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Narodism's Hibernation and People's Will Strategy
- Narodism in Russia didn't die after 1881, it went into hibernation.
- The People's Will aimed to dismantle the Czarist regime through assassination, believing this would spark a peasant uprising.
Famine's Impact and Narodism's Revival
- The famine of 1891-1892 significantly damaged the Czarist regime's legitimacy.
- The peasantry's increased openness to radical ideas made "going to the people" potentially viable again.
Return of the Narodniks
- Many Narodniks imprisoned or exiled in the 1870s returned in the 1890s, still holding their original beliefs.
- These returning exiles had missed the memo about Narodism's supposed discrediting and the rise of Marxism.