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What did Leon Trotsky believe about repression to preserve a revolution?
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Leon Trotsky believed that a revolutionary movement, once in power had to deal with the question of repression. For Trotsky the form of repression or the degree of repression was not one involved with principles. It was a matter of expediency.
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Who came to power as a result of the Russian Revolution in 1917?
I believe the communist party! Not certain but I think it was lead by Stalin! Before that it was Vladimir Ilyich Ulianov: Lenin, and his sidekick Lev Bronstein: Trotsky. Lenin died in 1924 & Trotsky was murdered in Mexico in 1940 by Stalins henchmen.
What caused Leon Trotsky to believe that the Mensheviks were a better socialist party then the Bolsheviks?
Leon Trotsky, being a true Marxist, took on the Menshevik view that a bourgeoisie revolution must replace the Czar. The Bolsheviks disagreed with this. Also, at the time, Trotsky was not in favor of what he saw as a ruthless organization that placed the Bolshevik Party above the workers. He held these views for a long time before changing them.
Why did Leon Trotsky believe the Russian peasants would follow Marxism?
Leon Trotsky had a low opinion of the Russian peasantry, and believed they were a source of problems for Soviet plan for socialism. His one positive possibility was that when there was a revolution in Germany in the 16th century, the peasants there followed the lead urban political parties. This was his hope for Russian peasants.
What did Leon Trotsky believe about the Russian peasantry?
eon Trotsky held a negative view about the Russian peasantry. He believed that social and political barbarism lay in peasant villages.
What does Trotsky believe to be the most important characteristics of a society?
The cultures deposits in the consciousness of man himself.
What did Leon Trotsky believe?
Leon Trotsky held many beliefs both in political science, economics and in Marxism. Leon Trotsky believed in the basics of Marxism. He believed that only a violent revolution could bring about a communist society in both Czarist Russia and the Russia ruled by a Provisional Government that replaced the czar when the czar had to abdicate. Trotsky understood how difficult it would be in transforming Russia to help its people. He believed that perseverance was necessary. He worked long and hard for the goal of creating a Marxist state in Russia. Trotsky also believed that Josef Stalin had abandoned Marxism and was directing the USSR into a one ruler State. That State would be controlled by Stalin.
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.
Was Trotsky against capitalism?
Stalin was in fact the dictatorial ruler of the state capitalist USSR.
What did Leon Trotsky believe about the Soviet oligarchy?
Writing in exile, Leon Trotsky believed that the new Soviet government was an oligarchy with Stalin in control of it. From Trotsky's point of view, the Soviet oligarchy had all the vices of the previous one under the Czar. He even went so far as saying that the old oligarchy under the Czar had a view of the future. For Trotsky, the new Soviet bureaucrats even lacked that.
What was the purpose of the great terror?
to rid the communist party of real or suspected traitors
Does hoover believe that society can help people and still preserve freedom?
no
Why did they go through the mummification process?
I believe it was to preserve the body for the afterlife.
