PSC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Vladimir Lenin, Leninism, Major Force
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Case study: emergence of the russian state: ethnic slavs and scandinavians settled near kiev in what is now the western part of russia in the. 9th century: by the late 10th century, a kievan state emerged as a major force, stretching from. Scandinavia to central europe: they adopted orthodox christianity from the greeks. Leninism: created a system where the sole authority is invested in the communist party, alternative political parties and private media is banned because it was a tool of capitalism. Stalinism and the totalitarian state: after lenin"s death, a power struggle ensued the country. Implemented a form of confucianism"s rigidly conservative, china-centric ideology: high-level equilibrium trap, lack of geographic danger and competition, during the 16th and 17th centuries, european traders had some restricted access to trade in. China: after the first opium war, from 1839-1842, great britain forced china to cede hong.
