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Emphasis on “authority of the state”
• Non-elected leaders• Unregulated exercise of political power• Limited civil liberties• Lack of opposition
Ideology emphasising classlessnessInspired by Marx and Engels’ The Communist
Manifesto
• One party only – the Communist party• Collective and planned economy• No private ownership• Everyone is equal in wealth and rank
in Russia
• On hindsight, Communism is seen as an authoritarian system• Russian leaders were not democratically elected, especially in Joseph Stalin’s time• Opposition was forcefully silenced
What can you infer from this cartoon about Russian society?
• Many levels of hierarchy• The poor (the ‘proletariat’) had to support many people•Middle-class do not have much say• Autocratic, insufficient political representation
Did not carry out land or
economic reforms
Put in most of Russia’s resources into the unpopular
war
Disunited and weak – could not reach out to the masses
Promised to help Russia regain military status and end the war
Promised to reorganise and revitalise the economy
Promised to meet the domestic
needs of the people
NAME: ______________________ [ ] CLASS: ________NAME: ______________________ [ ] CLASS: ________
“Peace, Land, Bread”“All power to the soviets”
Bolsheviks managed to capitalise upon the unrest in the capital
Overwhelmed Kornikov (army general) completely
Seized power at a critical moment
Think about short term and long term factors• What set the conditions for Communism?• What events made everything come to light?
• Who/what made the revolutions happen?