What Extent Was Lenin’s Russia Totalitarian? One way in which the Bolsheviks and Lenin were able to consolidate their power and make Russia a totalitarian state was the Dissolution of the constituent assembly. This was a key-establishing move made by Lenin and the Bolsheviks to consolidate their power because it outlawed all other political parties meaning that Russia’s political system was completely controlled by the Bolsheviks and Lenin. However‚ the effects of the dissolution of the constituent
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#2 - “There were two revolutions in Russia because of the weakness of the Provisional Government.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? I agree with this statement to a large extent‚ as the revolutions were directly caused by the weak provisional government. The provisional government‚ created after the first revolution‚ directly caused the second revolution of 1917. Therefore this statement is true as the provisional government had no authority‚ its reforms were useless and caused adverse
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Essay: Russia and the Soviet Union. Throughout 1917 to 1924 Russia was experiencing extensive political‚ economic and social change that began with the Bolshevik revolution. The First World War had left Russia in a tragic state where the whole nation was facing a lot of social disruption and facing a major uprising. Throughout this time‚ the Bolsheviks‚ who had just taken control‚ undertook several measures to establish their authority. This included the declaration of initial reforms‚ i.e. the land
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Bolshevik consolidation of power in the period from 1917 to 1921 (edited) Introduction: The Bolsheviks used two main methods to consolidate power between the years of 1917 and 1921. The first method was the introduction of social‚ economic and military reforms aimed at consolidating their support among the peasants and the working class. The second method was one of coercion to crush the opponents with their ruthless nature. Along with these methods‚ the Bolsheviks victory in the Civil War was the
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Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power in Russia in 1917? The Bolshevik’s were able to seize power in Russian in 1917 mainly due to the exceptional leadership of Lenin and the organisational skills of Trotsky‚ the Red Guard army that was formed on May 11th 1917 and then re-organised on the 4th of November and the problems that the Provisional government had. The Bolshevik revolution took place with an armed rebellion in Petrograd. The October revolution led by the Bolshevik party and Lenin
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Ian Bruggeman HistB200 Professor Roseman The Success of the Bolshevik Revolution In order to understand the success of the Bolsheviks‚ one must first appreciate that they had no central role in the general revolution of March 1917. The government at the time of this Revolution was extremely weak. This was due to lack of loyalty in the army and consistent internal and foreign policy mistakes abdicated by Tsar Nicholas II‚ starting with the dissolution of the Duma and ending with the continued
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that allowed the Bolsheviks to take control in October 1917‚ such as not allowing any of their members to join the provisional government‚ or the fact that the were lead by Lenin and Trotsky‚ two of the most intelligent men in Russia at the time. But the main factor that gave the Bolsheviks the most powerful argument against both the Tsarist System and the Provisional Government was the fact that the Russian people were crying out for an end to the war‚ and this is what the Bolsheviks promised - peace
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Explain why did‚ the Menshevik and Bolshevik split happened in 1903? Until 1903 the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks were a single party called the Social democrats. They wanted a communist Russia‚ following the ideas of Marxism. However with in the party of the social democrats there were two men‚ Lenin and Plekhanov whom of which had two completely different ideas on how the party was going to be successful in achieving the revolution‚ causing a split in the social democrats. Both parties’
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Ali Adenwala 12J Due: 5/1/15 Why did the Bolsheviks succeed in 1917 whilst other political parties failed to gain power? [2nd Draft] The Bolshevik’s seizure of power was due‚ significantly‚ to the external environment of deterioration festering around them at the time‚ the most incremental and significant being the failure of other political parties to act and distance themselves from the Provisional
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‘The Bolsheviks were able to defeat their opponents in the Civil War 1918-1921 because of Trotsky’s military leadership.’ Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. During the Russian Civil War (1918-1921) the Bolsheviks‚ or the Reds‚ encountered opposition from the Whites‚ Greens and Blues in the attempt to consolidate their power and take full control of Russia after their seizure of power in October 1917. The new Bolshevik government was not democratically elected; after they seized
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