land policy made them popular – peasants LSR- argues policy ignored industrial workers RSR- argued policy was unworkable in current conditions. Social democrats The Social Democratic party was a Marxist party The SD split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks Industrial Workers Plekhanov – promoted the idea of proletarian revolution- leader of SD. Members soon became impatient with Plekhanov because they wanted active revolutionary programme. The spokesman for this viewpoint was Lenin
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He worked tirelessly to achieve this goal. The Bolshevik Revolution occurred in 1917‚ when Lenin’s political party‚ the Bolsheviks‚ took over the provisional government. Lenin demanded that all Russian farmland be distributed equally among the peasants‚ and control of factories be handed over to the workers. All of this change led to conflicts throughout Russia and the creation of “The White Army” which was made up of citizens who opposed the Bolsheviks who associated with the color red‚ and were called
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Red Scare The Red Scare of 1919 was the first of two major periods in American History when fear of radicalism culminated in the persecution and deportation of Americans thought to be radicals (communists‚ anarchists‚ or socialists). An unprecedented event‚ the Red Scare of 1919 exhibits how popular suppression and fear of radicalism can have disastrous consequences. The causes of the Red Scare are numerous and varied‚ however‚ one of the most important factors that contributed to the scare was
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Russian and Chinese Revolutionary movements The Russian and Chinese Communist Revolutions were both revolutions that occurred at the end of world wars‚ although they did not occur at the same time. Due to the world wars‚ both Russia and China faced the consequences‚ which eventually led to the revolutions. Both Russian and Chinese revolutions share many similarities‚ but also share many differences. Russia had faced two revolutions in the year 1917‚ which eventually led to the formation of the
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Lenin and the Bolsheviks were strong believers that women were oppressed and did not have equality with me in the eyes of the law. This revolution: “changed the nature of marriage and gave women equality before the law‚ freeing women from housework and empowering them to participate in public life and productive labor on an equal footing with men.” At the end of the 1920s‚ the Bolsheviks established the Soviet Family Code of 1918. This code established
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stated on page 8 ; “my thesis is precisely the opposite to that advanced bu the revisionists‚ which by now is virtually obligatory in Western universities. I shall argue that there was nothing preordained about either the fall of tsarism or the Bolshevik power‚ seizure. In fact‚ I feel that the latter was something of a fluke‚ but that‚ once it occurred and the totalitarian machine was in place‚ then the rise of Stalin became virtually a foregone conclusion.”In other words in a sentence conclusion
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Australian Labor Party was the world’s first elected socialist party. In 1903‚ the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party began to split on ideological and organizational questions into Bolshevik (’Majority’) and Menshevik (’Minority’) factions‚ with Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin leading the more radical Bolsheviks. Both wings accepted that Russia was an economically backward country unripe for socialism. The Mensheviks awaited the capitalist revolution in Russia. But Lenin argued that a revolution
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Russia in 1894 Politically backward Repression – the okhrana Extremism – denial of free speech led to extremism Most of Russia’s population were peasants – over 80% Decline in agriculture Large army = cost a lot more money The early reign of Nicholas II‚ 1894-1905 Came to throne in 1894 Russification – Russian was declared to be the official first language; all legal proceedings such as trials had to be conducted in Russian. Restricted the influence of the non-Russian national minorities
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Marxist party by exposing himself to books and other material concerning the philosophy. He was expelled due to missed exams‚ although Stalin later claimed that his expulsion was caused by his growing interest in Marxism. At this time‚ the Bolsheviks were launching a revolution in an effort to remove the reigning Tsar and abolish
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October 1917‚ the Bolsheviks rose to power. During this time‚ the Soviet Union was involved in the First World War‚ which had devastating effects on its economy. There were shortages on essential supplies including food‚ clothing‚ and fuel. Levels of agricultural and industrial production were down compared to levels in 1913. Economic breakdown‚ civil war and irrepressible inflation accompanied the Russian Revolution of October 1917. Due to these circumstances‚ the Bolsheviks moved to nationalize
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