dictatorship

Question 1

when was russia governed by dictatorship?

Answer 1

post October 1917

Question 2

what was the basis of Lenin’s MARXISM-LENINISM rule?

Answer 2

• tsarist ‘superstructure’ had to be destroyed and replaced with bodies to ensure egalitarianism
• marx’s ‘labour theory of value’ used as justification for Lenin overthrowing tsarist rule

Question 3

what did labour theory of value mean?

Answer 3

outlines a struggle resulting from exploitation of the workers, eventually resulted in a government run by workers

Question 4

how did Lenin implement marxism-leninism?

Answer 4

pamphlets, writing

the bolshevik revolution of oct 1917- overthrow of provgovt

civil war against counter revolutionaries

war communism (nationalising large companies, forced requisitioning of agricultural policy) implemented by cheka

nep- implemented to ensure the support of moderate bolsheviks