The Russian Revolution, 1917

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The Russian Revolution, 1917 Anonymous 05/23/15 (Sat) 12:35:57 No.106

Let's discuss and post information about the Russian revolution of October 1917 which formed the USSR, and the events leading up to it.

Anonymous 05/23/15 (Sat) 12:37:27 No.107

File: 1432384647383.pdf (46.97 KB, Marx on Communism for Russ….pdf)

The revolution was based on Marxist ideas, but it's important to note that the USSR was not what Marx envisioned for Russia, exactly. The USSR was communism - a Marxist idea - but it was a version of communism.

Here are some of Marx's latest writings on Russia.

Anonymous 05/23/15 (Sat) 12:38:35 No.108

File: 1432384715476.pdf (627.91 KB, Russian Revolution Introdu….pdf)

Here are some introductory slides about the Russian Revolution, for a quick recap of the events.

(Why can't I post multiple files per post?)

Anonymous 05/23/15 (Sat) 12:38:59 No.109

File: 1432384739254.pdf (166.01 KB, The Russian Revolution 191….pdf)

Some academic material on the Russian Revolution.

Anonymous 05/23/15 (Sat) 12:39:49 No.110

File: 1432384789351.pdf (1.66 MB, Trotsky History of Russian….pdf)

Trotsky (a member of the Bolshevik party, who took power during the revolution) writes his history of the Russian Revolution (volume 1)

Anonymous 05/23/15 (Sat) 12:40:01 No.111

File: 1432384810625.pdf (798.58 KB, Trotsky History of Russian….pdf)

(and volume 2)

Anonymous 05/23/15 (Sat) 12:41:09 No.112

File: 1432384869703.pdf (1.15 MB, Lenin V - The State and Re….pdf)

Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik party and first General Secretary (leader) of the USSR, writes his political theory of The State and Revolution.

Anonymous 05/24/15 (Sun) 06:45:30 No.120

>>107

The USSR was communism? It was a self proclaimed socialist state, wasn't it? Communism is the ultimate state of Marx's progress. The only self proclaimed communist state was China, but that was more of a political movement, to show the world that "hey, we're ahead of all of you."

Anonymous 05/24/15 (Sun) 17:24:58 No.123

Okay, it wasn't communism as described by Marx as the ultimate goal of socialism, but Marx's definition is not the only definition. Communism has come to mean largely the same thing as socialism and the difference between the two depends on who you're talking to.

Anonymous 05/25/15 (Mon) 08:38:34 No.130

>>106

Do you have any information on the influences of the different soviets on Weimar's Germany?

Anonymous 05/25/15 (Mon) 17:05:38 No.136

>>106

The events leading up to it can not be objectively cut off at any particular year. The reforms of the 1860s and 1870s were slow and resisted by the aristocracy. The attempted reforms during 1904,05,06 were simply not enough. And the wars were simply catalysts.

Once there was a major loss in the East the monarchy lost a lot of prestige.

It is unfortunate that all the revolution just brought authority into a different set of hands. Authority to crush and be obeyed without question.

Anonymous 05/25/15 (Mon) 17:07:47 No.137

>>123

>Okay, it wasn't communism as described by Marx as the ultimate goal of socialism, but Marx's definition is not the only definition. Communism has come to mean largely the same thing as socialism and the difference between the two depends on who you're talking to.

The revolutionaries at the decades leading up to the first WW realized that Russia had not gone through enough capitalist development to properly transition into communism. Socialism was the only way and there had to be a transition because of this. Capitalism had not oppressed enough people yet and it was theorized that it would take another 40 years of allowing all capitalist treachery before a natural communism could come about.