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…of the Russian Social Democratic party. The Bolsheviks came to power with Lenin as their leader after a coup. Lenin said that his party was imposing the dictatorship of the proletariat. His political and economic administration became highly centralized and major…

…in the Russian Revolution was the initiation of “Red Terror”, where they would crush the enemies of communists by installing a secret police called the “Cheka”. Lenin was quoted as saying ‘We can achieve nothing unless we use terror’, much to the tune of the similar…

…. The Russia that we've known this century though, has its roots in last centuries Russian. At the end of the nineteenth century, Russia experienced great changes internally, politically, socially and spiritually. The half century leading up to the Communist…

…"The Russian mafia dominates economic life in Russia, . . . exerting control over key economic sectors." This is the situation that Russia is currently facing, according to a 1998 study on crime done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation…

…ideology was so easily changed and dominated by the ruling class, Marx and Engels refused to genuinely analyze the arguments of their opponents. <Tab/>"What Is to Be Done?" was a political pamphlet written by Lenin in 1902. In this pamphlet, Lenin…

…The Tsar and the rest of the Romanov family played a major role in causing the Russian Revolution. It was the Tsar’s weak character as a ruler, which helped precipitate the Revolution. Although the revolution would have most likely occurred regardless…

…that the countries whose governments do not involve themselves in business and have the fewest regulations about business, get the most investment. Russian budget “investments” are not investments at all but subsidies. They is no substitute for real capital. Neither…

…to power in 1924, Stalin promised the Russian people that he would carry on Lenin's legacy, which meant continuing with Lenin's policies and also his aim to establish communism throughout the Soviet Union and the rest of the world. However, comparing…

…Steps Towards the Russian Revolution The quotation, "'I shall maintain the principle of autocracy just as firmly and unflinchingly as it was preserved by my unforgettable dead father.' (Nicholas II) In spite of the Czar's decrees and declarations…

…In the beginning, as Lenin end grew nearer, there were five potential leaders, Bukharin, Kamenev, Zinoviev, Trotsky and Stalin. It seemed so obvious that there only was one man to take over Lenin's reign - Trotsky. He was Lenin's right hand man…