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…that was just beginning to acquire an industrial base. The people had almost no experience in political participation. In 1917 that rule was swept away. The Communist Party, led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, succeeded. From the beginning the Communist rule…

…of the cold war. Nikita Khrushchev, Molotov's rival, sent him out of harm's way, as ambassador to Outer Mongolia. In 1962 Molotov was expelled from the party but he was re-instated in 1984. Having served Lenin and Stalin, he died a pensioner in 1986, aged 96…

…authority. Although Lenin instigated the dictatorship over the Russians (he and his party assumed total control), Stalin’s rule amplified this power and turned it into an object of torture. No opposition was tolerated. Those who rebelled against the government…

…was the western interference in the Russian civil war. The U.S and its allies had sent troops in to Russia to try and defeat the Bolshevik government under Lenin. This however didn’t succeed and the Red army triumphed over the ‘white forces.’ These were just some…

…succeed in stabilizing his authority, unfortunately, the entry of the WWI changed his ascendancy and re-gave socialists a prospect of revolution. The period between 1905-1912 saw the revival of the Czarist autocracy. The Russian Government had restored…

…The Fall of Communism in Russia The Reasons for the fall of Socialism/Communism and the Troubles of Starting the New Democratic System in the Russian Federation "Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie…

…France to Germany. However, Marx’s visions of a communist revolution would not be carried out until nearly seventy years later with the Russian Revolution of 1917. Yet, Marx’s predictions of a stable economic system were soon crushed, as despotism and greed…

…offenses.Kerensky joined the Russian Labour Party and in 1912 was elected to the State Duma. As a socialist, Kerensky developed a strong following amongst industrial workers. He also played an important role in the exposure of Roman Malinovsky, one of the leaders…

…to be replaced by a provisionary government composed of the Russian elite. When this government did not live up to its promises of an end to Russian involvement in World War I, the Bolsheviks (“majority”), a revolutionary movement led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew…

…Napoleon and Stalin: In his Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx described his vision of the future, where the proletariat, or working class, rises up to topple the bourgeoisie and create a society without social classes. The Russian revolution of 1917…