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What is a sound and logical argument that sustains a belief that the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia was not a Marxist one?
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What were the Bolshevik?
The Bolsheviks were radical Marxist revolutionaries.
What role did Leon Trotsky play in the 1917 October revolution?
Leon Trotsky was not apart of the October Revolution. However he lead the Red Army in the November Revolution as a part of the Bolshevik Party.
What major part of Marxist ideology was ignored by Vladimir Lenin?
Marx had called for the worker's revolution to be against the bourgeoisie dominated governments. Lenin conveniently jumped past this book mark of Marxist ideology by staging the Bolshevik revolution against, for all practical purposes, an autocracy. This was the Romanov dynasty that had never developed into a bourgeoisie nation.
What other words mean marxist?
Communist, Bolshevik. NB They are not exact equivalents, but close.
What was Karl Marx's connection to the Russian Revolution?
Karl marx was the founder of the idea of socialism. the Russian revolution was to free from the idea being applied.
What Russian Marxist split with the Mensheviks and joined the Bolsheviks in 1903?
Always controversial, even during the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, it was Joseph Stalin who parted ways with the Mensheviks in 1903 and found a home with the Bolsheviks.
What was the Marxist faction in Russia headed by Lenin called?
Lenin led the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. The RSDLP was split into two factions, Lenin's Bolsheviks and the majority faction Mensheviks. Both Bolsheviks and Mensheviks were Marxist. The Mensheviks were just not as radical as the Bolsheviks. Lenin led the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Party. The RSDLP was split into two factions, Lenin's Bolsheviks and the majority faction Mensheviks. Both Bolsheviks and Mensheviks were Marxist. The Mensheviks were just not as radical as the Bolsheviks.
In which country did the first marxist revolution take place?
russia
How were the people of the working class treated during the Russian revolution?
The Civil War wiped out all opposition to the Bolshevik rule that was established in the October Revolution. Right after the revolution, the Bolshevik's grip on power was still shaky with even other Marxist organizations opposed to them. By winning the Civil War the Bolsheviks eliminated both political and military opposition to what they were doing and firmly entrenched them in power.
What did Vladimir Lenin first believe about the concept of permanent revolution?
The idea or theory of permanent revolution was the work of two Marxists, A.L. Parvus and A.D. Trotsky. These men placed this theory as an important one working towards a successful Marxist or Bolshevik revolution in Russia. Lenin rejected the concept and believed as late as 1918, the theory had no merit and was not relevant to the situation in the new Russia.
Marxist group seeking to change Russia through revolution?
Bolsheviks
What crucial role would western Europe play for the development of a lasting Bolshevik revolution in Russia?
It was clear to Leon Trotsky that the working class would not be able to hold power without the assistance of another western nation that already established a Marxist state. In his vision, this would in turn change the capitalist world to socialism by a series of socialist revolutions. He wrote this in 1906, and until late in his career as a Soviet Marxist, he maintained this view.
