Bolshevik Power In Russia

Want to read the rest of this paper? Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers

platform. Several of the Bolshevik party lines were directly influenced by the Parties strong belief in the proletarian class ( ). These men felt that the workers should be in direct control of production and distribution in the factories, banks and the industries that the Bolshevik party deemed necessary to organize. The Bolshevik leadership also felt the pain of the proletarian class and their struggle against the repression from the Tsarist regime. This in turn caused the Bolshevik party to end this repression, upon their victory, and halt all death penalties against military members that had committed crimes. The Bolshevik party also felt that the proletarian class had a right to bare and keep arms, and that a classless society should be established thus putting an end to the noble class ( ). Serge and Sedova's last topic of the Bolshevik platform states that this platform had a tremendous impact on the proletarian class. This topic called for the reduction of the ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays. Write better papers. Get better grades. Already a member? Login

on the revolution enabled the Bolshevik party and the proletariat to gain power on a daily basis, like one who gambles on a daily basis learns from mistakes and becomes a better gambler, thus achieving a certain stature as time progresses (215). This demonstrates Lenin's belief in the power of the people and that he placed his full attention towards making Russia a better place to live.
Lenin's strong will was seen throughout the pre-Great October Revolution proceedings. An example of this is seen in Ivan Grey's, The Horizon History of Russia, when while in exile Lenin swayed the Bolshevik party by writing and promoting the taking of the Russian government by revolutionary means. ...

Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library. Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports, and research papers in 2 minutes or less.

CITE THIS PAGE: