The Significance Of The Role Of Individuals In The Creation & Development Of The Communist State, 1917 – 53 Russia as a communist state was undoubtedly, even if only on a local level, shaped by the collective. ... The Russian Revolution of October 1917 can be seen as the first great surge of the future USSR. ... In the April Theses of 1917 he drafted a strategy for the party to seize power. ... "1 Many would argue that the 1917 October revolution would have not succeeded had it not been for the weakness of the provisional government, or the Petrograd soviets assistance. ... Just af...

• Word Count: 1841
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Russian Civil War lasted from October 1917 to October 1922. ... These units were formed in 1917, but after a year, some reorganized into the Red Army. ... "In not more than a month's time terror will assume very violent forms, after the example of the great French Revolution; the guillotine... will be ready for our enemies... that remarkable invention of the French Revolution which makes man shorter by a head." ... Lenin was aiming for this goal from the start when he announced his "Call to Power" speech in 1917. ... " This ended the Russian Civil War. ...

• Word Count: 1428
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography