The Theory of Permanent Revolution: A Critique
... strands of argument on the relationship between Trotsky’s theory and the analyses developed by Lenin in 1905-07 and 1917-18. The first emphasises the closeness of Trotsky’s theory with the positions developed by Lenin in 1905-07, apart from a few minor differences; [1] the second emphasises the dist ...
... strands of argument on the relationship between Trotsky’s theory and the analyses developed by Lenin in 1905-07 and 1917-18. The first emphasises the closeness of Trotsky’s theory with the positions developed by Lenin in 1905-07, apart from a few minor differences; [1] the second emphasises the dist ...
Would Trotsky have been a more humane leader than Stalin
... grievances, not to lessen it by introducing reforms. For Trotsky the slogan was 'the worse it is, the better it is'. In 1898 Lev Bronstein, by now an active Marxist, was exiled to Siberia for his involvement in protests against the tsarist regime. Four years later he escaped and fled abroad, adoptin ...
... grievances, not to lessen it by introducing reforms. For Trotsky the slogan was 'the worse it is, the better it is'. In 1898 Lev Bronstein, by now an active Marxist, was exiled to Siberia for his involvement in protests against the tsarist regime. Four years later he escaped and fled abroad, adoptin ...
LEON TROTSKY Final Script
... Alexander Kerensky, and the soviets of workers and soldiers. Lenin, as leader of the Bolshevik faction, returned to Russia from exile in April 1917, and made plans for another revolution. From July 16 to18 1917, the Bolsheviks attempted to take advantage of a popular uprising in Petrograd known as t ...
... Alexander Kerensky, and the soviets of workers and soldiers. Lenin, as leader of the Bolshevik faction, returned to Russia from exile in April 1917, and made plans for another revolution. From July 16 to18 1917, the Bolsheviks attempted to take advantage of a popular uprising in Petrograd known as t ...
MY VISIT TO THE KREMLIN
... of the population could be classified as industrial workers and these were concentrated in a few centres in the east and south. The peasants of the Ukraine reacted slowly to the overthrow of Tsarist power and the resulting political vacuum. But their revolution gradually gained momentum, until it be ...
... of the population could be classified as industrial workers and these were concentrated in a few centres in the east and south. The peasants of the Ukraine reacted slowly to the overthrow of Tsarist power and the resulting political vacuum. But their revolution gradually gained momentum, until it be ...
Marian Sawer - Socialist Register
... in the economic development of capitalism, reforms were not possible without destroying the structure of state capitalism itself. Lenin viewed this stance of his fellow revolutionary internationalists as having 'nothing in common either with Marxism or revolutionary social democracy.'20 Already in M ...
... in the economic development of capitalism, reforms were not possible without destroying the structure of state capitalism itself. Lenin viewed this stance of his fellow revolutionary internationalists as having 'nothing in common either with Marxism or revolutionary social democracy.'20 Already in M ...
the russian civil war
... Following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the left Socialist Revolutionaries began a terrorist campaign against the government, but this was ruthlessly suppressed. The SR leaders were arrested and their party disbanded. The Mensheviks were suppressed in mid 1918, although they had never actively oppose ...
... Following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the left Socialist Revolutionaries began a terrorist campaign against the government, but this was ruthlessly suppressed. The SR leaders were arrested and their party disbanded. The Mensheviks were suppressed in mid 1918, although they had never actively oppose ...
THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR
... Following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the left Socialist Revolutionaries began a terrorist campaign against the government, but this was ruthlessly suppressed. The SR leaders were arrested and their party disbanded. The Mensheviks were suppressed in mid 1918, although they had never actively oppose ...
... Following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the left Socialist Revolutionaries began a terrorist campaign against the government, but this was ruthlessly suppressed. The SR leaders were arrested and their party disbanded. The Mensheviks were suppressed in mid 1918, although they had never actively oppose ...
THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR
... The Mensheviks and moderate SRs walked out of the All Russia Congress of Soviets following the November Revolution, leaving the Bolsheviks and left SRs in control. The Bolsheviks forged an alliance with the left SRs. Strikes broke out in November and December 1917, when workers realised the Bolshevi ...
... The Mensheviks and moderate SRs walked out of the All Russia Congress of Soviets following the November Revolution, leaving the Bolsheviks and left SRs in control. The Bolsheviks forged an alliance with the left SRs. Strikes broke out in November and December 1917, when workers realised the Bolshevi ...
Animal Farm Power Point
... “Workers of the world unite", take over government Died before Russian Revolution ...
... “Workers of the world unite", take over government Died before Russian Revolution ...
