The new communistic approach
1917-1918, the Russian Revolution emerged centering around two essential events: the February Revolution, in which the Czar was overthrown, and the October Revolution, in which the Bolsheviks took over power resulting in the creation of the world’s first communist country led by Vladimir Lenin. This resulted in the brutal, cruel and bloody Civil War. What was left was an extreme regime that was to rule Russia until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, which also meant the end of communism. Despite the creation of an extreme regime, including suppression, forced labor camps, execution of people with different ideologies, bribes etc., the communists had a great goal at first. The Communist Party wanted to achieve social and financial equality in a classless and stateless society in which the fulfillment of human needs including satisfying work and an equal share of benefit derived from labor was essential.
Although communism didn’t succeed in Russia, it is, in theory, the solution for a utopian world, existing of equal human rights, freedom, shelter, food etc. But why did communism fail? There are many theories about that, it was, for example, due to the ‘leaders’ abusing their power turning the communistic government into a tyrannical dictatorship. Or, another theory is, that it is due to the people’s greed, always wanting more than others resulting in conflicts between one another, like the Civil War. Our main question is: How can we govern a
There are many different types of political systems in the world today, some good, others not so much. Many countries go through different political systems before they reach a good fit. In this paper I choose to research about a regime that has always interested me, communism. To a lot of people communism holds negative connotations but the history behind this form of governance is one of desperation and revolution. Communism is a socialist movement to create a classless, moneyless, and stateless social order which is structured upon ownership of the means of production, as well as a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order. (wiki.) Communism first came about as a theory of how to balance
The Russian Revolution widely spread Karl Marx’s economic idea of communism. As we know now, communism has not worked out in history but in the 1900’s it was a very popular idea. The Russian Revolution had many outcomes that were good and bad.
During the 1900’s the Russian Government made it extremely hard for the Bolsheviks to progress which made them revolt against the government making this a prime matter for the start of the Revolution. The Czarist government was ostracized by the common people of Russia so Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown by the Provisional Government, whom later on were overthrown by Lenin and shortly after the Bolsheviks took control over Russia. Russia was hard to develop because of the major leaders who had control; Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky. Almost overnight an entire society was destroyed and replaced with one of the most radical social experiments ever seen. Poverty, crime, privileged and class-divisions were to be eliminated, a new era of socialism
Communism is a system of social organisation which formerly consumed almost a third of countries in the entire world, having originated in Russia. The first official communist state was founded during the Russian revolutions in 1917, due to the inaugural communist political party ‘Bolsheviks’ gaining primal power. Afterwards, the influence of communism spread to other countries with the likes of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and East Germany to name a few. These countries that were governed on communist principles were known as the ‘Eastern Bloc’. Even countries in Asia were persuaded into the theoretically human equality system such as China, Laos and Vietnam. Communism was gathering strength to strength every year in the mid 20th century, but eventually its impact was wiped off in the late 20th century when the Berlin War was knocked down in 1989, ending the barrier between the Eastern and Western blocs. Communism arguably was the most influential social experiment in history, but also the most flawed and its failure to change the world permanently will always remain significant in history.
The concoction of communist regime caused paranoia within the people which lead to riots. The history of the Soviet Union greatly contributed to this unjustified fear. During the nineteenth century, Karl Marx, a revolutionary socialist, wrote the “Communist Manifesto” which presented the idea of Communism. In this political ideal, property is publicly owned and workers are paid to extent of their abilities and needs. Nowhere does the theory state dictatorship or any type of totalitarian government. This revolutionary speculation remains as Russia’s greatest achievements in history and unforgotten. However when Vladimir Lenin took control of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1917,
Grant:What actually happened when Russia adopted communism was far from the idea of Karl Marx.After Russia had overturned the Tsarist rule and established a communist country they were actually doing pretty good for a while,the system was working fine,the people were happy and everyone was “equal”.After a Vladimir Lenin(head of government) got out of office a man named Joseph Stalin came into office. This is where it all went wrong. Stalin changed the leadership, and rules in the government and became a dictator. Millions of citizens died during his reign, although he turned the peasant society of the Soviet Union
The 1917 Bolshevik Revolution was the seizure of power by the radical Marxists led by Vladimir Lenin and was one of the pivotal moments of the 20th Century. The ramifications of the event, and the subsequent establishment of the world's first Communist regime were immediately obvious, but also had continuing repercussions for decades. This essay will argue that although Lenin and Stalin seemed to have conflicting views, in reality they shared very similar policies; Stalin just took these policies to an extreme.
