Russian Revolution Flashcards
What did Karl Marx write?
The communist Manifesto and Das Kapitel.
What was communism?
Political ideology based on the creation of an equal society run by the working class.
Who were the bourgeoisie?
The middle class who made their money through trade or industry.
What were the proletarians?
The working class who were poorer and more numerous than the bourgeoisie.
What did Marxism suggest?
That all capitalists societies would end in a revolution which lead to communism.
Why did Marxists believe the first communism revolution couldn’t happen in a country like Russia?
They hadn’t get over gone their bourgeoise revolution.
Why was the Provisional Government ignored?
It was only supposed to be temporary.
What were the 3 failures of the Provisional Government?
continuation of the war, peasant demands for land and economic and social problems facing the population shortages.
Who were the Bolsheviks?
A radical Russian party led by Vladimir Lenin who were committed to the ideas of Karl Marx.
What did Lenin decide in late 1917?
The conditions in Russia were ripe for revolution.
Who won the Russian Revolution?
Bolsheviks
What were the Bolsheviks war aims?
To build a communist society including where peasants could keep more land.
What did Lenin organise?
Food and equipment supplies including using violence to make sure issues were sorted.
Where in Russia did the Bolsheviks have control of?
Most of it.
Who were the reds?
The Bolsheviks or Communsists
