Tsar was negative as the USSR was ruled by a small nobility with a population that was composed of mainly peasants. The main groups trying to cause revolution in the USSR were the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. Both groups had ideologies that were based on Marxism‚ and they were anti-Tsar with the Mensheviks having a longer-term plan and the Bolsheviks wanting rapid change. The Bolsheviks rose and rapid change commenced as a result. Vladimir Lenin lead the Bolsheviks up until his death‚ and his successor
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Notes: Russian Revolution March Revolution 1917 1917 protests spread through St. Petersbug and the Royal palace is taken over Czar abdicates Provisional government (Duma) takes control lead by Alexander Kerensky Provisional government unpopular after decision to stay in WWI Marx wrote that a communist revolution can only occur in advanced capitalist system. Russia in 1917 had a feudal economy How could revolution occur there? Through a radical party of intellectuals to lead the workers
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The All-Union Communist Party was dated from 1917-1991‚ the party was also from Russia. The party arose from the Bolshevik side of the RSDWP. The Bolsheviks in 1903 were led by Vladimir Lenin. In 1917 the Bolsheviks broke away from the Menshevik side of the RSDWP. In 1918 the Bolsheviks became the ruling party of Russia so they changed their name to the All-Russian Communist Party. After the founding of the U.S.S.R. in 1925 they changed their name to The All-Union Communist Party. Then finally
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April Theses‚ Russian Aprelskiye Tezisy‚ in Russian history‚ program developed by Lenin during theRussian Revolution of 1917‚ calling for Soviet control of state power; the theses‚ published in April 1917‚ contributed to the July Days uprising and also to the Bolshevik coup d’etat in October 1917. During the February Revolution two disparate bodies had replaced the imperial government—theProvisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies. The Socialists who dominated
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Topic 1- Decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty Syllabus outline Nicholas II as autocrat Political‚ social and economic grievances in early 20th century Russia The tsar’s failure to address the problems of Russia The role of WWI in the fall of the tsarist regime Focus questions How stable was the social basis of tsarist rule? Why was the government unable to meet the challenges emerging in the first decade and a half century? How important were the Bolsheviks before 1917? What effect did
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Kamenev and G.E. Zinoviev (a leading Bolshevik who had been Lenin’s closest aide during the revolution) Together‚ the 3 formed ‘’troika’’ a group & attacked Trotsky during party meetings‚ drawing on his writings/speeches from his last years as Menshevik as a means of attacking him for disloyalty Kamenev supported Stalin after Lenin died‚ when Stalin retained his post as General Secretary There was a division: The ‘’Rightists’’ and the ‘’Leftists’’. The rightists wanted to continue with Lenin’s
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in Russia. Lenin‚ the leader of the radical Bolsheviks‚ was an outlaw and actually lived in Galicia and Switzerland at the beginning of World War I. He carried on a lively debate with the more moderate wing of the Russian Social Democrats called Mensheviks. The key issue was the relationship of revolution to war. Unlike the other socialist‚ Lenin actually was in favor of war at this time‚ because he thought it would weaken capitalism and prepare the ground for revolution. But in two key votes on this
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completely deserted. In that sense‚ the success of their military assault on the Provisional Government was almost entirely dependant on that the Bolsheviks did not have to face any form of opposition with similar troops numbers. Even the famed ex-Menshevik turned Bolshevik Leon Trotsky admitted that 500 good men could have defeated the Bolshevik’s force‚ but also asked the rhetorical question of where the Provisional Government was to get 500 good men. However‚ the Civil War was quite different in
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The Rise of Communism in Russia "Unless we accept the claim that LeninÕs coup dÕtat gave birth to an entirely new state‚ and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind‚ we must recognize in todayÕs Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians -- the only empire that survived into the mid 1980’s" (Luttwak‚ 1). In their Communist Manifesto of 1848‚ Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels applied the term communism to a final stage of socialism in which all class differences would disappear
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not deal with them to the best of his abilities. This meant he was not firmly in control of Russia at all. The 4 main opposing groups were: The Liberals (Cadets)‚ The Social Revolutionaries (SRs) and The Social Democratic Party (Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks) Although the different groups were all angry at different things‚ the one thing they had in common was that they were all unhappy about Russia’s Social and Economic Situation. In my opinion the Bolsheviks were the most dangerous group towards Tsar
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