... government and was so insistent on the ending of the war. Through sheer force of personality alone, Lenin was able to push forward the revolution. He was not elected to be the Chairman of Congress, but it was simply assumed that he would be the leader. The Bolsheviks followed ... 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 of organization to make it succeed. This success did not come solely on ... p...

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... these. Throughout my essay, I will analyse Lenin's role in regards to the achievements attained by the Bolshevik's. By the start of 1917, the Tsarist rule was confronting intense issues, mainly due to his naive autocracy, "The fundamental cause of the Russian revolution was the incompatibility of the Tsarist state, with the demands of the modern state"1; the peasants were ... war; Land to the Peasants; All Power to the Soviets'; in conjunction with this, he changed the Bolshevik Party into a catalyst for revolution. Once in power, Lenin's authority was crucial in implementing social cha...

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... soon abdicate his throne, and a provisional government was put in place to establish equilibrium in Russia once more. But it was corrupted and weak, setting the stage for the Bolshevik triumph (Satter 101). A revolution- coming of full circle- in modern history it has meant an upheaval of society, vast and violent changes in the structure of a nation incited by the people. It ... Bolsheviks. Most importantly to understanding why the Bolsheviks triumphed is look at their actions. " The Bolshevik tactic was to goad the government, by all kinds of provocative moves, into active measures ag...

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... Lenin formally broke from his Menshevik opponents and the rest of the RSDLP (Russian Social Democratic Labor Party) to form an independent Bolshevik party. Once he had done this, The Bolshevik had to gain power in Russia. Now Lenin was going to head back to Russia. The first part of the Bolsheviks taking power ... Lenin back in Russia for he had been exiled from Russia. He arrived back in Russia on April 3 in Petrograd during the All-Russian Conference of Bolshevik Party Workers. Lenin had been in Holland when he told the Germans that he needed to get back into Russia the Germans gave hi...

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... question is whether or not the workers were "aware." Once that is achived, one can then look more cearly upon the revolution, as either a "revolution from below," or a "revolution from above." Several scholars will point that the greatest proof that the workers were not "dark", blind, anarchist beings, are ... This continued division among the classes led to the renewal of the "class warfare" that had been an ever more important aspect of the revolution., and drove the workers in search of a political voice. Diane Koenker states "workers possessed experience, political connections, and ...

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... end of WWI, Russia had been turned upside down; they had already sustained a great loss of people to their enemy. Although the March Revolution was successful in bringing down the czar, it failed to set up a strong government to replace his regime. Headed by Alexander Kerensky, the ... in Russia worsened as the citizens requested land and formed soviets (local councils consisting of workers, peasants and soldiers). V.I. Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik's, saw this as a chance to jump in and take control of the crumbling Russia. Lenin planned for the Bolsheviks to storm the Winter Palace ...

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... country developed and implemented iron works and factories, including all the elements that the industrial society does exhibit today. Even so, the industrial revolution did not come in uniformly and neither did it move swiftly compared to the other countries like the Britain and this forced the peasants ... that fed the government was growing politically and so the political aspect was growing to be an issue that was led to the Russian revolution. The peasants and the urban workforce were always linked and the growth of politics within this workforce led them to be quickly turned ... s...

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... believed strongly in these morals and used them as a guide to his goal of revolution. This essay focuses on how the Bolsheviks gained power and background to Bolshevik Revolution and also the outcomes of the revolution. The Bolsheviks continued to prostest against the current government in Russia and over time the ... eventually pulled more followers over to the Bolsheviks. Lenin returned to Russia in 1917. As soon as he arrived he began to organise the Bolshevik opposition towards the provisional government . Even though Lenin was not extremely popular at the time, Lenin's excellent oran...

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... Tsarist Russia. The definition of Russia's "new society" is troublesome, and it could be said that Russia's new society began after the 1917 revolution and ended in 1928, when Joseph Stalin came into power. Conversely, it could be argued that the different governments between 1917 and 1928 ( ... pre-war levels. E.g. coal went from 6.9 million tons in 1921 to 27.6 million tons in 1926. The originally communistic goals of the revolution when implemented caused great economic problems such as famine, so capitalistic policies had to be introduced to fix up the problems that they caused with ....

