During the years of 1917-18 he encountered food shortages, war and a vast amount of strikes. ... Lenin firmly believed that revolution was imminent in Germany and thus when he was required to sign the dictat in the treaty of Brest-Litovsk he did not have a single problem. ... In 1917 Lenin introduced "State Capitalism" and this can also be seen as a compromising measure. This was largely due to the lack of authority over the Russian economy. ... Lynch makes this point when he says "all Lenin's economic policies from 1917 until his death in 1924 can be seen as a response to the basic quest...

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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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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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