After being exiled to Siberia in 1895 for five years he left Russia for Switzerland where he developed a strong tie to the exiled Russian Social Democrats. ... Ragsdale, in The Russian Tragedy, asks, "What does the doctrine of Marxism have to do with Russia?... As Ragsdale states, "Russia in the nineteenth century or Russia in 1917 did not fit plausibly into any historical period described by Marx."" ... Another aspect of the revolution in which Marxism and Leninism differed was on the form of government that would be instituted after the revolution of the proletariat. ... Lenin began his car...

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Valdamir Ilyich Lenin was a socialist who lived from 1870 to 1924; he was a Russian Revolutionary, the founder of Bolshevism and the major force behind the Revolution of October 1917. ... Lenin knew the proletariat needed to be led to revolution in order for social revolution to occur. ... The Russian revolution was seen as setting the stage for greater social revolution in the West. ... Lenin used and implemented many of Carl Marx ideas when he was working towards the revolution in Russia. ... The ideas that Lenin brought to Russia and to the Marxist theory were huge reasons as to why Rus...

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Using a variety of allegorical devices in his satire, Animal Farm, Orwell creates an insightful allegory that explores the consequences of communism through the Russian Revolution. ... In this case, by using such a text type to embody his views on the Russian Revolution, George Orwell satirizes and represents individuals and events in history in his dystopian novel Animal Farm. ... In Soviet Russia Squealer represented the Pravda, the Soviet newspaper. ... Readers can infer that Frederick and his men represent German troops who turned against Russia and fought the Soviet Union for land. ......

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It was not the most capitalist countries (Britain, Germany, the US) that became socialist by revolution but Russia, which was less advanced. ... The capitalists will not give this up voluntarily, so a specialist revolution is necessary. ... There is no longer an owner-worker divide as was seen at its greatest in Communist Russia. History has proven that gradual change, rather than revolution, has been the most successful route to a fairer and more affluent society. ... In my opinion it is true that the gap between owners and workers is narrower than ever and consequently a socialist re...

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However not only liberals got their ideas from the French Revolution, as Woolf states . The Socialist [second] International was formed in 1889, in honour of the centenary of the French Revolution . ... In the case of Russia, the revolution of 1917 achieved its aims of a socialist republic. Although in the case of Russia huge change took place, in Western Europe change was unlikely to occur as it was much more stable politically than the East. ... While the French Revolution brought enlightenment many people were still loyal to their country's leaders- including, in places like Engla...

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It was here that Marx could observe a revolution by the working class against an oppressive elite group. ... The document is divided into four sections with prefaces for several editions that ranged from Germany, Russia and England. ... After the Manifesto appeared, revolutions occurred in France and Germany, and the Belgian government, fearful of a revolution there, banished Marx. ... Marxism had its main impact in Europe's slower developing countries, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Poland, and Russia. ... Many feel that Marx had got it wrong by predicting eminent revolution, but revoluti...

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Another interpretation is that it was an emergency measure to deal with the economic crisis caused by war, revolution and civil war (Malle 1985). ... The agricultural production in Russia declined since the outset of the First World War, and those who had food, hoarded it. ... It was always the Bolsheviks" aim to overthrow the Tsarist regime and abolish the class system that existed within Russia. ... Given Lenin's passionate desire for revolution and to implement socialism it may be argued that at the time Lenin and other Bolsheviks believed that they were establishing socialism. ... Pip...

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The government we created made education appear as a doorway into helping sustain Russia and make it stronger. Citizens learned to build, fight, and create in hopes of making Russia a strong nation and a global competitor. ... In most all cases Marxism eventually evolves into Communism after a revolution of the classes consumes the government, and installs a new government with reformations. ... It is the best form of government to relieve class distinctions and prevent future revolutions because the proletariat rules society. ...

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However, the Prussian government suspended it because of "pressures from the government of Russia." ... When the Revolution erupted in Europe in 1848, Marx was invited to Paris just in time to escape expulsion by the Belgian government. ... An opposition to Marx developed under the leadership of a Russian revolutionist, Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin. ... Bakunin admired Marx's intellect but was personally opposed to him because Marx had an "ethnic aversion" to Russians. ... He never completed any substantial work during this time although he kept his mind active, reading and learning Russ...

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Once the people have reached a decision there will be a revolution, it may be peaceful, but it is not required to be so. ... So the thinking went that the revolution to communism could be done anywhere at any time, entirely contradictory to Marx's theory. ... When Russia became communist they had over fifty-one percent of their people working in agriculture. ... Russia entered a long period of forced industrialization, where nothing went to the people or to producing public works. ... Eventually Russia, the only example of communism failed, their economy collapsed, and they were forc...

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"The Communist revolution is the most radical rupture with traditional property relations; no wonder that its development involves the most radical rupture with traditional ideas" (Marx, 29). ... After the French Revolution, feudalism was overthrown and replaced by free trade, which birthed a new class known as the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie are millionaires who profit from a technological wave, beginning with the Industrial Revolution, at the expense of laborers, known as proletariats. ... Several countries began to undergo communist changes, such as Russia, China, and Cuba. ...

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After the revolution, private property would be abolished and capital would be controlled by collectives of workers who would own the means of production. ... Since the early 1990s, Russia and other states in the former Soviet Union have attempted to privatize ownership. ... However, it appears that these measures may have failed in Russia: Shortages once again loom, and many people want to see a transformation to socialist form of economy. ...

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After the revolution, private property would be abolished and capital would be controlled by collectives of workers who would own the means of production. ... Since the early 1990s, Russia and other states in the former Soviet Union have attempted to privatize ownership. ... However, it appears that these measures may have failed in Russia: Shortages once again loom, and many people want to see a transformation to socialist form of economy. ...

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Socialism requires a revolution with three main stages: firstly, the emergence of a workers' movement committed to socialist revolution, secondly the achievement of political power and the expropriation of the capitalists and thirdly a period during which workers learn how to be owners and rulers and cast off the psychological and ideological dross of the past. ... Fabians disagree with Marx over the point of revolution, their movement is just as much in support of core socialist values, such as the need to help workers and create economic equality. ... At the turn of the century, the w...

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Marx's theory has been shown to be correct by such events like the October Revolution that occurred in Russia in 1917. Lenin, who was a chief planner in the October Revolution, produced the theory of imperialism before the events. ...

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Marxism has influenced the politics of many countries up until today, such as Russia and China and many historic events of these nations. ... The decreasing health conditions and rising mortality rates, as well as the bad weather during the Great Leap Forward led to the Great Chinese Famine11, and caused an economic regression as well as death tolls ranging from 18 million to 45 million people, as well as initiating the Culture Revolution in 196612. ...

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History became more academically during the French revolution, people became more "history-conscious" than ever before. ... That is seen in much communist countries like Russia and the eastern European countries. ...

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