union. However‚ it is this intellect and self-assurance in his ideals that meant he was isolated for so many years. After the Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party in 1903‚ he sided with neither the Bolsheviks nor the Mensheviks and wrote for both sides.
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1. Russian Populism The Populist movement resulted from Alexander II’s Great Reforms. The purpose of the reforms was to take Russia into the future. 2. Lenin’s Imperialism: the Highest State of Capitalism describes the function of financial capital in generating profits from imperial colonialism‚ as the final stage of capitalist development to ensure greater profits 3. People’s Will (Narodnaia Volia) a newspaper published by the People’s Will revolutionary
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Socially‚ Russia was under the state of hierarchy‚ where it was divided into social classes. At this point in Russia’s history‚ Russia was ruled under the Tsarist Autocracy where the Tsar‚ only governed Russia and made all the decisions. Under him came the “civil servants”. At the top were ministers in charge of the government departments‚ and the bottom was made up of the minor ministers like customs inspectors and office clerks. They were usually underpaid‚ therefore‚ took constant bribes. All
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Party wad formed with the aim of overthrowing the Tsar through revolution by the working class to put an end to capitalism and abolish class exploitation‚ as per Karl Marx.� The party split into two factions‚ the Bolsheviks led by Lenin and the Mensheviks. Despite their differences‚ both factions were able to come up with a party platform in 1903 which included equal rights for all citizens regardless of race‚ religion or nationality‚ as well as freedom of religion.� At the end of it all during the
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Prior to 1900’s * Unequal Treaties unfair for China * Qing Dynasty (1644 1912) * 1842: War over trade Britons want to trade Chinese opium for their tea C don’t want opium B and C battle it out C lose disastrously leads to Treaty of Nanjing: B gets Hong Kong starts to take over parts of China * extraterritoriality: citizens of ruling country abide by their own country’s laws * Most Favored Nation status: * 1844: Treaty of Whampoa French open up
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How far did Witte improve and modernize the Russian economy? Before Witte came into power‚ Russia was in a state of crisis. Due to many factors (including the tsarist system‚ geography and lack of education and ingenuity) Russia was 500 years behind the western powers. Witte‚ as finance minister oversaw Russia’s transition economy from 1892 to 1903. Witte aimed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialization‚ and large foreign loans. He hoped to modernize Russia and make it competitive with other
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Battles between Leaders Briony Lin Block: E Introduction If we look back on history‚ we can see there were two famed leaders who have both been through serious economic depressions to various degrees. They used totally distinct way to revive the economy based on their national conditions‚ political and economic ideology. One is Vladimir Lenin‚ a Russian Communist‚ who has founded the Communist party called Bolsheviks and became the first communist dictator in the world. The other is Franklin
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Nicholas II came to the throne during an arduous time in Russian history. It was a combination of factors‚ including his political ineptitude that led to the fall of the Romanov dynasty and eventually cost Nicholas II‚ the Tsarina Alexandra and their five children their lives. Russia was late in modernising‚ partly due to the Tsar?s lack of reforms‚ and was behind Britain‚ France and the United States. Russia was also slow to emerge from feudalism‚ and was undergoing difficulty as industrial and
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current leader after the fall and collapse of the Romanov Dynasty‚ and failure of seizure of power by the provisional government. Lenin and the Bolsheviks (majority communist party) were in power of Russia post 1917. Trotsky was a member of the Menshevik party (minority men)‚ but in August 1917‚ joined the Bolshevik party‚ always having some “Bolshevik spirit”. Following the creation of the ‘SOVNARKOM’‚ a council of people’s Commissar’s‚ Trotsky was appointed ‘Commissar for Foreign Affairs’. During
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How far do you agree that the struggle for power following Lenin’s death in 1924 was caused by the ideological differences between the contenders for power? The 5 contenders to become leader all had different ideologies which I agree to some extent was an important factor in the struggle for power after Lenin’s death. However‚ there were also 3 other reasons that could have led to a struggle‚ for example‚ the fact that they all had different personalities which meant that they connected with Lenin
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