19 - Lenin's Russia: Ideology And Change Flashcards
What book did Lenin write in 1917? What did he explain in it?
State and Revolution
Ideology
What was Lenin concerned about the transition of when the Bolsheviks achieved power?
Socialism
What determined early Bolshevik rule over Lenin’s ideology? What State did this develop?
Circumstances
Soviet state
What Marxist view did Lenin follow? What did Lenin hope for?
Government should be in the hands of “the people”
Democracy
What did most Russians, along with Lenin, believe a revolution was all about?
Ending all social privileges
What did the peasants do to nobles’ land?
Distributed it out
What did workers take control of in the cities? What call of Lenin’s did they respond well to?
Factories
“The looting of the looters”
What did workers confiscate from the bourgeoisie? What happened to it?
Property
It was shared
What were the wealthy forced to do under the workers?
Manual labour
What did Lenin and Trotsky believe would create a socialist society? What event did they hope this would emerge from?
World revolution
Great War
During WW1, what 2 groups did socialists take on in a civil war? Why was this important?
Employers and government
It strengthened Marxism
What Marxist idea was based on societies such as those in Germany and Britain?
“Dictatorship of the Proletariat”
What would “dictatorship of the proletariat” mean for urban workers? How much of the Russian population were peasants during WW1?
They were a “majority”, not one
80%
What military advance continued during WW1?
German military advance
What did the Bolsheviks promise to Russians? What were they forced to sign?
Peace An armistice (cease-fire)