... was phenomenal and his teachings and theories are still widely taught and discerned today. His political tactics and revolutionary ideas gave rise to his somewhat meteoric fame. In 1917 after emerging as premier of the Soviet Government his fame and fortune grew overnight. It was not long before people were hypnotized by his speeches and peasants as well as workers would bow ... Lenin. "Convert the imperialist war into a civil war."(6) The news that Russia was in a state of revolution in 1917 caught Lenin by surprise. " It's staggering." "It's so totally unexpected."(7) Lenin was eager ...

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... was a "nationality in itself" (Radzinsky 13). The Romanov blood had been so mingled with the other blue bloods of Europe, that not much of it was truly Russian anymore. This lack of Russian blood is not to say that the Romanovs were not Russian. They were very Russian. They loved their Empire and even more so, their rule over it. They were generally tall and robust, adventurous ... Alexander III anymore than other Tsars, but he commanded their loyalty. Alexander III ruled by fear. He epitomized the Russian ideal of what a Tsar should be, "the sum of qualities that produces the impressio...

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Does Marxism adequately explain the Bolshevik revolution of November 1917? How else might it be explained? Whether Marxism could explain the Bolshevik revolution is in somepart loaded with obscurity as one will realise that revolution was a conceptual ideology originating to Karl Marx himself. However it is important to understand the link between Marxism and the Bolsheviks to establish in what form Marxism ... that russia had endured through out the months leading up to october in 1917. This is examining the short term causes the sufferng of the peasantry under the tsar are the long term caus...

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... politics and women's liberation. Although, women's liberation took a backseat to World War in 1917, the time had come for revolution in Russia. In 1917, the people of Russia were rioting because they had no food. Soldiers were sent from the Russian military to stop these riots. Upon the sight of their fellow people in starvation, they refused to fire. Political leaders now had lost the ... working class in Russia. Lenin was in support of radical change, not reform of any kind. Kollontai gained a government cabinet member position in 1917, due to her work as a faithful member of the Bolsh...

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... , taking away selfishness from that society. In 1903 the Social Democratic Party split into two different groups, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks believed that the revolution should be lead by a small group of dedicated and skilled revolutionaries, they would lead the party and make all the decisions. The Mensheviks believed that revolutionary should be run by a large group with worker ... Government. These ideas were later known as the April Theses. The theory said that it was the time to start another revolution but Bolsheviks disagreed with the timing, and were later...

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... a crime." His appropriate sense of timing, with action planned for the eve of the second All-Russian Congress o Soviets, led to the storming of the Winter Palace on the 25th of October 1917 and the subsequent recognition of the Council of People's Commissars (with Lenin as chairman) by the Congress of Soviets. Lenin's leadership and ability to lead the Bolsheviks is also undeniable, the October 1917 Revolution being one that required ... a great amount of planning and a great amount ... ...

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... Alexander the II was assassinated. This assassination causes the regime to increase their control and suppression on the Populists and the intelligentsia all together. Then in 1905, there is a massive revolution which forces Tsar Nicholas II to forfeit his power over political parties, trade unions, and a representative assembly known as the Duma. This is known as the October Manifesto, and it ... across the European continent, Tsar Nicholas II takes command of the Russian army. He is placed under a lot of pressure, as the public sees the war as an unnecessary imperialistic attempt to g...

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... debate within the party with the power struggle breaking down the party. Once Stalin was in control, part ideology and leadership all came under his leadership. Following the successful revolution, the first 6 months of power was to a small extent shaped by differing visions and leadership conflict, with Russia following one ideology, led by an undisputed Lenin whilst conflict arousing from the peace ... on the future; Bukharin wanting to continue the NEP and Trotsky wanting to remove it. Such differing ideologies, created different pathways for the party playing a vital role, in the shap...

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Lenin and the Russian revolution Introduction The Bolsheviks started off, in 1903, as the minority of the Social Democratic Party. As all anti-tsarist groups the party was illegal. The party was based upon the beliefs of Karl Marx, a German writer and revolutionary, who believed a revolution could only be started within the workforce of the major cities. Lenin believed strongly in these morals and used ... the outcomes of the revolution. The Bolsheviks continued to prostest against the current government in Russia and over time the political, social and economic discontent and the famous even...

