There was a rather significant continuity between Lenin and Stalin’s policies on Political Control. When the Bolsheviks first came in to power Lenin banned Liberal parties who where seen as a threat and later banned all parties including the Social Revolutionaries’ (SR’s) who shared similar views to the Communist party. After the SR’s had beaten them in the elections for the constituency assembly Lenin dismissed these elections and closed down the seemly as well as banning the political parties. USSR was now a one party state with secret police (CHEKA) to eliminate any opposition. Stalin simply kept it this way. Stalin also had secret police (NKVD), Before 1924 Lenin and his ’Red terror’ had been successful in eliminating all opposition outside of the communist party and faced none within the party. However, due to Stalin’s controversial takeover he faced heavy opposition. To keep this opposition repressed Stalin carried out a series of purges. To purge the Party meant, expelling members who, in one way or another, were unreliable. The purge of the Party spread, it came to involve more than just the Party. In 1937 it spread to the arm forces and then quickly came to effect the ordinary people. By 1938 virtually the entire population was living in a state of terror. Stalin’s Great terror led to no opposition and USSR was complete in Stalin’s control. This is where Lenin and Stalin differ because under Lenin there had been free fierce and passionate…
Russia was torn between the world war and the population was threatened as levels of starvation rose whilst industry fell. The provisional government could not do much to stop Russia plummeting as they did not have much power and the people of Russia failed to support them (1). The citizens of Russia were desperately looking for help and the Bolshevik party, created with the help of Lenin and Trotsky in the year 1917, had the answer. Slowly, they had managed to become one of the most powerful parties ever created, but many factors were to cause the consolidation of power. In this essay I will be comparing the significance of Vladimir Lenin in the Bolshevik consolidation of power with another important factor; Leon Trotsky.…
During the turbulent years in which Lenin had passed, his significance still continued to dominate Russian politics. One clear example of this was his funeral as party members were afraid to read his testimony as it would make themselves look unpopular. This showed that even in death, Lenin’s words still held weight making him extremely significant. Furthermore, many of Lenin’s early policies such as his feminist policies continued to persist through Stalin’s administration as the USSR was the first country to have female pilots and female snipers. Lastly, we can see similarities in both Lenin and Stalin’s policies. For example, Stalin had copied some of Lenin’s “War Communism” as Stalin’s “Collectivization” advocated requisitioning of grain.…
In 1917, Russia was crumbling into pieces. The World War I was draining all of Russia’s resources. There was shortage of food throughout the country, which left people starving. At the battlefront, millions of Russian soldiers were dying, they did not possess many of the powerful weapons that their opponents had. The government under Czar Nicholas II was disintegrating, and a provisional government had been set up. In November of 1917, Lenin and his communist followers known as the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government and set a communist government in Russia. However, in 1924, Lenin died and Josef Stalin assumed leadership of the Soviet Union, which was the name for the communist Russia. Stalin was a ruthless leader who brought many changes to the Soviet Union. Stalin’s goal was to transform the Soviet Union into a modern superpower and spread communism throughout the world, and he was determined to sabotage anyone who stood in his way. He used many methods such as collectivization, totalitarianism and five year plan’s to achieve his goals. Stalin’s rule brought both harmful and beneficial consequences to the Soviet Union; however, the negative factors were so terrible, that they overwhelm the positive factors.…
On 24th October 1917 the Lenin and the Bolsheviks led a revolution in Russia. The Bolshevik Red Guards led a revolution against the Provisional Government by seizing control of stations, telephone exchanges, post offices, the national bank and the Winter Palace in Petrograd. Now Lenin set about creating the world’s first communist state. Although he was a strong influence, he was not solely responsible for the outbreak of revolution. There are other important causes of the Bolshevik seizure of power, such as the weakness of the Provisional government and Kerensky’s mistakes. Also other important factor was the actions of Trotsky and the timing and luck of the Bolsheviks. However, Lenin was, to a large extent, crucial to the Bolshevik seizure of power because he presented his April thesis, which gave the people of Russia an awakening to the communist aim.…
Vladmir Lenin (1870-1924) founded the communist party in Russia and the world's first communist dictatorship. He believed in Karl Marx's theories that government is affected by underlying economic forces. Lenin's dictatorship resembles that of Mustapha Mond for both of them controlled their people for the nation to prosper.…
Joseph Stalin, a communist, led the Soviet Union from the mid 1920s to until his death which was in 1953. Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks, communists, fought and won the Russian Civil War. Once Lenin died his successor, Leon Trotsky, took over the Bolsheviks. Stalin and Trotsky had a fight for the Communist Bolshevik party, Stalin gained…
Under Lenin, communism was instilled into Russia. Lenin led Russia until 1924 when he died, and then Joseph Stalin rose to power. Joseph Stalin was a pivotal figure in creating the Soviet Union and paving the way for the Cold War between Russia and the United States. Stalin changed the old communist ways established by Lenin and created a totalitarian government to set the way for the “perfect communist state”. Stalin was the new dictator of Russia and controlled everyone and everything.…
Vladimir Lenin was a Bolshevik Leader for the 1917 October Revolution, and the first Head of State for the Soviet Union. His contribution to political science, Leninism, was developed from his interpretations on the Marxist theory. After the revolution, Lenin headed the new Soviet government that formed in Russia. He became the leader of the USSR upon its founding in 1922. Lenin held the highest post in the Soviet government until his death in 1924.…
Lenin was the face of the Bolshevik revolution and party leader from 1917 until his death in 1924. Lenin’s interpretation of The Communist Manifesto was that the entire world should…
In March 1917 things were almost the same as in 1905, and the food shortages and suffering produced by the war led to revolution once again. But this time, Tsar Nicholas didn´t even have the support of his loyal Cossacks. I will try to show you how conditions came to be so terrible in Russia.…
As the soldiers pillaged the towns, the people had no more belonging or money and so poverty became an even larger problem in Russia. Throughout these events, the people had no say and no way to change their position. Their rights were stripped from them and the common people were forced to live as slaves for the bolshevik party. During the Russian Revolution, there was a great amount change. The Leadership and the ideas and goals of the country changed but the issues and rights of the common people did…
Lenin was one of the most powerful leaders in Russia to ever exist. Lenin used attractive ideology, the April Theses, effective propaganda, good leadership skills, and the help of others led him to become the leader of Russia.…
This economic system had numerous features, both good and bad. Following the end of czarist rule, Vladimir Lenin, and later Joseph Stalin, came into power as leader of the Bolsheviks, or the Communists, those who deeply desired communist ideas for a government. Vladimir Lenin and his Communist Party established the Soviet Union, which by Joseph Stalin, was made into a communist and totalitarian state, which is ruled by one dictator. A factor of communism in Russia set by Stalin was the Great Purge. During this enforcement, those who resisted the government, going against their ideals, were executed or exiled from society. If any were even accused of opposition towards the government, they would be brutalized, murdered or removed from their country. This action sparked great fear in the people of the Soviet Union, as they were forced to be harshly subordinate to Stalin.…
Lenin’s hardcore Communist policies were a disaster in the USSR: Food production and industrial output virtually collapsed and the county started falling apart. He had to abandon the most extreme Communist practices early on because they just didn’t work in real life.…