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 to 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 an 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 (the Civil War). The final theory is that people blaming
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
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
In 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, there were two revolutions that took place to ensure good change in Russia. The first of the revolutions was the March revolution, the purpose of it was to overtake the imperial government and the second named the November revolution; which placed the Bolsheviks in power. The Russian Revolution took place during a difficult time in Russia. These distresses began before World War I and lasted up until the 1930's. Russia's population was built up of mostly poor, starving, unfortunate peasants at this point; caused by the prevalent and growing civil unrest, as well as dramatic food shortages which led to a huge rebellion against the present government. “World War I provided the catalyst for revolution in Russia .” Although at first it raised national pride
In its first few years of communism, Russia had relatively achieved the goals that Lenin and his Bolsheviks had promised to the people; peace, land and bread. The people had their peace, and land was theirs, and there
The fight for communism began “in the early evening of October 24, [the Military Revolutionary Committee] used small bands of troops loyal to their cause or the Red Guards… to take control of the railway station, telephone exchange, electricity plants, post offices, the state bank, and key bridges” (Gellately 37). Although there were a small amount of revolutionaries, the Russian government was without proper defense and they quickly took control of key areas in the state (Gellately 37). Lenin had to convince his Bolshevik constituents that a quick revolution was the proper course of action, he was met with much resistance at first, but his persistence convinced his comrades. Through his leadership a small revolutionary army was able to secure the majority of Russia. Subsequent to the revolution, an election was held in which Lenin and his Bolshevik party “managed only 24 percent of the vote” while the social revolutionaries won the election with “40 percent of the ballots” (Gellately 39). However, Lenin had expected an electoral defeat and “had no intention of letting the Constituent Assembly meet”(Gellately 39). Despite his previous promises, Lenin believed that he was the one who would lead Russia to prosperity through Marxism and “In December 1917, Lenin made the case for forcing through a vanguard dictatorship, in full defiance of the
Communism refers to the economic and social system in which all properties and resources are owned by a higher power and not by individual citizens. Its purpose and main goal is to shape a society in which private property and social class do not exist and the government will own practically everything, so the society is equally distributed. This is exactly what happened in Cuba more than 50 years ago. This was a country, which was actually a very fairly affluent nation, before the communism seized power. This has not only affected the community in general, but also there has been a drastic change in culture, demographics, political, social, and even on the health of uncountable individuals who suffer and struggle every day, with the
As said in the article Comparing Economic Systems: Karl Marx And Communism, “He thought capitalism made rich people richer by taking advantage of workers,...” This explains that in communism, no one can be rich while others are poor. Because everyone has an equal amount of money, in communism there is no poverty. Comparing Economic Systems also says, “Communism says property should be shared,...” This again supports the fact that no one can have nice goods and homes while others do not have basic needs and living conditions. The fact that the wealth in communism is equal, makes it the best economic
The idea that all are equal has paced through the veins of American history since the beginning of time, but what is it were a true statement? The idea of communism has been around since the early 20th century spreading from Russia to the United States instantaneously through culture and media of the people. The communist ways were fueled by fears of the Soviet Union, Bolsheviks, and American Labor Laws, these fears embedded in the minds of Americans led to the Red Scare, the Cold War, and McCarthyism. The culture of America changed to dismay after the introduction of communism into society, the people became fearful and anxious at the thought of the idea, and soon it shaped the perception of America about the involvement of government in society.
Another reason as to why communism failed is that the communist country had some international pressure, For example the soviet union had international pressure throughout the cold war due to there belief in communism because the communist government had a hard time finding economic partners and due to the cold war the communist regime disregarded social issues and even failed to achieve economic progress. However one of the big reasons as to why communism has failed is that communism removes the incentive for people to work harder than they absolutely have to therefore damaging the economic state of that country leading to failure and collapse. Although communism can lead to the collapse of a country of the failure of it, communism has some advantages/ benefits. Communism theoretically can improve childcare, public health, education, and social benefits. Another benefits of communism are that all the people are equal, there are no competition, and that all the resources are distributed efficiently. So the theory of communism is great in theory but proved to be disastrous in practice for many
In the early years of the 20th century, Russia was still rules by a Czar. This changed during World War I. The Russians were suffering tremendously from their continued participance in the Great War. The ones who suffered most were the working class citizens of Russia. Eventually, the workers had had enough, and in 1917, Russia underwent two revolutions. The result was the emergence of a communist country at
From the moment the Bolsheviks seized control of Russia in 1917 conflict with the Capitalist West was inevitable. The varied theories of its cause are subject to debate by historians across the globe, although certain key reasons have been, to some
At the time of the revolution, Russia was still an economically impoverished nation that was not only technologically backward, but also largely agrarian in nature. The class structure present then in Russian society was rudimentary - there was little chance for the emergence of a proletariat, an industrial working class, that could effectively challenge the bourgeois since the country itself was not even industrialised to such a high degree. The exploitative conditions under capitalism required to incite the workers into violence would thus have not had a chance to fully emerge yet. Hence, the establishment of a communist state in Russia, whilst the nation was strangled in such economic circumstances, could not be seen as a true communist revolution in Marxist terms, as they had skipped a stage essential for the development of
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
The Russian Revolution occurred in 1917, it was after the world war and it was attempt to overthrow the Tsarist autocracy and replace it with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, which is known as the USSR. The Russian Revolution was divided into a series of small revolutions, the October and February revolutions being the two main ones. The revolution would replace the Russian monarchy with the world’s first known communist state once the civil war ended in 1920. Vladimir Lenin was a young man who gained his attention through his ideas. When Vladimir Lenin was still going to university, he begun anti Tsarist protests that ended up causing the execution of his brother. Both of the brothers would constantly participate in protests and have illegal meetings that would talk about having a revolution and change the Tsarist monarchy. Because of this Vladimir was expelled from his university for his non patriotic thoughts and he begun protesting in the streets. After the Tsarist empire losing control, Vladimir’s ideas and thoughts sounded better and better and soon he was more favored