Russian Revolution
... – organized, disciplined army under Trotsky: – Red Army (1000s conscripts – workers, peasants, tsarist soldiers) – Support of peasants / workers through promises of land, future – To hold power, used terror: new areas, secret police arrested, killed “opposition” ...
... – organized, disciplined army under Trotsky: – Red Army (1000s conscripts – workers, peasants, tsarist soldiers) – Support of peasants / workers through promises of land, future – To hold power, used terror: new areas, secret police arrested, killed “opposition” ...
Reign of Lenin--Russian Civil War 1918-1920
... arrested and held as hostages if strikes developed. In severe cases of strike thousands of strikers could be murdered by drowning to regain control of a region where the strike became general. Reign of Lenin--New Economic Policy These hideous measures against the peasants in the "Dirty War" threaten ...
... arrested and held as hostages if strikes developed. In severe cases of strike thousands of strikers could be murdered by drowning to regain control of a region where the strike became general. Reign of Lenin--New Economic Policy These hideous measures against the peasants in the "Dirty War" threaten ...
File - Ossett History
... Yet another similarity between the tsars and the Bolsheviks was that they all saw the importance of industrialisation and to a large degree they had contrasting ideas on how to achieve this. The Bolsheviks aimed to make their country self-sufficient, without need for foreign trade, however the impr ...
... Yet another similarity between the tsars and the Bolsheviks was that they all saw the importance of industrialisation and to a large degree they had contrasting ideas on how to achieve this. The Bolsheviks aimed to make their country self-sufficient, without need for foreign trade, however the impr ...
The period of War Communism
... Industry fell apart as workers' committees proved incapable of running the factories (although the economic collapse was underway well before the workers took over, so they cannot be blamed entirely). This was compounded by acute shortages of raw materials created by the Civil War. Industrial output ...
... Industry fell apart as workers' committees proved incapable of running the factories (although the economic collapse was underway well before the workers took over, so they cannot be blamed entirely). This was compounded by acute shortages of raw materials created by the Civil War. Industrial output ...
09.29 History and Vertov
... "Our eyes see very little and very badly – so people dreamed up the microscope to let them see invisible phenomena; they invented the telescope...now they have perfected the cinecamera to penetrate more deeply into the visible world, to explore and record visual phenomena so that what is happening n ...
... "Our eyes see very little and very badly – so people dreamed up the microscope to let them see invisible phenomena; they invented the telescope...now they have perfected the cinecamera to penetrate more deeply into the visible world, to explore and record visual phenomena so that what is happening n ...
Why did the Bolshevik Rev succeed - Mariam - aise
... address their grievances. They wanted to improve living conditions, an end to the war, or at least a stop to offensives since casualties were at 6 million at that point. There was famine, food shortages and insufficient resources while Russia’s economy declined. The Government ostensibly took the mo ...
... address their grievances. They wanted to improve living conditions, an end to the war, or at least a stop to offensives since casualties were at 6 million at that point. There was famine, food shortages and insufficient resources while Russia’s economy declined. The Government ostensibly took the mo ...
What role did ideology play in Stalin*s rise to power?
... The Power Struggle as Catalyst • The power struggle after Lenin’s death meant that Stalin had to form his own ideological positions and ideas to defeat others. • All leading Bolsheviks accepted the Marxist principle of ‘internationalism’. • However the nature of this was debated. ‘Socialism in one ...
... The Power Struggle as Catalyst • The power struggle after Lenin’s death meant that Stalin had to form his own ideological positions and ideas to defeat others. • All leading Bolsheviks accepted the Marxist principle of ‘internationalism’. • However the nature of this was debated. ‘Socialism in one ...
From February to October
... • They had continued with the War but the latest Russian offensive (The Brusilov offensive) in June – July 1917 had ended in failure and large numbers of Russian troops were now deserting and heading for home. The only thing which prevented a general military collapse was the fact that the Germans a ...
... • They had continued with the War but the latest Russian offensive (The Brusilov offensive) in June – July 1917 had ended in failure and large numbers of Russian troops were now deserting and heading for home. The only thing which prevented a general military collapse was the fact that the Germans a ...
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
... Union into smaller self-governing republics under the central government’s control from new capital: Moscow. ...
... Union into smaller self-governing republics under the central government’s control from new capital: Moscow. ...
An evaluation of the reasons for the success of the October
... and made a lot of people turn against PG (A) • Bolsheviks also gained support through propaganda and exploited this – promised peace, bread and land. (A+ Linking factors) ...
... and made a lot of people turn against PG (A) • Bolsheviks also gained support through propaganda and exploited this – promised peace, bread and land. (A+ Linking factors) ...
