HIST111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Kulak, Kolkhoz, Totalitarianism
22 Mar 2016
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Russian"s believed that after ww1 they had won their freedom. They thought they would have a democratic government. Workers state, where the people governed the nation, government of the proletariat. By october 1917 the bolsheviks were ready to take power. For the most part, the revolt in petrograd was bloodless, with the bolsheviks taking over major government facilities with little opposition before finally launching an assault on the. Little resistance - with only 5 killed. People liked the idea of a classless society. Soon after the bolsheviks became the communist party. This type of government would free you of exploitation, capitalists and kings. The big picture, main vision was that communism would become victorious/successful worldwide. However, their attempts to achieve communism in their countries failed. The successes were short-lived and ultimately communist uprisings failed. Although it was the people in charge , the communist party never had majority vote. Lenin had a large secret police force.
