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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
Where was Lenin when the 1917 revolution began?
Lenin was in Switzerland when the February 1917 revolution broke out. He was taken completely by surprise that it had happened as were virtually all of the various Russian revolutionaries. This was because that revolution was not a planned event. The uprising began as a spontaneous uprising by the people in St. Petersburg as they suffered with shortages of food due to World War I and the Russian Tsarist government's inability or unwillingness to take care of its people.
The German High Command wanted Russia out of the war, so it transported Lenin from Switzerland through Finland to Russia in the hope that Lenin would cause a revolution which would take Russia out of the war. It worked.
Why did communism collapse in Russia you 1989?
Communism collapsed because the system that was in place was totally corrupt. and as a result of this became unproductive Like a person a system needs to earn a living or steal it to survive. there was no drive to succeed as the system put power into the hands of thugs and bullys and they do not reward productive inventive poeple.
How is communism opposed to liberalism?
Liberalism is more focused on the needs of the one whereas communism is focused on the needs of the many.
Lenin was able to convince other European countries to treat the first world war as a Europe-wide revolution. Parts of the formerly Russian empire were temporarily surrendered back to Germany until WW1 ended.
What areas of Vietnam and Korea did the communists control?
In 1948 in Korea, the Communists controlled the northern half of the country and the US-Allied Capitalist Dictators controlled the southern half of the country. After the Korean War in 1953, this situation was preserved. In the 1980s, the Capitalist Dictators in the south gave way to a democracy.
In 1954 in Vietnam, the Communists controlled the northern half of the country and the US-Allied Capitalist Dictators controlled the southern half of the country. After the Vietnam War in 1975, the Communists were able to unite the entire country and remain in power to this day.
The policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by bloking soviet influence?
Containment Policy
What did Russia become under Lenin and the Communist Party?
Russia became first a communist state and later the largest Soviet Republic in the Soviet Union.
How did Lenin and Stalins new socialist order differ from the society envisioned by Karl marx?
In oversimplified terms:
As to Lenin: Marx believed that the economic systems in place at a given moment in history determined the societal and political systems of those times. Marx believed industrialism created the capitalist system. Lenin believed the opposite. He believed that the political system would determine the economic system. Lenin believed that the political system had to change first before an economic change could take place, because the government would have to force the Bourgeoisie to give up private ownership of the means of production.
As to Stalin: Marx believed that capitalism would evolve into socialism which would then evolve into communism. Government, the state would become less and less necessary until it would simply wither away and disappear under a true communist state. Stalin believed the opposite. He believed that the state had to become stronger in order keep the country on the road to communism. He believed the state had to force the society to keep from returning to its former capitalist ways.
Which Soviet leader 1st implement communism?
The first communist leader of the Soviet Unionwas Vladimir Lenin.
The Asian country divided into two nations by communism?
It might be argued it is also divided into two nations by Capitalism: North & South Korea. And no, before you get excited I am not in any way suggesting the folks in the north are better off, manifestly they are not. Neither am I content in the idea of North Korea being a Communist country, it is, was, ruled by a despot.
How many people were at Lenin's funeral?
When he died thousands of people wept in the street. Over a million people went to visit his body, but if you're asking how many people were at the actual funeral it's an estimated million.
Was the transition to communism in China was peaceful?
No it was not. China spent from 1927 until the Second World War and after it until 1949 in a brutal, costly civil war that left many homeless and fleeing from Mao's armies as they neared victory.
They all died. =D
Stalin's chief was Vladimir Lenin during the years before the Russian Revolution and until Lenin's death.
Who was more in the October Revolution important Lenin or Trotsky?
Lenin was more important by far. Lenin was the founder and leader of the Bolshevik Party, which eventually took over the country and set up the new socialist government. Trotsky was not even a member of the Bolshevik Party until shortly before the revolution. Trotsky became more of a right hand man to Lenin during the revolution and afterwords but he was never above Lenin in leadership.
Was communism in russia led by Jews?
No. This is a typical Anti-Semitic canard. While it is true that Jews were overrepresented in the Communist party relative to their population in the Russian Empire, most of the leaders of the Communist Party were not Jews, such as Lenin and Stalin.
Communism in Russia was led by Russians who were furious with the Czar for abusing his power over his subjects and making them suffer in serfdom and quasi-slavery while they enjoyed the high-life.
