Comintern Flashcards
1
Q
First Comintern
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March 1919
Lenin promoted the soviet system as the best way of spreading Marxism
Positive despite the civil war delegates were convinced world-wide communist revolution was imminent
2
Q
Second Comintern
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July- August 1920
Lenin’s 21 conditions- requirements that must be met to become a member of the Comintern
Mixed- some parties broke away from Comintern because of the 21 conditions but Bolshevik victory in civil war seemed certain
3
Q
Third Comintern
A
June- July 1921
The recovery of the bourgeoisie in countries like Poland and Germany
Unsuccessful- expected revolutions had turned into support for bourgeois democracies
Bolshevik Russia left alone in capitalist world
