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Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, otherwise known as Lenin, was the Communist Russian revolutionary who led the October Revolution of 1917. He was the leader of the Bolshevik Party and Russia during the Civil War. On his death in 1924, his body was embalmed and put on exhibit in the Lenin Mausoleum.
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Who lead the Russian Provisional Government after the czar?
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks when the Russian monarchy was overthrown, BUT, the Bolsheviks were not the ones who overthrew the monarchy. That had already been done six months earlier.
When was the Russian czar taken over by communists?
Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown in the February Revolution of 1917 when he abdicated in March. Communist rule was not established until the end of October that year when the October Revolution by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks (later renamed Communists) overthrew Russia's Provisional Government and took over.
Who was stalin's main political rival followinf death of Lenin?
The main struggle for control was between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. However Grigory Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin were also high enough in the ruling party that they could also vie for control. Stalin allied himself with Zinoviev to oust Trotsky. Then allied himself with Bukharin to eliminate Zinoviev. By then Stalin was so entrenched in the party that he cut ties with Bukharin and simply assumed power in the absence of meaningful opposition.
Why did Lenin want Trotsky to be his successor?
While Lenin was initially critical of both Trotsky and Stalin, toward the end he began to see Stalin's true ambitions and strongly favored Trotsky over him. Trotsky, (who was by no means an angle) was ruthless but extremely dedicated to communism and sincerely belived in the cause.
Trotsky would probably no do any thing as awful as Stalin did and probably would have entered WWII before stalin. all and all Trotsky's soviet union would probably bear more resembelence to the one envisioned by comrade Lenin.
What did Lenin and the Bolsheviks hope to create?
Lenin and the Bolsheviks wanted to create a socialist society to replace the capitalist one then in effect. It is a common mistake to think that they wanted to create a communist society. That was never their immediate intention. The reason is that following the theories of Karl Marx, communism had to be preceded by socialism which would evolve into communism over several generations. Communism was a form of society that could not be imposed. It had to come about naturally. Virtually all of the revolutionary groups at that time wanted to institute socialism.
What was also a factor was that as per Marx, a developed capitalist economy had to precede a revolution. Russia was never a developed capitalist society.
It also should be noted that the first goal was a dictatorship of the proletariat.
What qualities did Lenin have which helped him lead the Bolsheviks to power in Russia in 1917?
And who told you that Ulyanov was a "great leader"? The man could not resist the temptation of adopting a "nom de guère": Lenin, from the river Lena in Siberia, where he spent a few months in exile, before leaving to a life of comfort in the west, until the German military intelligence sent him home to rupture the allied front against Germany. A regular traitor of his country. He was, to be sure, a strong leader. He combined an enormous stubborn willpower, with a strong gift of persuasion and an insatiable hunger for power over people. He was a prejudiced person, what you would call a racist. He did not like... Russians! He preferred Russified Jews (who bent over backwards not to be seen as Jewish and were ashamed of their origin and culture) and also Georgians, Germans, and Latvians- among other non-Russians. When his sorry little regime was really threatened (December 1917), he specifically asked not be defended by a Russian guard, but by the disciplined and tough Latvian Rifles. When his main agent, Lev Trotsky (also a "nom de guère"- of a self-hating Jew) succeeded in ensuring the Bolsheviks power over the land, Lenin and the gang started the "Red Terror" (sic!) and began killing all people of talent and skills. Stalin and his minions continued the work - very successfully. This is why Russia, which before WW1 exported great quantities of wheat, by the time of Brezhnev imported food. It still does - a lot. Ukraine, the bread basket of Europe, became the scene of mass starvation in the early thirties. Lenin's main idea was power. And the second: social engineering - fighting human nature. Both continue til this very day and a likely to be around for a long time. Then Lenin died (January 1924) after a massive stroke. Stalin, who conquered power by conquering the Party apparatus - no party member vote, let alone popular vote, found it a good idea to make Lenin a demi-god. When Khrushchev decided to disavow his former boss Stalin, he needed Lenin's symbolic figure even more. From the demi-god he was under Stalin, Lenin became a real Our Father who art in Heaven. The former Soviet Union is still full of Lenin monuments, and a huge number of streets and metro stations still proudly bear his name. 18 years after the demise of the Soviet Empire, people are still afraid to do away with this monster figure. Imagine a major county in the Rhineland called "Kreis Hitlerburg". Or perhaps one of the Bundesländer called "Hitlerland". And another one in Austria...
Did Lenin accomplish worldwide revolution?
No, Lenin did not achieve world-wide communist revolution.
Did Lenin call his new economic program the New Economic Policy?
Basically government control and management of all industry and much of agriculture as well- Collective farms, ( there were two different types, Kolkhoz ( Collective Farms) and SovKhoz- Soviet or state farms owned directly by the Ministry of Agriculture- no US equivalent. the central govt dictated economic policy- to the Steel industry- produce X number million tons for Basic Industry!- without regard to what in this country would be market economy, private business competition, etc. Big Brother was at the controls!
being a Commissar of the Soviet Union.