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... strikes and demonstrations. He was arrested and was exiled but then escaped a year later. This cycle of arrests, exiles and escapes went on for the next several years leading up to the Russian Revolution in 1917. After the takeover of the government, Stalin became a member of the new government's Soviet of People's Commissars, heading the Commissariat for Nationality Affairs. Stalin's position was crucial as to the result ... of the Russian Civil War of 1918-1921 because the Bolsheviks were desperately trying to stop the terrorists from winning ... ...

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... above ideological purity. Bolshevik ideology primarily began to subside from its Marxist roots during the October revolution in 1917 in Petrograd, when the party first seized power from Kerensky's Provisional Government. Although these revolutionary intelligentsias established a "dictatorship of the proletariat" and pragmatic reforms that placated the masses, the working class were volatile and indecisive ... incident of the mutinied loyal naval garrison of the fortress island of Kronstadt manifested into as Fitzpatrick argues, "a symbolic partying of the ways of the working class and...

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... is about the November 1917 revolution, the events that led up to and contributed to the revolution and Lenin's role in the revolution. These include the different social, political and economic causes of the Russian Revolution, things such as which social class should lead the uprising, the Mensheviks who wanted to change Russia by a democratic vote and social reform. Lenin's ideology who and where ... it came from, if his brothers death had anything to do with his political ideology. The social, political and economic events of November 1917, these include the ... food shortages and p...

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... faced with a similar situation in WWI eventually led to its loss of control of the army, and subsequently, its loss of political power in February 1917. In October 1917 the Bolsheviks inherited an economy on the brink of collapse. Four years of devastating war had paralysed Russian industry, and the outbreak of widespread civil war, plus the subsequent loss of important agricultural land (i.e. the Volga region, Ukraine) further compounded the ... in its responses. The Bolshevik's were also repressive, but their policies revealed an inherent willingness to reform and adjust according to ...

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... knew that the majority of the Russian population was peasants and used their darkening situation as the Bolsheviks basis for revolution. The peasants had long been suffering from the effects of WWI, such as famine, low wages, and loss of land. Lenin cleverly used propaganda to convince the people to support Bolshevik policy. By advocating a revolution of behalf of the workers he took charge of peasantry land issues, promised ... the Bolshevik campaign. In an attempt to gain momentum for Lenin's movement, Trotsky convinced Lenin to name the revolution in favor of the soviets. This, too, ...

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Lenin was responsible for the outbreak of revolution in October 1917. Discuss. During the month of October, the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd. They had completed a coup against the ever-unpopular capitalist government. Many say that there were many instances of chance in the coup, there was also strong influence of key individuals including Lenin. Although he was a strong influence within the revolution, he wasn't solely responsible for ... and ask from them not words but deeds." Although Lenin and the Bolsheviks had done all of the organising and planning of the revolution, the reason...

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... was underestimated by his opposition, who were not united against him and he had the support of the working class of Russia, all of these factors contributed to Stalin's rise to power. Stalin was born into a peasant family in Georgia. He was forced to live like the Russian people and had no respect for authority from a young age. His father was abusive and beat ... seminary. It was while attending the seminary that Stalin learned about the Marxist philosophy, he saw the possibility of rising to power and became a member of the Social Democrats, also known as the Russian Marxists. Stalin...

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... saw the party's transition towards a bureaucracy as anti-revolutionary. This led him to accuse supporters of Stalin as being "worms who crawl from the upturned soil of the manured revolution." This language did not endear him to the vast majority of the party, which had been bureaucratic since 1917. Trotsky's lack of political tact and his arrogance towards the party membership left him with no base ... that Bolshevism should remain only in Russia, that Russia could save itself. With this argument Stalin evoked massive national pride, he showed himself to be the saviour of the Russian p...

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... to represent the workers and soldiers in Petrograd. They tried to undermine the Provisional government and this lead to disagreements and a coup d"etat. The abdication of the Tsar gave Lenin the chance he had been waiting for. When the Bolsheviks formed a revolution and took over Russia's government, the immediate decision, which they made, was one to discontinue the war with Germany. Each ... in command after joining the Bolsheviks in 1917. The Bolsheviks were situated in a more central position, which kept the army closer together, and they could easily defend themselves in the area, ...

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