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What was a key disagreement between Lenin and Trotsky concerning the role of the peasants in any future Bolshevik revolution?
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Prior to the Bolshevik revolution Lenin put forth the idea that the Russian peasants would play a key role in any revolution. Trotsky, on the other hand believed that the peasants were incapable of any forceful political activity. In Trotsky's vision of the future revolution, the workers would lead and seize political power. As events turned out, neither was correct.
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What was the red army of China?
Established by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky Had the support of the peasants Supported the Bolshevik Revolution
Who overthrew the Russian government in 1918 and established a communist government there?
Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik Party supporters overthrew the Russian Provisional Government in November 1917. This revolution was nothing more than a military coup engineered by Lenin and the Bolsheviks, which was tolerated by most workers, peasants and soldiers because the existing Provisional Government just wasn't working properly. The Bolshevik Revolution was not one in which the general populace rose up and took over the government. The existing Provisional Government was weak and unpopular among the workers, peasants and soldiers, but it was more unpopular with the Bolshevik Party who wanted power, so they stepped in and took it practically without firing a shot.
What are the similarities of the french revolution and Chinese cultural revolution?
First, the Bolshevik Revolution is not the one of the two Russian Revolutions of 1917 that fits in the group. You want the March Revolution (the Bolshevik was the November Revolution). Anyway, the French, Chinese and March Revolutions all overthrew the monarchy of the country in favor of a different form of government. All the countries wanted republics. None gained republics for long. China and Russia turned communist in a Civil War and Bolshevik revolution respectively. And as for France, well, a short man with a short temper took over.
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks during the "soviet revolution", although technically it is not called the soviet revolution, but the Russian Revolution or Bolshevik Revolution. The Soviet Union had not come into being until 1922.
Lenins promise of Peace Land Bread during the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was made in an effort to?
Get Russia out of WWI and future wars, land reform giving land to peasants and distribute evenly, and to provide a good living standard for the Russian people.
What to do to avoid a revolution?
Don't anger the peasants.
What were the burdens of the peasants in the French Revolution?
Peasants suffered under the burden of higher taxes during the French Revolution. Peasants suffered social, economic,and political inequalities. Peasants suffered from out-of-date feudal dues that were being collected with renewed vigor, leading up to the Revolution.
How did the peasants win french revolution?
They didn't. The revolution was made by the urban middle class, supported by the urban poor. Such benefits as came from the revolution went to the middle class. Peasants in the countryside were hardly affected at all.
What was the essential question that Lenin had regarding the peasantry in Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution?
Lenin and other Marxists paid more attention to the peasantry and agriculture prior to 1917 than is generally noted. Lenin studied the role of the peasants under the Tsarist regime along with how it would function after the revolution the Bolsheviks would create. As with all stages of class struggle, Lenin was sure that capitalism would shape the agriculture in Russia. This would be a natural stage to help set up the inevitable "workers' revolution". The belief in the inevitability of capitalist development in agriculture and with the peasants was essential to the Bolshevik analysis of the peasant problem. The only unanswered question for Lenin prior to the revolution was what type of agrarian capitalism would develop in Russia. It is interesting to noter that Lenin was sure about capitalism and the workers, but that the peasantry was problematical. Marx was never clear on this in that the "peasants" of England and Germany were not a factor in his visions about the workers' rebellions.
What was the role of the peasants in the Chinese revolution?
During the Chinese revolution, peasants played a significant role as they made up the majority of the population. They supported the communist leaders, such as Mao Zedong, and participated in revolutionary activities, such as land redistribution and peasant uprisings. The support of the peasants was crucial in the success of the revolution and the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
How did geography influence the peasants of the french revolution?
Royalty ruled and had many estates and castles so peasants lived in shacks and such. The geographyb was very different for peasants
What was one main area of disagreement between Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin?
Leon Trotsky had the most radical of ideas concerning a workers' revolution in Russia. No Marxist was as extreme as Trotsky was by stating that both nationalistic and international support could carry forth a revolution by the working classes. Trotsky believed that a bourgeoisie led revolution was impossible in Russia. He claimed they were too weak to do so. Therefore, that step towards socialism had to be skipped entirely. This was highly radical and more leftist than Marx. Lenin did agree that the Russian bourgeoisie was impotent. With that said, however, Lenin believed the working classes had to form a alliance with the peasant classes if a revolution was to come about. Lenin, however, never specified the exact relationship the proletariat should have with the peasants, as clearly the peasants had to be secondary to the workers.
