Monday, March 9, 2009
888-893
The Russian Communist Revolution craftily utilized the weakened political state of Russia in order to unite the masses in support of a Communist state. The Russian morale was low during WWI and Lenin, who led the Bolshevik party and thus the Communist revolution, used this discontented state to rally support against the provisional government. While there were slight efforts made to maintain contentment amongst the nobility, the general Bolshevik energy was directed to obtaining the support of the peasantry. The Bolsheviks empowered the workers and peasantry, giving them control in the workplace and also redistributing noble land without compensation for the nobles. The success of the Communist revolution was the utilization of the enraged peasants, who were frustrated with being ignored by their government. Instead of continuing a spirit of negligence, the Bolsheviks essentially devoted their entire platform to satisfying some of the peasants needs. Obtaining such support benefited the Bolshevik cause for not only did it increase the potency of the political group but it also insured that the peasants would not rebel against the Bolsheviks.
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"The success of the Communist revolution was the utilization of the enraged peasants, who were frustrated with being ignored by their government. Instead of continuing a spirit of negligence, the Bolsheviks essentially devoted their entire platform to satisfying some of the peasants needs." Was their whole platform devoted to the peasants? Maybe the SRP--which saw revolutionary consciousness in the peasants--but Lenin, as a Marxist, saw the workers as the vanguard of the proletariat and the revolutionary engine. Was it an accident that even with Bread, Land, Peace, and the giving of land to the peasants--that the peasants voted overwhelmingly for the SRP in the only free vote in communist Russia after the October Rev?
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