How significant were the personalities of the contenders to succeed Lenin in accounting for Stalin’s defeat of his opponents in the years 1924-29? In the years before Lenin’s death and the years that followed. Stalin was seen to be in the weaker position than the seven other opponents‚ this being because he was doubted in his role in the revolution and therefore as his role of the leader of the party. I believe that the personalities of the contenders was significant in the power struggle but it
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Antagonism was limited to mount as the truth of Bolshevik law became distinct. The entire civil facility went on strike‚ taking the administration and supply of food almost to a stop. The church was also an opponent‚ the Cossacks and the ordinary individuals resisted‚ specifically the peasants because they came to know what was going on. Treaty of Brest-Litosk disgusted Russian view of every tint‚ including quite genuine innovative. Bolsheviks were coercing their rivals to bring them together.
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The Bolshevik takeover The fall of the Provisional government and the Bolshevik Revolution sparked many changes for Russia in 1917. It changed Russia for always. The economic system changed from a capitalist system to a socialist economy‚ peasants were granted the land that they already took in the February/March revolution and it ended the war and made peace in Russia. The lead up to the revolution can be traced back as far as March during the February/March revolution of 1917. In March of 1917
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How successful were the Bolsheviks in consolidating their power from 1917-1924? Was Communist ideology compromised during this period? On 24-26 October‚ the Bolshevik Party seized power from Kerensky’s Provisional Government. This was achieved with surprising ease. Retaining their newly acquired power‚ however‚ was to prove difficult. Nonetheless‚ the Bolsheviks proved successful in consolidating their power from 1917-1924‚ achieving this through a combination of pragmatic reforms and ruthless terror
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Assess the importance of War Communism to the Bolshevik consolidation of power. War Communism (WC) was of substantial importance to the Bolshevik consolidation of power. WC played a major role in the Bolshevik victory in the Civil War and thus allowed them to maintain power and control in Russia. However‚ from the Bolsheviks initial seizure of power in 1917 through to 1924‚ a number of other factors were of importance in enabling the Bolsheviks to consolidate this power. These factors included the
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Lenin’s April Theses for Peace‚ thus offering a perspective on the Revolution from the Bolshevik Party leader himself. However‚ the fact that it’s ‘adapted’ lowers its credibility‚ as the document might have suffered misleading changes‚ meant to portray Lenin and the Bolsheviks in a certain way. Moreover‚ the extract is published by the official communist newspaper which indicates a clear bias in favour of the Bolshevik Revolutionaries‚ making it a secondary source. In terms of content‚ the extract
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consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution and why does Hobsbawm call it the central event of the 20th century? There were many consequences from the Bolshevik revolution. Farmland was distributed among farmers‚ and factories are given to workers. The banks were nationalized and a national council was assembled to run the economy. Russia pulled out of World War I‚ signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk‚ conceding lots of land to Germany. Civil war‚ between Bolshevik (“red”) and anti-Bolshevik (“white”) forces
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Why were the Bolsheviks convinced that imposing a state monopoly over the media in the short-term would inevitably lead to media freedom for everyone in the long-term? Introduction The Bolsheviks‚ originally also Bolshevists were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolsheviks were the majority faction in a crucial vote‚ hence their name. They ultimately became the Communist
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far do you agree that the weakness of the provisional government was the main reason why the Bolsheviks came into power? There are two main reasons why the Bolsheviks were able to take over power in Russia in November 1917. They are the strengths of Bolsheviks themselves and factors in their favour‚ and the weaknesses and mistakes of the Provisional Government. The most important reason why the Bolsheviks were able to take over power was the faults and mistakes of the Provisional Government. A key
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Nationalism in Bolshevik and Fanonist Ideologies Both Bolshevik and Fanonist ideologies focus on the ways in which societies can overthrow existing economic‚ political‚ and societal structures that serve as means of oppression and subsequently bring about new systems that are egalitarian and socialist. While both ideologies share this common goal of creating these new socialist orders‚ the two ideologies vary both in their views on what should be the means to this end‚ as well as with regards
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