THE FOUNDATIONS OF LENINISM by J.V. Stalin THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF LENINISM ¶1 THE foundations of Leninism is a big subject. To exhaust it a whole volume would be required. Indeed‚ a number of volumes would be required. Naturally‚ therefore‚ my lectures cannot be an exhaustive exposition of Leninism; at best they can only offer a concise synopsis of the foundations of Leninism. Nevertheless‚ I consider it useful to give this synopsis‚ in order to lay down some basic points of departure necessary
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Trotsky shared Lenin’s vision of a society whose wealth would be shared and controlled by the workers. But Trotsky refused to join the Bolsheviks party because he disagreed with Lenin’s methods of leading the party. He remained a member of the Mensheviks until July 1917 when he returned to Russia and joined the Bolsheviks. He became a close friend of Lenin and a leader in the October revolution. Trotsky became a military leader during the Civil War and his ruthless leadership of the Red Army enabled
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attributes to play a major role in the survival of the Tsar was the unorganized‚ and badly strategized stature of the opposition. The social democrats proved such corrupt unity in their split into two groups: the Bolsheviks‚ led by Lenin – and the Mensheviks‚ led by Martov. Both democratic leaders had different opinions on how to lead the group as a whole. Lenin wanted the core of active members limited‚ whereas Martov wanted his party to expand and
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Russia possible essay questions: Collapse Reform and reaction‚ 1855–1881 Why did Alexander II order the emancipation of the serfs in 1861? (12 marks) Crimean War defeat His own beliefs Political considerations Why did defeat in the Crimean War lead to reform under Alexander II? (12 marks) Inadequate army training suggested Russia was not an “elite state” Social unrest caused by the defeat Pressure from intellectuals Explain why Alexander II introduced further reforms following the Emancipation
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The Russo – Japanese war did is seen as a short term factor that was responsible for the 1905 revolution‚ however there are many other short term and long term factors which also contribute to being responsible for the 1905 revolution. The way the Tsar ran the country‚ social problems‚ changing society inside and outside Russia‚ Bloody Sunday etc... The Russo – Japanese war saw Russia lose to Japan. Russia saw itself as a great and powerful country‚ compared to others‚ Russia wanted to expand
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appreciated his literary abilities. Lenin checked Trotsky’s writing‚ especially articles for the Communist newspaper ‘Iskra’. However‚ in the Party Congress of 1903‚ the Social democratic party split into the Lenin led Bolsheviks and Martov headed Mensheviks. Trotsky stood against Lenin‚ stating that his theories went against Marxist notion of freeing the working classes. Through the context of his times‚ and early life experiences‚ it can be discerned that events
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The major issues of social‚ economical and political instability combined with the class contradictions and the lost hope to be the winning power in WW1 is what triggered the February Revolution. The hungry and dissatisfied mobs of people domiciled in an Empire which was suffering from backwardness in several aspects came out to illustrate their discontent on the streets of Petrograd. Before this escalated and a large number of citizens joined the movement - one could argue that the consequences
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To what extent did Stalin’s rule mar the key turning point in Russia’s political development 1856-1953? In an historical context‚ a ‘turning point’ can be categorized as an event o impact caused by an individual that‚ had it not occurred‚ would have altered the final outcome of a period of history. In the period of Russian history 1856-1953 there is no doubt there was a huge amount on political change‚ at the bringing of the period Russia was a state ruled by an autocratic Tsar and by the end
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(Wormald‚ 2017). Those living in Moscow and Petrograd experienced many food shortages‚ prices for daily amenities inflated exponentially‚ and all of the built up resentment was directed towards the Tsar (????). At the same period in time Bolshevik and Menshevik policies were becoming more popular with the gradually radicalising population‚ Socialist propaganda was spread across the front‚ illustrating the Tsar as a puppet of the Germans (Malone‚ 2004) and Tsarina Alexandra (Nicholas II’s wife) as a German
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he was trying to spread revolutionary ideas. He joined a group of Russian Social-Democrats working with Lenin after he escaped. He also founded the South Russian Workers’ Union and started helping Lenin further the revolution. He sided with the Mensheviks which wanted a democratic approach to socialism which was against what Lenin wanted. During the revolution‚ Trotsky improved the Red Army into a revolutionary force‚ and his speeches roused soldiers to fight and so did his order to shoot every tenth
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