PSCI-1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Soviet Democracy, Alcohol Law, Leninism
31 Aug 2018
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Answer is in change over time due to events - this is the most important political unit of the 20th century. The soviet union was formed after the october revolution and the civil war (1917-1922) Second time that revolution was about reforming the tzarist government. They displaced the tzar which created provisional government with a duhma and the civil conflict goes on for many years. Lenin philosophized about 20th century europe and russia and he wanted to unify the revolutions under an empire - this is the ethos of the early soviet union. Stalin was in power and there wasn"t a lot of freedom - famine, murder, etc. Marginalizes the role of the party and soaked up power. Labor, camps, famines, death of intellectuals, etc. 50s and 60s led to an economic slowdown due to slowed productivity. Factory productivity led to costing more to make then the profit earned.
