However, as in all successful revolutions, the leaders begin with idealist principles that are forced to change to more practical doctrines because of realism. ... Under Lenin, the Bolshevik revolution was an attempt to change the government of Russia to that of Marxism, or communism. ... Yet many of the Bolshevik policies skewed the lines between socialism and authoritarian rule. ... The idealized figure, the worker in whom the intelligentsia placed their hopes, carried a toughness and relentlessness that was necessary for the revolution. ... "As good Marxists, the Bolsheviks nationalized ban...

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After disagreements arose at the London Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Party in 1903, Lenin and his following split away from the Mensheviks who were the classical Marxists and formed the Bolshevik Party. ... In contrast, the Bolsheviks were insistent on changing the pace of history and forcing Marxism on an economically, socially and politically backward Russia. ... He knew by studying Marx that the process of revolution was a very organized process of events that had a domino effect. ... Another aspect upon which Lenin and Marx didn't agree was in who would lead the revolut...

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Lenin knew the proletariat needed to be led to revolution in order for social revolution to occur. ... When the revolution did take place the winner would be the one's most prepared to take advantage of the revolution. ... The West needed to go through the stages of Capitalism in order to create the conditions for revolution. The Russian revolution was seen as setting the stage for greater social revolution in the West. An example of this would be the Bolshevik's Principals that were followed by the German's. ...

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