Revolutions & Nationalism
political reforms
Communism
bolshevik leaders saw nationalism as a threat
Young Communists
russia was organized into several self governing republics under the central government
why was the NEP a surprising step considering russia's history
russia was named the ussr in honor of the councils that helped launch the bolshevik revolution
they renamed their party the communist party
Mao Zedong was one of the founders of the Communist Party in China.
Mao believed in bringing the revolution to a rural county as he believed the peasants were the true revolutionaries
It was surprising because Lenin was starting a small-scale version of capitalism and many skilled workers had fled to other countries already because of war and revolution.
Also, it encouraged foreign investment yet a world war had just ended.
A political theory derived from Karl Max, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
the name came from the writings of karl marx, he used the word communism to describe the classless society
existed after workers had seized power
how did the communist government prevent nationalism from threatening the new state created by the revolution? they organized self governing republics under the central government
How did Lenins communist party stray from Marx's original concept of communism?
communism: the bolshevik party was renamed the communist party
The communist party established by Lenin was more of a dictatorship of the communist party, not a dictatorship of the proletariat