“Left Wing Single Party States Achieve Power as the Result of a Revolutionary Process Against Tradition.” Does This Adequately Explain How Any One Single Party State That You Have Studied Acquired Power?
Nenad Stefanovski
Ms Fleming
IB1 History
18 March 2013
“Left Wing single party states achieve power as the result of a revolutionary process against tradition.” Does this adequately explain how any one single party state that you have studied acquired power? In 1917, a revolution took place in Russia that overthrew the traditional Tsarist regime and brought a single party state, the Bolshevik Party, into power. The Bolshevik party harnessed the revolutionary spirit from the overthrow of the Tsarist regime in order to overthrow the Provisional government and eventually seize power. There are several reasons that the Bolshevik Party went against tradition including the failure of the Tsarist regime and the failure of the Provisional Government to make decisive decisions. The downfall of the Tsarist regime was only prolonged in 1905 with the October Manifesto, but in 1917 with the help of the April Theses written by Lenin, the Russian Revolution against tradition was beginning. Lenin also introduced War Communism, the NEP, and the idea of “Peace, Land, and Bread” as a revolutionary process against tradition. The USSR, a Left Wing single party state, did achieve power as the result of a revolutionary process against tradition as Lenin had used his April Theses in order to persuade people into joining his cause and setting up a communist state, and had set up policies that went against Russian tradition, such as War Communism, and policies that went against communist tradition, such as the New Economic Policy.
In 1905, revolutions took place in Russia as the people were unhappy with the autocratic style of leadership that the Tsar was using, and the general lifestyle in Russia. The revolutions did not go through as the Tsar had offered the people concessions through the October Manifesto, which included a representation of the people in the government, called the Duma (Tsarist Government). This only prolonged the revolution, as it was inevitable with the style
Ms Fleming
IB1 History
18 March 2013
“Left Wing single party states achieve power as the result of a revolutionary process against tradition.” Does this adequately explain how any one single party state that you have studied acquired power? In 1917, a revolution took place in Russia that overthrew the traditional Tsarist regime and brought a single party state, the Bolshevik Party, into power. The Bolshevik party harnessed the revolutionary spirit from the overthrow of the Tsarist regime in order to overthrow the Provisional government and eventually seize power. There are several reasons that the Bolshevik Party went against tradition including the failure of the Tsarist regime and the failure of the Provisional Government to make decisive decisions. The downfall of the Tsarist regime was only prolonged in 1905 with the October Manifesto, but in 1917 with the help of the April Theses written by Lenin, the Russian Revolution against tradition was beginning. Lenin also introduced War Communism, the NEP, and the idea of “Peace, Land, and Bread” as a revolutionary process against tradition. The USSR, a Left Wing single party state, did achieve power as the result of a revolutionary process against tradition as Lenin had used his April Theses in order to persuade people into joining his cause and setting up a communist state, and had set up policies that went against Russian tradition, such as War Communism, and policies that went against communist tradition, such as the New Economic Policy.
In 1905, revolutions took place in Russia as the people were unhappy with the autocratic style of leadership that the Tsar was using, and the general lifestyle in Russia. The revolutions did not go through as the Tsar had offered the people concessions through the October Manifesto, which included a representation of the people in the government, called the Duma (Tsarist Government). This only prolonged the revolution, as it was inevitable with the style
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