The Perfect World: Vladimir Lenin's Communist Revolution
Lenin’s Perfect World
Industrialization hit Russia in the late 1800s, and a distinct industrial working class, referred to as the proletariat, emerged. Originally, the idea of Communism was created by Karl Marx, and focused on the idea of economic equality. Marx’s idea of the most likely communist revolution did not succeed, so Lenin created his own version of a communist revolution. Vladimir Lenin used the advantages of a vulnerable Russia with a growing working class to start the first successful communist revolution, and spread Marxism-Leninism as the new ideology of communism, which completely reshaped world order.
The weaknesses of the corrupt monarchy and the provisional democratic government made Russia vulnerable to the communist …show more content…
Lenin became a Marxist in 1889. He had a dream that Russia would be like Karl Marx had predicted, a communist state. He worked tirelessly to achieve this goal. The Bolshevik Revolution occurred in 1917, when Lenin’s political party, the Bolsheviks, took over the provisional government. Lenin demanded that all Russian farmland be distributed equally among the peasants, and control of factories be handed over to the workers. All of this change led to conflicts throughout Russia and the creation of “The White Army” which was made up of citizens who opposed the Bolsheviks who associated with the color red, and were called “The Red Army.” Lenin saw these revolutions and realized that regular Marxism, which had the proletariat voluntarily taking over the government, would not be successful in the 20th century, which is why Marxism-Leninism was created, even if it was not called that at the time. It included an extra push, especially on the working class, as they would not actively want a revolution. Lenin had to incite the working class to fight with him, because they would not do it themselves.The failure of Karl Marx’s prediction, which was the proletariat taking over on their own, pushed Lenin to be harsh and push his beliefs onto citizens of Russia to get his way. The extra push that Lenin used was known as the …show more content…
Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, and Dahia Ibo Shabaka, eds. “Revolutions in Russia” In World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell,, n.d.
“Marxism-Leninism - New World Encyclopedia.” In New World Encyclopedia. Accessed March 27, 2017. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Marxism-Leninism.
“Socialism Update.” In World History in Context. Detroit, MI: Detroit: Gale, 2017. http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/JDMVCW342990493/WHIC?u=cesjds&xid=10e52c5c.
“Vladimir Lenin.” In Britannica School. Accessed March 27, 2017.
Industrialization hit Russia in the late 1800s, and a distinct industrial working class, referred to as the proletariat, emerged. Originally, the idea of Communism was created by Karl Marx, and focused on the idea of economic equality. Marx’s idea of the most likely communist revolution did not succeed, so Lenin created his own version of a communist revolution. Vladimir Lenin used the advantages of a vulnerable Russia with a growing working class to start the first successful communist revolution, and spread Marxism-Leninism as the new ideology of communism, which completely reshaped world order.
The weaknesses of the corrupt monarchy and the provisional democratic government made Russia vulnerable to the communist …show more content…
Lenin became a Marxist in 1889. He had a dream that Russia would be like Karl Marx had predicted, a communist state. He worked tirelessly to achieve this goal. The Bolshevik Revolution occurred in 1917, when Lenin’s political party, the Bolsheviks, took over the provisional government. Lenin demanded that all Russian farmland be distributed equally among the peasants, and control of factories be handed over to the workers. All of this change led to conflicts throughout Russia and the creation of “The White Army” which was made up of citizens who opposed the Bolsheviks who associated with the color red, and were called “The Red Army.” Lenin saw these revolutions and realized that regular Marxism, which had the proletariat voluntarily taking over the government, would not be successful in the 20th century, which is why Marxism-Leninism was created, even if it was not called that at the time. It included an extra push, especially on the working class, as they would not actively want a revolution. Lenin had to incite the working class to fight with him, because they would not do it themselves.The failure of Karl Marx’s prediction, which was the proletariat taking over on their own, pushed Lenin to be harsh and push his beliefs onto citizens of Russia to get his way. The extra push that Lenin used was known as the …show more content…
Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, and Dahia Ibo Shabaka, eds. “Revolutions in Russia” In World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell,, n.d.
“Marxism-Leninism - New World Encyclopedia.” In New World Encyclopedia. Accessed March 27, 2017. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Marxism-Leninism.
“Socialism Update.” In World History in Context. Detroit, MI: Detroit: Gale, 2017. http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/JDMVCW342990493/WHIC?u=cesjds&xid=10e52c5c.
“Vladimir Lenin.” In Britannica School. Accessed March 27, 2017.