During the late 19th to early 20th century, Russia under the rule of Nicholas II is transforming itself into a more industrialized country. This transformation produced revolutionary socialist movements that quickly grew in power and influence throughout Russia. These opposition movements are formed by Russian labor workers are referred to as soviets. Out of these soviets, the Bolsheviks emerged in 1903 as a radical wing led by a prominent Russian and communist figure named Vladimir Lenin. The events in 1905 which involved a number of embarrassing Russian loses against the Japanese in their conflicts in the eastern Pacific made the government even less popular among its people. It sparked violent protests across the country including Russia’s then capital St. Petersburg. A number of peaceful demonstrators would be killed and injured as a result of these massive protests. These incidents would spark the Russian revolution of 1905, an unsuccessful revolution that was suppressed by the government. Less than a decade later, World War I would erupt and Russia would find itself at war (“Russian History,” n.d.).
Russian Revolution, 1917: During the last phases of WW1, this communist takeover grew in Russia to overthrow the last czar and instill a leader. The firs leader was Vladimir Lenin, who strongly expressed his Marxist roots in Russia, but the position was later bestowed upon Joseph Stalin.
The revolution in Russia was successful because they replaced their old government with a new communist nation. Karl Marx never had envisioned this for Russia. The Bolshevik’s goal was to destroy Russia’s social system and replace it with a more superior one. This shows that the revolution was truly a success and not only impacted Russia, but other countries around the world as well.
Communism is socioeconomic system. A socioeconomic system means everyone is a whole or society is whole. It was meant to be very selfless. People were meant to work together. There was no private properties so everything was public. It is different from marxism because marxism is mainly about the dictator having total control over everything. Communism has transformed into Marxism-Leninism. This is why today we see communism as a negative rather then a positive. The original comunism meant that eveyone had to share and help one another. If someone wanted something they usually got it. The government and people were
There goal was to gain and hold political control so they could eventually change the government to go by communist outlooks. During the November 1917 Revolution, the Bolsheviks took control over the provisional government, officers, and arrested former leaders. When the Bolsheviks took control, some of the Russians saw their effects as too much change. These Russians were known as the Mensheviks, who wanted only some change. The opposing viewpoints of how much change should be occuring led the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks into a Civil War. The Civil War ended with a victory for the Bolsheviks that proved they could not only seize power, but maintain it. Due to Russia’s population and diversity in culture the Bolsheviks decided to take Russia and split it into Soviets, many self-governing republics, that would work together. Russia was now called the U.S.S.R, United Soviet Socialist Republic. Russia and the Bolsheviks were being ruled by Lenin at the time. Lenin established the control of the communist party that was based on socialist and democratic
Communists embrace the modern industry and state planning, and argue change must come through a revolutionary class struggle; these attributes are hard to practice all combined. In 1926, the first flames of revolution during the aftermath of World War I became dissipated; the communist parties deflated and the Soviet Union became isolated. However, when the flaws of the laissez-faire method led to the Wall Street crash and the Great Depression, communism began to be restored. American communists worked for a common cause against fascism and overlooked Stalin’s Terror for the sake of anti-fascist unity. The second coming did not last long. In the global south, communism’s promise of rapid, state-led modernization appealed to the imagination of many anticolonial nationalists and broke out in East Asia in the 1940s. In the late 1970s, however, the emergence of American led order domination led by global markets followed by the fall of the Soviet Union’s Communism in the late 1980s led to a crisis for radicality. Today we are at the beginning of a new period of major economic change and social turmoil, and we have begun to see demands for a more redistributive state. It is said, “Lenin no longer lives, the old Communism may be dead, but the sense of injustice that animated them is very much alive.” (Priestland
During the times of the industrial revolution, the idea of communism was very popular, and for good measure. While the factory owners are sitting back and collecting their riches, men, women and children are working 18 hour days in unfathomable working conditions. This uneven distribution of wealth evoked government intervention and prevented monopolies from further dominating the economic world. During the 20th century, a plethora of countries had declared themselves as communist, though only five remain today. There have been countries that have tried this form of government. The results of these countries’ experiences with communism were largely unsuccessful. When Russia became communists, it
In the beginning Communism seemed to the people of Russia as a utopian ideal. The promise of the elimination of classes, of guaranteed employment, "The creation of a comprehensive social security and welfare system for all citizens that would end the misery of workers once and for all." Lenin's own interpretation of the Marxian critique was that to achieve Communism there would first have to be a socialist dictatorship to first suppress any dissent or protest. Through coercive tactics this new government seized power and in 1917 Lenin came to power. Under his "rule" Russia underwent radical changes in it's economic doctrines adopting a mixed which was termed the New Economic Policy, also referred to as NEP. This