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Marx suggested the Revolution would be in the most modern of countries: Britain France or Germany. He got it wrong. Russia was the most underdeveloped country in Europe, ravaged by impending defeat in WW1. I think it is difficult to judge just how populist the ovetrthrow of the Imperialists was in those times. The idea of the workers throwing off their chains is hugely illusory. Let me put it like this: It's a Lie ! It never has happened & I suspect it never will, and much as I love the idea of earning money, really I do not have much choice: Either I turn up in the morning or I dont get paid. Memo to self: Must buy lottery ticket ! The Russian Revolution therefore was brought about by the First World War. Russia suffered grieviously, and of course that means the poorest suffered most of all, and one supposes saw that they had least to lose & most to gain. Democracy features only very, very recently in Russias' history. And as for the Soviet Union being an example of Communism, well it simply is not: It is Totalitarianism of the most vitriolic kind. The Bolsheviks merely perpetrated the enslavement of the masses. Come the Glorious Day, Brother......
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What other name where the Bolsheviks known as?
its actually the communist party
What are the countries involved in the allied powers in ww1?
US (IN LATER YEARS) Great Britain, France, Russia, China, and many other minor countries that didnt affect it much =)
What ways did the bolshevik revolution help Germany?
Germany helped the Bolsheviks come to power byReturning their leader Vladimir Lenin and other top Bolsheviks into Russia.Giving the Bolsheviks money to use to carry on their revolutionary activities and buy weapons to create a small army.
Lenin hoped that the rissian revolution of 1917 would?
Lenin hoped the Russian Revolution would start Communist revolutions in other countries. That was one reason he created the Communist International. He wanted the Bolsheviks to have an active role in fomenting Communist revolutions in as many other countries as possible.
Were the Bolsheviks later referred to as Communists?
Yes, they were known as Bolsheviks but after they came into power and abolished all other political parties and factions, the changed their name to the Communist Party in March 1918. Their reasoning was that while before the revolution there were several Marxist political parties, now that all of them had been eliminated, the Bolsheviks were the only Marxist party in existence. Thus it had the sole right to call itself the Communist Party.
