Communism: Overview

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1917, the Duma
declares a prvisional government, including czars. During this period, there
were also massive strikes by the workers. It was furthered by the abdication of
Czar Nicholas. The Russian Revolution itself occured throughout 1917, with the
start of the March Revolution. In April of 1917, Lenin return from exil in
Switerland and denounced the established provisional government. The next
general step was the gaining of the seats in the Petograd Soviet Parliment by
the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks picked Lenin to then head the government, just
several days after the November Revolution. During this revolution the peasants
storm the palace, taking total control of the government. At this point, the
power was given to Lenin. Almost immediatly he issued the New Economic Plan,
which instituted the one party system or communism. They basicaly supported the
basic communist theories of Karl Marx, as interpreted by Lenin. He installed
many of his beliefs and helped ...

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her citizens to give up everything they own, and trust completely in the
stability of their government.
The Marxist theory describes the cycle through which society revolves in
six basic steps. First, economic development would lead to the formation of a
class structure. This would occur because people would assume different roles
in the production of process, such as worker or supervisor. Second, the before
mentioned classes would struggle for dominance, and fight to gain power over the
other classes. Third, the classes would form political organizations to further
the cause of the class. Fourth, the economic conditions would change, causing
new classes to arise. Fifth, ...

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