Communism In Russia 1900 - 1940 Flashcards
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when did capitalism emerge
after the industrial revolution 1750 to 1850
what did capitalists own
owned mines, land, industry and businesses
what are capitalists
private individuals that control the wealth of the state
what is proletariat
the working class, industry workers who sell their labour to get money
what did the capitalists do to the proletariat
they exploited them by giving them low salary to make big profits
define capitalism
an economic system which corporations and private people control production to make profit and workers are exploited
which country became the first communist state in which year
russia in 1917
define communism
an economic system aimed to change unequal distribution of wealth in capitalist cities
what does communism want (3)
wants all farms, mines and industries nationalised
classless society (no divisions between poor and wealthy)
for no one to get private wealth (everyone works for the good of society
what does the slogan “from each of according to his ability, to each according to his need” mean
means that everyone works to the best of their ability ad everyone shares in the wealth of the nation
who is the german political thinker
karl marx
why was karl sad
because the capitalists kept most of the money and the poor were in poverty
what was karls marx’s proletariat revolution (4)
- revolution of proletariat (rise and overthrow in a violent way)
- dictatorship of proletariat ( political domination of one class but would only be a transitional phase leading to classless)
- socialism (transitional phase between capitalism and communism during which the state would take control of the resources and provide for the people
- communist state (everyone, resources equal and classless and no need for government
POLITCAL STRUCTURE
which dynasty ruled over the russian territory for 300 hundred years
the romanov tsars (emperors)
what kind of leadership style was the romanovs
it was autocratic and it was unrestricted
what is the new communist state name
union soviet socialist republics USSR
before communism which emperor ruled that was considered weak
tsar nicholas the 2nd because he was kind and depended on his officials to carry out his orders
why did his family become unpopular
their government was incompetent, nicholas married a german girl who was arrogant, and became dependant on a peasant called rasputin who was able to stop their child’s bleeding
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
why was russia deeply divided
because of unequal sharing of wealth and privilege
in reference to the social structure what did it look like to be a wealthy noble
you own most of the land, high positions in the army and administration and enjoyed themselves
what did it look like to be bourgeoisie (middle class)
you were a civil servant, doctor, lawyer, teacher, you were educated and were comfortable
what does it look like to be a proletariat (peasant)
you live in poverty, self governing villages, worked on nobles land, and cannot read of write
RUSSIAN ECONOMY
why was their economy so far behind western europe
what did the peasants do, what were industries like, and how was the infrastructure of the country
peasants used old fashion tools + productivity was slow
industries were not as advanced
lacked infrastructure like roads, railways