As to his accomplishment, Lenin was known as the leader of the Bolshevik Party, the organizer of the October Revolution of 1917 and the first premier of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was also a ruthless dictator who imposed his concept of a proper society on Russian people by force.
As to his name, he had been known under his birth name as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. In 1901, after 3 years in exile in Siberia in a town on the River Lena, he adopted the pseudonym "Lenin." He was also known as and wrote under the name Nikolai Lenin as well.
According to Ambrose Bierce, revolution can be defined as the process by which a corrupt government is replaced by an even more corrupt government. History generally confirms this jaundiced view, however, now and then a revolution works out more successfully, replacing a corrupt government with a better government.
When did Alexander Kerensky's Provisional Government fall?
The Russian Provisional Government was overthrown on October 25, 1917. This date is according to the Julian calendar in use in Russia at that time. Under the Gregorian calendar, which the western nations used, it was November 7, 1917.
The overthrow was known as the October or Bolshevik or Communist Revolution.
The provisional government lost the support of many Russians because it did not allocate land to the poor peasants, and the decision to keep Russia in World War One.
Lenin hoped that the rissian revolution of 1917 would?
Lenin hoped the Russian Revolution would start Communist revolutions in other countries. That was one reason he created the Communist International. He wanted the Bolsheviks to have an active role in fomenting Communist revolutions in as many other countries as possible.
What were the accomplishments of Lenin?
•Founding fathers of the Soviet Union •Lenin established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
•Lead a successful revolution establishing the world first Marxist nation
What were the Soviet secret police called from 1923-34?
- Cheka (abbreviation of Vecheka) 1918 - 1922
- NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" 1922 - 1923
- OGPU - "Joint State Political Directorate" 1923 - 1934
- NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" 1934 - 1941
- NKGB - "People's Commissariat for State Security" 1941
- NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" 1941 - 1943
- NKGB - "People's Commissariat for State Security" 1943 - 1946
- MGB - "Ministry for State Security" 1946 - 1953
- MVD and MGB are merged into the MVD 1953
- KGB - Committee for State Security 1954 - 1991
Which of these factors motivated European imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries?
Imperialism, according to most proponents of its causes, is the final stage of advanced capitalism. There was no advanced capitalism until the end of the 19th century. Even Adam Smith wrote about capitalism only in the late 18th century. Smith had no predictions on how capitalism might develop into imperialism.
What was Germany's original name?
A large part of what is now called Germany, was, throughout the eighteenth and most of the nineteenth centuries, known as Prussia, or the Prussian Empire.
The two main parties were the Socialist Revolutionaries (SRs), a non-Marxist political party, and the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP), a Marxist political party. The RSDLP was itself split into two factions, the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks.
The names came about during the RSDLP Congress in Brussels in 1903. Lenin and his followers were the more radical members of the RSDLP, however they were in the minority. The more conservative majority members were angered at Lenin and some walked out in a protest. This walk-out gave Lenin a temporary majority and he quickly dubbed his followers Bolsheviks, meaning 'majorityites' even though they were actually the minority. The other RSDP members allowed themselves to be called Mensheviks, meaning minorityites even though they were in the majority.
Nihilists and Populists(Narodniks)When were the communist revolutions?
The first communist revolution was on October 25, 1917, according to the calendar then in use in Russia. The date was March 7, 1917 according to the calendar in use in western and other nations. This revolution is known as the October Revolution or Bolshevik Revolution.
The other revolution in 1917, known as the February Revolution was not a communist revolution.
eliminate individuals who opposed his rule.
Why did Lenin decide to abandon War Communism?
Lenin developed war communism because the Bolshevik revolution was not a true communist revolution as Karl Marx would have it. In addition, the control of the government by the Bolsheviks was not as widespread or secure as would be necessary to control all aspects of Russia's economy. After the October Revolution, the Russian Civil War broke out and the Russian economy was worse then than it had been under the Tsar.
"War communism" was simply the forced takeover of only large businesses leaving small ones to remain capitalistic. The real problem was the enormous agrarian peasant population. The Bolsheviks could not take over all the small farms in the country, so it forced farmers to sell at low prices large portions of their crops to the government. The peasant farmers were thus permitted to remain capitalist in the sense that they were working for themselves first, but were "taxed" into turning over their crops to the government. After the Civil War, widespread dislike for war communism caused Lenin to adopt his New Economic Policy.
What did Stalin and Lenin want?
Both supported a state-capitalist Dictatorship by a small number of people. That’s to say, a form of capitalism where the means means of production are owned by the state, but the vast majority of people still have to work for wages.
How was lenin's NEP was successful?
yes,because it allowed economic recovery by 1928 industrial and food levels were about the same as in 1914
Lenin's New Economic Policy reversed War Communism... it did the exact opposite:
instead of spare food being taken from the peasants they were allowed to sell spare food to make a profit
What was the Bolsheviks' new name after they seized power?
The Communists was the Bolsheviks new name after seizing power in 1917. In March 1918 the officially changed the name.
Which two english -born colonial leaders were also authors?
One of two colonial leaders who also were authors was Captain John Smith, whose journal was very popular reading during the time. Sir Walter Raleigh was another leader with a literary side, and he was known during the time for his poetry. :)
