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Communism
Communism is a political philosophy that is defined by a classless society in which all goods and property are collectively owned. Some current communist countries include China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos and North Korea.
2,109 Questions
What two leaders took control of the Soviet Union when Khrushchev was removed?
Leonid Brezhnev succeeded Nikita Khrushchev and was, in turn, succeeded by Yuri Andropov.
False. In actuality, before Lenin's death, he had written that Stalin should not succeed him because he [Stalin] is more extreme & it would be dangerous.
Why does communism appeal to poor people in Vietnam?
because the rich people in Vietnam [there were few] would have to give away their money to the poor people. everyone would be equal, making the poor not as poor as before.
Lenin's last wish was that the Communist Party find some way to eliminate Joseph Stalin from his positions of power within the Communist Party so that Leon Trotsky, rather than Stalin, would succeed him as leader of the country on his death.
It was "peace, bread, land" actually. Lenin said "all power to the soviets" at the assembly when he actually meant all power to the bolsheviks.
What did Karl Marx believe would bring about economic and social collapse in Europe and America?
Karl Marx believed capitalism would bring about economic and social collapse in Europe and America. Karl Marx was a proponent of the dictatorship of the proletariat. The collapse of capitalism would be the result of a workers' revolution. In his time, there were other socialists who believed that a peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism was the path to the future.
What was the purpose of the US policy of containment was to stop the spread of what?
. . . Communism .
What were the struggles that led russia to become a communist country?
Before the Russian Revolution of 1917, the country had suffered high inflation and food scarcity. The hardest hit of the very stratified Russia were the peasants. World War I made everything worse for the Russian people, thus highlighting the problems of the country and inefficiency of the then-Russian monarchy.
How did Stalin's chief goal goal differ from Lenin's?
Politically, Stalin believed that the Russian people were superior to the other races (Muslims, Ukrainians, Letts, Asians, etc.) within Russia and sought to exclude them from participation in government. Lenin believed in inclusion of all people within Russia in the spirit of creating a classless society that Marxian communism contemplated.
Economically, Stalin sought to improve Russia's industrial and agricultural capacity by his Five-Year Plans. These brought all aspects of the economy under greater control of the central government. Lenin sought to revive the entire economy as a whole by his New Economic Policy. This re-introduced aspects of a capitalist economy in small industries and agriculture. Stalin adamantly opposed this strategy.
That would be the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO.
Covert operations are not covert if everyone knows about them. If nations didn't convert to communism during the cold war, if was reasonably presumed that our operations in those regions were being successful. No news was good news.
Whose ideas about communism did Lenin adapt?
Lenin adapted Karl Marx's ideas about communism and socialism although with some differences. After the Revolution and during the Russian Civil War, Lenin imposed a socialist system in place of the former capitalist system and he imposed what was called 'war communism' on the country.
Where did Karl Marx first introduce the concept of communism?
Karl Marx introduced communism first to Germany and later to the world through the Communist International, an international integration of communists across Europe. The first serious application of his ideology however, was in Soviet Russia with the glorious resurrection of the proletarian cause during the October revolution.
Karl Marx and his partner Friedrich Engels never established or saw someone else establish a communist government.
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.
Which revolution first brought communism into the international order?
The Chinese Revolution first brought communism into the international order.
Does the collapse of the Soviet Union prove that communism doesn't work?
No, the collapse of the USSR does not actually prove that communism doesn't work, any more than the failure of Joe's Fish and Chips proves that restaurants don't work. The failure of the Soviet Union and its satellite states is just one example in which a paranoid version of communism didn't work. It may well be that it is possible to do it better. Although I offer no guarantees.
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of Russia from 1917 to 1922. He was a communist, and he turned Russia into the Soviet Union. Lenin was predecessor to Stalin.
What degree did Lenin receive?
Lenin studied law but did not receive a degree because he left the university due to his revolutionary activities. He completed studies on his own and actually practiced law for a time, but turned to politics full time.
The Russian Revolution
If it wasn't for Karl Marx and the ideas he put forward, the Soviet Union would not have ever existed. Marx and his ideas heavily influenced men like Lenin, who was the biggest figure in the Russian Revolution. Communism in its present form would have never existed were it not for Marx.