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... their ability to change. An ideal is "an ultimate object or aim of endeavor,"" one that politically is used to change the government of the country. Under Lenin, the Bolshevik revolution was an attempt to change the government of Russia to that of Marxism, or communism. The idea that the proletariat will revolt against the bourgeoisie and form a working class ... necessary hardship toward the eventual realization of a workers' paradise. The idealized figure, the worker in whom the intelligentsia placed their hopes, carried a toughness and relentlessness that was necessary for the revolut...

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... created misery amongst the Russian people. The long term causes that continually festered the conditions of the people only needed a spark to ignite the revolution. World War One provided this catalyst. Although accompanied by patriotism and extreme nationalism, some predicted the war would end the reign of Nicholas. By ... 1917 this proved to be true. There are several factors which isolated the Tsar and ignited the revolution: the Tsar's role is commander in Chief linked the failure of the army with the monarchy; the role of Nicholas's wife, a German and Rasputin ... was a mass migrat...

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... created misery amongst the Russian people. The long term causes that continually festered the conditions of the people only needed a spark to ignite the revolution. World War One provided this catalyst. Although accompanied by patriotism and extreme nationalism, some predicted the war would end the reign of Nicholas. By ... 1917 this proved to be true. There are several factors which isolated the Tsar and ignited the revolution: the Tsar's role is commander in Chief linked the failure of the army with the monarchy; the role of Nicholas's wife, a German and Rasputin ... was a mass migrat...

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... and peasants as well as workers would bow in his presence. Lenin can be seen as the backbone and driver in the events now referred to as the October revolution, where the Bolshevik's (Lenin's party) took over the Russian government in St Petersburg and were not only successful in seizing power but able to hang onto the position during a long civil war ... . A man named Valentinov on arrival in Genova in 1904 was "shocked by the atmosphere of worship of Lenin which people calling themselves Bolshevik's had created"(4) Menshevik and Bolshevik differences were found to face the real dilemma...

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... confidence, Trotsky began attacks on key government buildings, such as the Winter Palace, and provisional government officials. Trotsky's Red Guards, an exceptionally well trained private army devoted to the Bolshevik revolution, played a crucial part in the seizure and maintenance of power in the newly named Communist government. It was not long after Lenin's rise to power did extreme opposition present itself ... . This constant threat to the Bolsheviks resulted in a more centralized government system, instead of Lenin's original idea to put the people in control. Lenin's Bolshevik Rev...

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... in the face of internal and external opposition. Although egalitarian Marxist ideology spawned ideal Bolshevik policies, to retain their power, Lenin prioritized pragmatism, ruthless terror and political survival 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 ... in their loyalties due to some inevitable decisions that displeased the working class. However, Lenin's April thesis presents Marxist ideology, as he strongly emphasi...

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... die of hunger. The Bolsheviks introduced rationing but in March 1918 Petrograd's bread allocation had fallen to 50 grams per day, the lowest it experienced. Given Lenin's passionate desire for revolution and to implement socialism it may be argued that at the time Lenin and other Bolsheviks believed that they were establishing socialism. The failure of the economic measures in this ... Communism as a whole was not a 'temporary measure' but an ambitious and as it turned out premature attempt to introduce full-blown communism" (The Russian Revolution). Lenin had always wanted single party r...

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... they had many different groups with different ideas on how Russia should be ruled. The White Army, or the Mensheviks, had many anti-bolshevik individuals within their wide spread groups. The colonies of the Mensheviks disagreed with each other's political goals and each group of the army had ... this time. Ironically, the Mensheviks first came up with the propaganda and used it against the Bolsheviks, however when they got involved, the Bolshevik's propaganda was more effective against the Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks used their propaganda to persuade civilians and workers from the Menshevi...

