- Favorable to change and reform as in political or religious affairs.

Radical- Favoring drastic, economic and social reforms.

Conservative- Traditional in style or manner.
Domestic vs. Foreign matters- Domestic is events and things that affect our
Country, Foreign affairs are events that take place in foreign countries
Autocratic-Unlimited authority, power, or influence of one person in any group.
Divine Rights theory- The idea that the right to rule derives from God and that rulers
will have to answer directly to God for their decisions.
Russification- The process of becoming Russian in character.
Pan-Slavism- A political union of all Slavic people.
Emancipation Edict- When Alexander II freed all the Serfs
Peoples Will- A notorious terrorist group responsible for killing czar Alexander II.
Pogroms- An organized massacre.
Nihilists- Total rejection of established laws and institutions.
Social Democratic Labor party- A revolutionary socialist political group formed in
1898 in Minsk to unite the various revolutionary organizations of the Russian Empire
into one party.
Duma- A council or official assembly