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Topic Lenin&The Structureofthe BolshevikParty Quotes SovietPerspective Centralgroupofleadersdriving change Leninhadsuccessfullyadapted MarxismforRussia TheleadershipgivenbyLenin andtheBolshevikPartyensured thesuccessofoneofthegreatest eventsinworldhistorythe overthrowofthepowerofthe landownersandcapitalists. GDObichkin WesternPerspective BolshevikPartywerebasicallya powerhungrypartywhotook advantageofasetofcircumstances RevisionistPerspective Leninbelievedinandlustedpower butonlybecausetheBolshevik partyshouldinitiatethe achievement WhileLeninwascunning& untrustworthy,hewasalsodedicated totheultimategoalofcommunism Hewasdeterminedthatthe Bolsheviksshouldinitiatethe achievementofaworldwithout exploitation RobertService. Tsaristregimewasoutoftouchwith thepeopleandavoidedreform

1905revolution *causes& consequences

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Toimposesuchimmensesacrifices inthenameofsonaveandflaweda visionmakesLeninoneofthe greatestcriminalsofalltime.Lievin Judgedintermsofitsown aspirations:theCommunist (Bolshevik)partywasamonumental failure. RichardPipes Russiawassociallybackward,so Tsaristregimenotonlyignored muchofthepopulationexploited pressurefrombelowbutalsofrom byalimitedfewwhohadpower adviseoftheministers Noleadertoguiderevolutionary reformandgeneralpopulation stilltrustedTsar 1905failedasarevolution BloodySundaywasanoverwhelming becausetheprotestorswere displayofTsaristincompetence. disunitedandinexperienced. RichardPipes LeonTrotsky

TheTsarwastrulyoutoftouchwith hispeopleandalthoughtheregime succeededinrestoringorder,itcould nothopetoturntheclockback.1905 hadchangedsocietyforgood.Many ofthecomradesof1905werethe eldersof1917 OrlandoFiges

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FirstWorldWar Capitalist,ImperialistWarwhich highlightedthedividebetween theoppressedandthewealthy class,whowerenotaccountable inthewar. Thetsarkepthisoutlook unchangedthroughtwowarsand tworevolutions. LeonTrotsky Highlightedthepoliticaland economicflawsinTsaristRussia.So backwardthatitcouldorganizethe transportationandmilitary,andled totheproblemsbackinPetrograd Intheshortrun,itrescuedthe governmentfromaseriouscrisis.But inthelongrunitmayhavesimply deepenedthecrisisandensuredthat itwasmoreprofoundwhenitfinally arrived Christian By1917thewarwouldprovetobe theundoingoftsardomandThe tragedyforthetsarwasthatheand hisgovernmentshowedthemselves increasinglyincapableofrunningthe war. MichaelLynch Oneofthemostleaderless revolutionsofalltime;successful insofarasademocraticrevolution ThecollapseoftheRomanov dynastywasoneofthemost leaderless,spontaneous,anonymous revolutionsofalltime. WHChamberlin Russiawassociallyalready vulnerableandonthevergeof collapse.Peopleprotestingin Petrogradandmutinyingsoldiersa majorcause. Theautocracyssituationwas precariousontheeveofFirstWorld War.Thesocietywasdeeplydivided, andthepoliticalandbureaucratic structurewasfragileand overstrained.Theregimewasso vulnerabletoanykindofjoltor setbackthatishardtoimaginethat itcouldhavesurvivedlong,even withouttheWar. SheilaFitzpatrick

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1917February Revolution

Ledbytheworkersandsoldiers butdidnotgosofarasto transferpower Thedynastyfellbyshaking,like rottenfruit. LeonTrotsky

NotasadirectresultofWWI,but ratherasacollapseofsupportfor thegovernment. WhentheFebruaryRevolution came,itwastheresultofthe collapseofpublicsupportinthe government. SteveSmith

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WholedtheFebruary Revolution?Wecananswer definitivelyenough:consciousand temperedworkerseducatedfor themostpartbythepartyof Lenin. LeonTrotsky Leninasaninfallibleleader guidingtheBolshevikstopower inthenameoftheproletariat. Inhisguidanceoftheuprising, Leninsgeniusasaleaderofthe masses,awiseandfearless strategist,whoclearlysawwhat directiontherevolutionwould take,wasstrikinglyrevealed. GDObichkin NoonemadetheRussian Revolution,unlessitwasautocracy itselfitwasthedirectresultofthe utterbankruptcyoftheautocracy. BernardPipes Itwasaseizureofpowerrather thanrevolutionfrombelow, withoutmasssupport. Therewassomethingessentially totalitarianaboutLeninhimself. Lynch Octoberwasaclassiccoupdtat, thecaptureofgovernmental authoritybyasmallbandwitha showofmassparticipation,butwith hardlyanymassinvolvement. RichardPipes TheTsaristregimesdownfallwas notinevitable,butitsownstupidity madeitso. OrlandoFiges

1917October Revolution

BolshevikPartyhadgainedsupport mainlyduetothelackofsupport giventotheweakprovisional government TheOctoberRevolutionemergesas verymuchmorethataconspiratorial coupdtat.Bythenthecentral politicalissuewasthatofsoviet power. EdwardActon