Comitern Flashcards
Why was the Third Communist International (Comintern) founded in Russia?
the success of Bolshevik Russia made it the obvious base to spread the ‘proletarian revolution’
When was the first Founding Congress of the Comintern held?
Moscow 1919
Who went to the First Founding Congress of the Comintern in Moscow march 1919?
50 delegates from all over Europe and also the US, Australia and Japan
Who was chairman of the early Comintern Congress?
Zinoviev
Why did the Bolsheviks think the time for a revolution was ripe?
Germany had the Spartacus uprising (although failed)
There was an establishment of Soviet-styled republics in Hungary and Bavaria
Where did the second Comintern Congress take place in July-August 1920?
Petrograd
Why did some European delegations break away from the Comintern?
as a result of Lenin’s ‘21 Conditions’ defining the relationship between communist parties and ‘bourgeois-democratic’ socialist parties
When was the Third Comintern Congress?
in the summer of 1921
What was realised at the Third Comintern Congress in the summer of 1921?
that the world revolution was not as close as had been hoped
Which 2 countries which the Bolsheviks had hoped would start the ‘proletarian revolution’ didn’t?
- Poland which defeated the Red Army
- Germany which became the ‘Bourgeois democratic’ Weimar Republic
At the Third Comintern Congress, how many of the members were Russian?
all of the members were Russian
