Assess the importance of War Communism to the Bolshevik consolidation of power. War Communism (WC) was of substantial importance to the Bolshevik consolidation of power. WC played a major role in the Bolshevik victory in the Civil War and thus allowed them to maintain power and control in Russia. However‚ from the Bolsheviks initial seizure of power in 1917 through to 1924‚ a number of other factors were of importance in enabling the Bolsheviks to consolidate this power. These factors included the
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Lenin’s April Theses for Peace‚ thus offering a perspective on the Revolution from the Bolshevik Party leader himself. However‚ the fact that it’s ‘adapted’ lowers its credibility‚ as the document might have suffered misleading changes‚ meant to portray Lenin and the Bolsheviks in a certain way. Moreover‚ the extract is published by the official communist newspaper which indicates a clear bias in favour of the Bolshevik Revolutionaries‚ making it a secondary source. In terms of content‚ the extract
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consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution and why does Hobsbawm call it the central event of the 20th century? There were many consequences from the Bolshevik revolution. Farmland was distributed among farmers‚ and factories are given to workers. The banks were nationalized and a national council was assembled to run the economy. Russia pulled out of World War I‚ signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk‚ conceding lots of land to Germany. Civil war‚ between Bolshevik (“red”) and anti-Bolshevik (“white”) forces
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Why were the Bolsheviks convinced that imposing a state monopoly over the media in the short-term would inevitably lead to media freedom for everyone in the long-term? Introduction The Bolsheviks‚ originally also Bolshevists were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolsheviks were the majority faction in a crucial vote‚ hence their name. They ultimately became the Communist
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far do you agree that the weakness of the provisional government was the main reason why the Bolsheviks came into power? There are two main reasons why the Bolsheviks were able to take over power in Russia in November 1917. They are the strengths of Bolsheviks themselves and factors in their favour‚ and the weaknesses and mistakes of the Provisional Government. The most important reason why the Bolsheviks were able to take over power was the faults and mistakes of the Provisional Government. A key
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We often wonder what makes and breaks an organization. Competition? Lack of Innovation? Lack of Resources? Through historical analysis‚ it is fair to say that motivated people and great leadership is what makes any group successful‚ be it a business or a country. Russian peoples have believed that their goal as a community is to work to make Russia the best country in the world and a role model for foreign territories‚ having already achieved the title of the third largest empire in history. Russian
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Nationalism in Bolshevik and Fanonist Ideologies Both Bolshevik and Fanonist ideologies focus on the ways in which societies can overthrow existing economic‚ political‚ and societal structures that serve as means of oppression and subsequently bring about new systems that are egalitarian and socialist. While both ideologies share this common goal of creating these new socialist orders‚ the two ideologies vary both in their views on what should be the means to this end‚ as well as with regards
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Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky was a Russian leader of the Bolshevik revolution. He was born in the Ukraine with the name of Lev Davidovich Bronstein on November 7‚ 1879. As a young man he attended the school of Odessa. In 1897 he was arrested for two years and was then sentenced to Siberia because he had helped fund the South Russian Workers` Union. While in prison‚ he met his first wife Alexandra Lvovna with whom he had two daughters with. After he completed his two year sentence in prison Trotsky
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The Bolshevik Revolution and its Relation to Crime and Punishment The novel‚ Crime and Punishment‚ written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky follows an ex-student‚ Raskolnikov‚ through his mental struggles in great psychological detail after he commits murder without reason. Raskolnikov’s mental instability is a parallel to Russia’s long history of unstable and poorly designed government systems. To better understand the events that led up to radical and Slavophile movements in Russia‚ and to better understand
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Both revolutionaries were extremely controversial in their respective fields‚ but had an enormous impact on the lives and philosophies of others. Chernyshevsky in essence‚ stimulated the Bolshevik revolution‚ while Rand herself was crucial to the foundation of modern conservatism in the U.S. The two authors had radically different views‚ but share many similarities because of their integral role in the social landscape of the world. Chernyshevsky’s
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