Lenin’s theories and practices were continued under Stalin, many were in fact developed and extended to new levels, possibly reflecting different motives: what Pipes refers to as Stalin’s ‘personality of excesses’. Although for many years, numerous historians including both members of the Western school of thought (such as Pipes), along with the official Soviet historians of the time believed that Stalin was the natural heir of Lenin, opinions have changed with time. As more…

disproven either because capitalism could possible fail in the future. 3. Lenin and Mao on Violence Lenin and Mao alleged violence was necessary for the transition from a capitalist society to a communist society. To justify this belief, Lenin and Mao refer back to Marx and Engels when discussing what needs to take place when the transition from capitalist society to communist society occurs. According to Lenin, the state is a result of irreconcilable difference between the proletarian and…

Socialism for one country… It was the framework for the political agenda and the political ideology that Joseph Stalin believed in. The culture and atmosphere that filled post revolutionary Russia was one that started with hope, only to be driven further into terror and despair than ever before. Stalin was a master of manipulation, terror, and propaganda, and he used whatever means necessary to further his agenda for over thirty years in Russia. One means of disseminating propaganda was through the…

Karl Marx never saw his ideals and beliefs, as the founding father of communist thought, implemented in the world and society because he died in 1883.1 The communist ideology did not rise to power until the beginning of the 20th century. Then it would be implemented and put into practice in the largest country in the world producing a concept that would control half of the world’s population in less than 50 years. The Manifesto of the Communist Party, written by Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels,…

Lecture Summarizes Stalinism is the ideology and the policies adopted by Stalin, based on centralization, totalitarianism, and the pursuit of communism. Before Stalin there was Lenin, who put into effect the New Economic Policy. He acknowledge that the ideology of communism, which called for the abolition of private property, private ownership, and the destruction of the free market. New Economic Policy also known as NEP is the state that maintains its centralized control over the economy. NEP allowed…

Some of the most tragic moments in Russian history occurred during the tumultuous period between the death of Vladimir Lenin and the rise of Joseph Stalin during the 1930s. This was a time of massive devastation during which almost 5 million peasants died of starvation due to the failures of collective farming. Thousands of men and women were also falsely accused of anti-patriotism and sent to Siberian labor camps in which they experienced rampant disease, physical and emotional abuse, and often…

sent these people to labor camps also known as concentration camp. While Hitler was focused on his plans, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin became Russians revolutionary leaders. Lenin wanted to help his country back to being powerful after the death of Tsar Nicholas II. Lenin was the founder and leader of the Bolshevik party. Stalin was also a member of the Bolshevik party. Vladimir Lenin was born on April 22, 1870, in the city of Simbrisk on the Volga River. Lenin’s father was a secondary school teacher…

change can only be made through the means of revolution and revolution only. Vladimir Lenin or full name Vladimir IIyich Ulyanov was born on April 22, 1870 in the Russian Town of Simbirsk. Lenin’s Revolutionary ideas sparked up only when confronted with the death of his brother, which was executed for plotting to kill Tsar Alexander III. He studied Law as well as the revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx. Lenin eventually came up to be the leader of the Bolsheviks, the majority of the split half of…

contrast the economic policies of Lenin and Stalin and evaluate their success. Comparing Lenin and Stalin one finds that both were following a communist ideal but what is the communist ideal? The main principal is to share a country's wealth amongst its people. This is the theoretical side of the communist idea; the practical side requires a careful planning of the country's economy and also a system that makes sure that everybody is treated equally. When Lenin and the communist party took over…

Trotsky, Lenin and Stalin were all important in bringing the Communist Dictatorship in Russia from 1917 - 1939. All three of them wouldn't be able to make progresses without each other. The basement or a trigger to communism in Russia was Lenin as he was the organizer. He has been studying Marxism and Socialism for many years and in the result he has brought the October Revolution in 1917 to Russia. In addition Lenin has written many books in order to spread the…