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Bolsheviks (from Russian bolshinstvo 'a majority') , under Lenin, advocated the destruction of capitalists and the setting up of a socialist state. They changed their name to the Russian Communist Party in 1918, gaining power the previous year after the Revolution, which they had set in motion.
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What single party once ruled the soviet union?
Communism
Did Lenin favor or oppose war communism?
Lenin favored it, because he instituted it right after the October Revolution. War communism did not impose full socialism or communism on all aspects of Russia's economy. The Bolsheviks were simply too weak in numbers to immediately govern the entire economy of Russia with its millions of peasant farmers. Nor were they able to take full control of all the factories and other industry in the country. When the Russian Civil War broke out, the Bolsheviks were even less able to handle the economic demands of fighting the war. For this reason, war communism was instituted by Lenin in order to enable the Bolsheviks to survive the Civil War in power. War communism was later scrapped in favor of Lenin's New Economic Policy.
What major event started the fear of communism here in the US?
America was actively fighting Communism as early as 1919 in the Russian Civil War. The fear of communism does not stem from the Soviet Union, it stems from what communism represents. There was no great event that started the fear of communism, made clear by the fact that in 1919 the Bolsheviks were yet to actually do that many great evils.
Why did Bolsheviks want workers to overthrow capitailism?
It was really just the difference in political ideology and how both capitalists and communists saw eachother. The Bolsheviks thought communism was right, and the capitalists thought capitalism was. Both had their own advantages and disadvantages. But the idea of world communism died with Trotsky; the USSR did not want to risk their power in starting a major conflict with another country. And it wasnt just the communists wanting to overthrow capitalism; the reason the USA and the USSR went into the cold war is because the US wanted to stop the spread of communism.
What kind of government did Bolsheviks establish in?
No, they did not, at least true communism as envisioned by Karl Marx. The Bolsheviks imposed a socialist system in Russia even though they called it communist. In Marxian communism there would be no social classes, no thought of working for personal wealth and no government. When Lenin and the Bolsheviks took over, social classes did not disappear. People in charge of government still looked down on the ordinary worker and peasant farmer. People still wanted to work for personal gain. This necessitated first imposition of "war communism," then the New Economic Policy. Finally, there certainly was a government. One that was more oppressive and repressive of the ordinary citizen that the Tsars or the bourgeoisie had ever been.
What kind of economic system did the Bolsheviks believe in?
Communism
What is the outcome of the Russian Revolution?
The establishment of a state capitalist dictatorship ruled by the Bolsheviks.
What single party once ruled the soviet union?
Communism
Which of these political philosophies did the Bolsheviks promote?
Economic equality through communism
What did communism have to do with the red scare?
Bolsheviks were a communist group who announced world-wide that they were going to enable communism everywhere including Russia (where they started.)
What role did the Bolsheviks play in the Russian revolution in 1917?
the fought to overthrow the czar and establish communism
What type of government did the Bolsheviks established in Europe?
The Bolsheviks established, so they called, a Communist government. However, this government is falsely named as communism (an idea created by Karl Marx) is an utopia with no form of government whatsoever. This "Communism" was more of a dictatorship. Even though countries claim to be, or have been, communist, no country has ever achieved communism.
What role did the Bolsheviks play in the Russian Revolution of 1917?
They fought to overthrow the Provisional government and established communism in Russia.
Who brought communism to Russia in 1917?
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party brought "communism" to Russia in 1917 through the October Revolution. It should be noted that true communism was never instituted in Russia (or in any other country for that matter). The revolution brought a socialist state to Russia. The theory was that socialism would eventually evolve into communism generations later. It never did.
What started communication?
The country that started communism is Russia. It happened in the year 1917 when the Bolsheviks grabbed the power over the October Revolution.
Did Lenin favor or oppose war communism?
Lenin favored it, because he instituted it right after the October Revolution. War communism did not impose full socialism or communism on all aspects of Russia's economy. The Bolsheviks were simply too weak in numbers to immediately govern the entire economy of Russia with its millions of peasant farmers. Nor were they able to take full control of all the factories and other industry in the country. When the Russian Civil War broke out, the Bolsheviks were even less able to handle the economic demands of fighting the war. For this reason, war communism was instituted by Lenin in order to enable the Bolsheviks to survive the Civil War in power. War communism was later scrapped in favor of Lenin's New Economic Policy.
What major event started the fear of communism here in the US?
America was actively fighting Communism as early as 1919 in the Russian Civil War. The fear of communism does not stem from the Soviet Union, it stems from what communism represents. There was no great event that started the fear of communism, made clear by the fact that in 1919 the Bolsheviks were yet to actually do that many great evils.