Lenin1-1905-19171
... fodder’ to achieve conquests against other countries who used THEIR rural & urban workers as ‘cannon fodder’. ...
... fodder’ to achieve conquests against other countries who used THEIR rural & urban workers as ‘cannon fodder’. ...
Lenin`s Voice
... resistance to him, he was connecting to the people and trying to instill his ideas from twelve years prior. Lenin was a staunch and strong man, with a firm, albeit fairly antagonistic, persona. Yet given this tough personality, he was capable of providing an empathetic undercurrent to his dialogue, ...
... resistance to him, he was connecting to the people and trying to instill his ideas from twelve years prior. Lenin was a staunch and strong man, with a firm, albeit fairly antagonistic, persona. Yet given this tough personality, he was capable of providing an empathetic undercurrent to his dialogue, ...
Lenin vs. Trotsky Essay Noor - aise
... in the First World War. In harmony, they agreed to the terms they would agree to in obtaining peace with Germany as they signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk thus ending the First World War. Militarily, the two had very similar views such as the idea of conscription for labor duties for those not figh ...
... in the First World War. In harmony, they agreed to the terms they would agree to in obtaining peace with Germany as they signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk thus ending the First World War. Militarily, the two had very similar views such as the idea of conscription for labor duties for those not figh ...
Revolutions in Russia - Brunswick School Department
... demanded land. City workers grew more radical. Socialist revolutionaries, competing for power, formed soviets. Soviets were local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers. In many cities, the soviets had more influence than the provisional government. Lenin Returns to Russia The German ...
... demanded land. City workers grew more radical. Socialist revolutionaries, competing for power, formed soviets. Soviets were local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers. In many cities, the soviets had more influence than the provisional government. Lenin Returns to Russia The German ...
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов; IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɪˈlʲitɕ ʊˈlʲanəf]), alias Lenin (/ˈlɛnɪn/; Russian: Ле́нин; IPA: [ˈlʲenʲɪn]) (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death. Under his administration, the Russian Empire was dissolved and replaced by the Soviet Union, a one-party socialist state; all land, natural resources, and industry were confiscated and nationalized. Ideologically a Marxist, his political theories are known as Leninism.Born to a wealthy middle-class family in Simbirsk, Lenin gained an interest in revolutionary leftist politics following the execution of his brother in 1887. Expelled from Kazan State University for participating in anti-Tsarist protests, he devoted the following years to a law degree and to radical politics, becoming a Marxist. In 1893 he moved to Saint Petersburg and became a senior figure in the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). Arrested for sedition and exiled to Shushenskoye for three years, here he married Nadezhda Krupskaya. After his exile he fled to Western Europe, where he became a prominent party theorist through his publications. In 1903, he took a key role in a RSDLP schism over ideological differences, leading the Bolshevik faction against Julius Martov's Mensheviks. Encouraging insurrection during Russia's failed Revolution of 1905, he later campaigned for the First World War to be transformed into a Europe-wide proletarian revolution, which as a Marxist he believed would result in the overthrow of capitalism and its replacement with socialism. After the 1917 February Revolution ousted the Tsar and established a Provisional Government, he returned to Russia to campaign for the new government's removal in place of a Bolshevik-led government of the soviets.Lenin played a leading role in the October Revolution of 1917, which overthrew the Provisional Government and established a new administration, the Council of People's Commissars. The All-Russian Congress of Soviets then elected Lenin as head of government. This administration transformed the country into a state socialist republic, oversaw radical land redistribution, and permitted non-Russian nations to cede from the state's control. Fierce opposition to Bolshevik rule resulted in the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1922, in which the Bolsheviks proved victorious, partly through the use of Red Terror. Lenin supported world revolution and immediate peace with the Central Powers, agreeing to a punitive treaty that turned over a significant portion of the former Russian Empire to Germany. The treaty was voided after the Allies won the war. In 1921 Lenin proposed the New Economic Policy, a mixed economic system of state capitalism that started the process of industrialisation and recovery from the Civil War. In 1922, the Russian SFSR joined former territories of the Russian Empire in becoming the Soviet Union, with Lenin as its head of government. In increasingly poor health, Lenin expressed concern regarding the bureaucratisation of the regime and the growing power of his successor, Joseph Stalin, before dying at his home in Gorki.Recognised as one of the most significant and influential historical figures of the 20th century, Lenin remains a controversial and highly divisive world figure. Admirers view him as a champion of working people's rights and welfare whilst critics see him as the founder of a totalitarian dictatorship responsible for civil war and mass human rights abuses. Held in high esteem as a founding father of the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991, he remains an ideological figurehead behind Marxism–Leninism and a prominent influence over the international communist movement.