damaged from a near decade of war. It is here when Lenin began rolling back towards the state-assisted bourgeoisie that the Tsarist regime had attempted to implement‚ an implementation Engels noted for its dependency on keeping the state alive (On Social Relations in Russia 668). Lenin would not be able to form a system of economics and governance that would not necessitate a bureaucracy‚ without overindulging in legal procedures‚ something Lenin deemed an excess of the bourgeoisie (Ulam 452). The
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propaganda to turn the people against the opposition‚ for example‚ during the civil war many posters were reproduced portraying the White generals as puppets due to their foreign intervention. War communism was an economic policy‚ adapted by Lenin to win the civil war. It involved feeding the Red Army and workers in key industries. It also allowed for some elements of socialism to be introduced. War communism was the repossession of factories. In the towns‚ factories were taken over by the government
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support and influence. Furthermore‚ the Bolsheviks had no figure of leadership in Russia – Lenin had been exiled to Switzerland. Consequently‚ until Lenin’s return in April‚ the Bolsheviks were left to decide what the best decisions to make for the party were; they began to support the Provisional Government‚ believing the Marxist’s plan of achieving a Socialist community was being fulfilled. However‚ when Lenin returned to Russia‚ April 3rd 1917‚ he degraded the Provisional Government and the idea
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years 1929–39? (30 marks) January 2010 To what extent did Russia undergo economic and political reform in the years 1906-14? (30 marks) OR How far was Lenin responsible for the Bolsheviks’ growing hold on power in the years 1917-24? (30 marks) 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? (30 marks) OR How far did Stalin’s social policies change the lives of children and women
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ideology‚ communism‚ heavily impacted the Russian Revolution‚ leading to Russia becoming the Soviet Union. World War I left a large amount of damage to Russia’s economy and society. Leading to the czar abdicating the throne and Vladimir Lenin stepping up. After Lenin stepped up to power‚ he promised that he would get Russia out of the war‚ which he did using the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. During the
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making it look as if he had a bigger part in the October revolution than he actually did. He also managed to make his relationship with Lenin look much closer than they were. He cunningly told Trotsky the wrong date for Lenin’s funeral‚ and became the chief mourner at Lenin’s funeral. This helped gain support for him greatly as the Russian people looked up to Lenin. He achieved more support by making himself seem as the perfect person; he had many photos taken which were forms of propaganda‚ many
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Bibliography: BBc‚ 2012. Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) [online] http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/lenin_vladimir.shtml [Accessed 26/2/13] Bigsavo‚ 2011 http://www.studymode.com/essays/How-Did-Tsar-Nicholas-Ii-Play-722737.html [Accessed 18/2/13] Bio‚ 1996 Bournemouth‚ P. 2013. ’Why
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introduced‚ Stalin felt that peasant attitude lacked revolutionary spirit‚ rather than producing grain for the good of the community the peasants produced it for themselves and their own profit. This was viewed as capitalism and was against what Marx‚ Lenin‚ Stalin and Russia tried to achieve and the NEP was helping the peasants develop capitalism. This is true in that of the introduction of collectivisation and the Five Year Plans and Stalin constantly wanted to become a ‘more communist’ state. Through
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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 of the workers and peasants would achieve this task. After the Russian revolution of 1905‚ Leon Trotsky argued that unlike the
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Joseph Stalin dominated the soviet scene to a degree unequaled in the United States by Truman or even Roosevelt. Stalin was born in the Russian empire’s southern province of Georgia in 1879. He began studying for the priesthood but was thrown out of seminary for revolutionary activity and some believe because of laziness. After the 1917 Bolshevik revolution he climbed to prominence in the new ruling communist party thanks to his administrative skills and adroit political maneuvering and building
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