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... affair and the Lenin's persuasion of the soviet to support the Bolshevik seizure of power. Once Lenin had seized power, a new threat loomed, consolidating his newly gained power. Just after the revolution Lenin immediately began organising similar take-overs across Russia, by the ... end of October only a handful of regions remained loyal to the provisional government. The main threat to Lenin's new empire came in the form of the white movement, a movement from within, a movement from abroad, but in all cases a civil war. Without Lenin's decisive leadership the Bolshevik ... party would...

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... to spread across Europe. However, it was hard enough to keep hold of his own country, Riga was lost to Poland and the "World Revolution" did not spread. By the end of 1920 the Bolsheviks had begun to lose the support of even their closest followers. Six years of ... , workers went on strike. Meanwhile at the naval base of Kronstadt, sailors of the Baltic Fleet mutinied. Most of these sailors had been strong Bolshevik supporters. They demanded democracy and an end to War Communism. The peasants then turned on the Bolsheviks. With Russia's external enemies defeated, In March ... Pravda" and...

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... slight amendments could be made in order to create a communist state more efficiently. Lenin revised Marx's ideas so that a communist revolution could be introduced quicker and in Russia. Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik party meaning "the majority". The Bolshevik party had arisen after a divide in the RSDLP occurred due to a disagreement over membership of the party. The other section of ... still very much a country of agriculture. Lenin believed that Russia was sufficiently developed and this is his first revision of Marxism. Marx believed that a in order for there to b...

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... of the party's policies. In addition to this, Lenin regarded him as able and reliable, although in his Testament, Lenin had criticised him for his lack of enthusiasm for the Bolshevik seizure in October 1917. Other political advantages that Kamenev had were that he had been the Moscow party secretary, and the commissar of foreign trade. This meant that he had ... as ruthless as he needed to be. Zinoviev, whilst having many good points, also had a lot of points that worked against him. His positive aspects were that he had been a Bolshevik since 1903, and had worked closely with Lenin, a...

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... the Russian peasantry was a viable revolutionary force, but lacked the capability of developing on its own. Lenin believed that an outside force was needed to guide the working class into revolution. His solution was a revolutionary party that would come from the bourgeoisie and be composed mainly of middle class intellectuals. Digging farther he describes the party as being a small, highly ... businessmen, landowners and anyone opposed to his rule. In regards to this ideal Stalin and Lenin were in complete agreement but their major divergence was in regards to international socialist ...

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... admit that he was wrong. This definitely assisted him in his quest to become ruler of Russia, though had Stalin not been a member of the Bolshevik central committee, had Russia not been in economic depression, had it not been for World War I, or Lenin's illness and death, Stalin would not ... and because of this, and his involvement in Marxism, he was expelled in 1899. Stalin began to work his way to the top of the Bolshevik party. He organised strikes and bank robberies and was often imprisoned or in exile. Stalin married in 1904, but his wife died in childbirth, ... he saw as threat...

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... Russians. People felt betrayed. Although he believed himself to be an absolute ruler as ordained by God. The massacre sparked the 1905 Russian Revolution.Workers and peasants no longer felt constrained by the law. Soldiers returning back from the war against Japan rebelled. In cities and towns, ... - against Lenin. However, when the provisional government was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (led by Vladimir Lenin) during the October/November 1917 Russian Revolution, Nicholas and his family came under control of the Bolsheviks. The decision was taken by the Bolsheviks to kill Nicholas and h...

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... Lenin's death, and more so by 1926, Stalin had huge support and loyalty in the party. The huge increase in the size of the Bolshevik Party also changed its character, from an elitist group off theorists, to a sprawling bureaucracy. After the Lenin Enrolment the majority of the party members ... peasant classes. Stalin was quick to recognise this change and presented himself accordingly. He showed himself as the hard-working Georgian farmboy, the Old Bolshevik who had suffered exile in Siberia for his party, the man who truly understood the working classes. The party had changed from "the...

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