How Did The Communist Party Contribute To The Rise Of Marxism

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union or CPSU was formed deep within the Bolshevik niche of the Russian Social Democratic Party or RSDP. The Bolsheviks eventually removed themselves from the RSDP in the year 1912. This separation allowed the Bolsheviks to form their own party, Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in time for the Prague Conference. In 1917 the Russian Socialist Federate Soviet Republic became the world’s first social state. The RSFSR was founded after the October Revolution. As soon as the revolution ended the government in which Lenin ruled put in place socialist reforms, which included the transfer of estates and land to workers in the Soviet Republic. In 1918 the Russian Socialist Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) became an all russian communist party and stayed this way till 1997. The CPSU mainly followed Marxism-Leninsm, which is an ideology that follows the writings of Carl Marx and Vladimir Lenin which came to complete power under Joseph Stalin. The CPSU operated
Lenin died on January 21st 1923, Lenin was succeeded by Joseph Stalin. In 1925 name changed from RSFSR to the All Union Communist Party (AUCP). In the 1930s Stalin put in place the Great Purge, a time of widespread oppression and fear which resulted in a series of “show trials” and a purge of the original party members. The AUCP’s ultimate goal was to create collective security partnerships with the western powers. Unfortunately these partnerships did not work. With all the former territories of the Russian Empire joined, the new ussr signed a non-aggression pact with Germany. This pact was breached in 1941 during WW2 when Germany invaded Russia, which led to the Great Patriotic War. After the allies won ww2, the USSR stuck to a strict policy of establishing pro-stalin type governments in the occupied