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Lenin tried to help the peasants because he wanted there to be one class. he wanted to get rid of the class system (low class, middle class, higher class) he just wanted everyone be equal and as 1 to enhance patriotism because all the Russians are in unity, they are all 1 class, and the same class. everyone paid the same amount for taxes, everyone got paid the same no matter your job...
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First, Lenin did not try to help the peasants. Under his "war communism" program, peasant farmers were forced to sell their crops to the state at artificially low prices or simply taken away whether or not they were left with enough to live on. In fact this policy cause a great famine in which many many people in the country died.
Second as to some statements above:
Lenin never eliminated class distinction. He just treated everyone about the same: abysmally. Peasant farmers who owned a little land or livestock were persecuted. People did not pay the same amount of taxes and everyone did not get paid the same as everyone else no matter what the job.
At that time the Russians were not in unity. This can be proved by the fact that the Russian Civil War broke out after Lenin took over the government. After that there were hundreds of small revolts all over the country against what Lenin was doing. These were harshly suppressed.
There was no uniform tax amount and there were differences in income. The only way everyone could have been paid exactly the same amount as everyone else was if the state had decreed a salary amount by law. No such law was ever passed.
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What was the essential question that Lenin had regarding the peasantry in Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution?
Lenin and other Marxists paid more attention to the peasantry and agriculture prior to 1917 than is generally noted. Lenin studied the role of the peasants under the Tsarist regime along with how it would function after the revolution the Bolsheviks would create. As with all stages of class struggle, Lenin was sure that capitalism would shape the agriculture in Russia. This would be a natural stage to help set up the inevitable "workers' revolution". The belief in the inevitability of capitalist development in agriculture and with the peasants was essential to the Bolshevik analysis of the peasant problem. The only unanswered question for Lenin prior to the revolution was what type of agrarian capitalism would develop in Russia. It is interesting to noter that Lenin was sure about capitalism and the workers, but that the peasantry was problematical. Marx was never clear on this in that the "peasants" of England and Germany were not a factor in his visions about the workers' rebellions.
What was Vladimir Lenin's wartime agricultural policy?
to outlaw the ownership of land
Why did Lenin appeal to the people of Russia?
Lenin famously said "Peace, Land, And Bread" because it was the main thing the people wanted. He appealed to the majority of people because he sided with the poor and middle classes which most Russians were at the time, so his idea to help their living standards were very popular.
Did Lenin help or hurt Russia?
Lenin and Communism was a complete diaster for Russia that it is only now recovering from.
What years did Lenin come to power?
Lenin and the Bolsheviks began their rise to power in earnest when Lenin returned to Russia from exile in Switzerland in April 1917 after the February 1917 Revolution which toppled the Tsar. From then on, Lenin and the Bolsheviks worked against the new Provisional Government by promising an end to World War 1, redistribution of land to peasants and an end to shortages of food and manufactured goods. They spread their revolutionary ideas among the soldiers, workers and peasants until they were able to overthrow the Provisional Government in the October Revolution of 1917 and take over full political governmental power in Russia.
Who did Lenin give his private ownership to?
Peasants :))
What was Mao's vision of communism different from that of Lenin?
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
What was Lenin's wartime agriculture policy?
To favor poor peasants To outlaw the ownership of land To take away land with no compensation Policies that favored poor peasants Lenin's wartime agricultural policy was known as "war communism." It consisted of confiscating grain produced by farmers either by forcing them to sell grain to the government at artificially set low prices or by threatening them with death, imprisonment or exile. Peasants were left with barely enough grain to survive, because it was more important in Lenin's opinion to let peasant farmers starve than to let workers in the cities and soldiers in the army starve, so he let many Russian peasants starve to death especially during the Russian Civil War. Lenin knew he needed the soldiers and the workers in order to stay in power, but he didn't need the peasant farmers. Lenin's policies hardly favored poor peasants. They suffered worse under Lenin than they ever had under the Tsar.
How did Mao Zedong's belief about communist uprisings differ from lenin's?
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
What was life like for the peasants in russia under lenin rule?
The peasants lived a poor and tough life. Many of them were freed slaves, but their lives didn't improve much since slavery.
What was the essential question that Lenin had regarding the peasantry in Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution?
Lenin and other Marxists paid more attention to the peasantry and agriculture prior to 1917 than is generally noted. Lenin studied the role of the peasants under the Tsarist regime along with how it would function after the revolution the Bolsheviks would create. As with all stages of class struggle, Lenin was sure that capitalism would shape the agriculture in Russia. This would be a natural stage to help set up the inevitable "workers' revolution". The belief in the inevitability of capitalist development in agriculture and with the peasants was essential to the Bolshevik analysis of the peasant problem. The only unanswered question for Lenin prior to the revolution was what type of agrarian capitalism would develop in Russia. It is interesting to noter that Lenin was sure about capitalism and the workers, but that the peasantry was problematical. Marx was never clear on this in that the "peasants" of England and Germany were not a factor in his visions about the workers' rebellions.
How did Mao Zedong's belief about communist uprising differ from Vladimir Lenin's?
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
How did Mao Zedong beliefs about communist uprisings differ from Vladimir Lenin?
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
How did Mao Zedong beliefs about communist uprising differ from Vladimir Lenin's?
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
How did Mao Zedong's belief about communist uprisings differ from Vladimir Lenin's?
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
How did Mao zedongs beliefs about communist uprisings differ from vladimir lenin?
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
How did Mao Zedongs beliefs about communists uprising differ from Vladimir Lenin’s?
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
