Leaders from the communist party worked to claim power and weren’t born into it. By definition of the two types of rule it should be suggested that Russian government ought to have been completely different with no similarities. However, it can be strongly argued that this was not the case. All Russian leaders during this period were motivated by the need to maintain their power and their ideological views which is shown to be one of the main similarities between them. Asides from the obvious ideological differences between the Tsars and the communists, they do not differ all that much in other ruling aspects such as use of repression and the role of themselves as a ruler.
Many historians have said Alexander II was considering the formation of a parliament in Russia. Furthermore, the assassination caused Alexander III to rule in reactionary nature in which many counter-reforms were created to limit the impact of the Great Reforms done by his father. This supports the view that the People’s Will were highly unsuccessful, even in the taking out of Alexander II. It can be said that the only example in this period of effective political opposition was the October 1917 revolution, where, unquestionably, the Bolsheviks took power and let their political vision be known. They were extremely successful in both the short term and the long term.
The long-term policies of Russification imposed by the Tsar in the 1880s, caused a lot of political unrest within Russia and these contributed to the 1905 revolution. Russia was the only country within Europe with no elected national parliament. The only form of elected representation (what the Tsar referred to as ‘senseless dreams’) was the “Zemstva”. The Union of Liberation demanded in December 1904, that a parliament should be set up because they felt the Russian population needed an outlet to express their views. At the time, the formation of political parties was illegal but despite this, they still existed.
Corruption of communist ideologies is seen all over the world, including in literature. From Creon’s role as the dictator in Antigone to the government brainwashing citizens in Fahrenheit 451 to modern day failures of communist ideologies, all three show a correlation in leadership techniques. Jose Marti once said that “the first duty of a man is to think for himself,” and in these three pieces of literature and culture, it is demonstrated how independent thinking and free will is eliminated under the rule of a socialist nation. In Antigone by Sophecles, Creon is a powerful dictator in Thebes and controls Antigone by abusing his power to tell her what she can do. He is able to instill fear in those who are beneath him as he uses corrupt government ideals and abuses his power.
“Stalin changed the nature of Russian government more than any other ruler” How far do you agree 1855-1964? In many ways it could be argued that the nature of Russian government changed little during this period - ‘History repeats itself, only behind new masks’. All of Russia’s governments, with the exception of the Provisional Government under Kerensky, were autocratic and willing to repress their opponents. This is clearly demonstrated by Nicholas II’s rigging of the elections for the 3rd and 4th Dumas. Lenin also suppressed democracy, closing down the constituent assembly in January 1918 after ‘one day of democracy’.
author:love88 Karl Marx is the father of communism. In this essay “The Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marx argues that class struggles between the bourgeoisie and proletarians. Marx believed that all property should be publically owned. There would be no government, and everyone would work together for the good of the community. Thus, the society would be classless and stateless.
A small group of revolutionaries over threw Czars causing Russia to go into a stage of anarchy and turmoil, after the Bolshevik Party of Lenin emerged as dominant political force ("The Russian Revolution", 2003). The influence of terrorism started when the Bolsheviks overthrew remaining power of the dictatorship in the October revolution, which helped to reform the soviets. The soviets were known by legislative assemblies of publicly elected officials that administered as well as performed duties, as workers, peasants, and soldiers ("The Russian Revolution",
The Socialist Revolutionary Party wanted to completely abolish the Tsar’s power and give the peasants power to advance Russia. They were quite radical as they had terrorist wing who were responsi9ble for a few political assassinations. Another reformist group was the Social Democrat Party. They believed the industrial workers should be given power in order to revolutionise as removes Tsar’s power over the country. The Social Democrats were split into two groups: the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks.
Where the two governments differ is in the respect of tolerance towards cooperation with others. In Alexander III's Tsarist autocracy, minsters were personally chosen by the Tsar, and could only advise him-he still had to make the decisions himself. In addition, all other political parties in Tsarist times were banned, through methods such as arresting members of opposing political parties and censoring the press. In Lenin's Communist dictatorship, Lenin instead chose to work with members in committees such as the Sovnarkom and the Politburo in order
The reforms that Nicholas signed in October 1905 promised the people of Russia, civil liberties, freedon of speech, freedom of assembly and that no laws are to be introduced without the agreement of the Duma. Nicholas II has a weak personality, lazy and willing to let others do the work for him. It was widely known that he had no interest in ruling Russia, Hans Rogger argued that ‘Nicholas had no knowledge if the world of men, of politics or government’ . It is suggested that this is the reason why the regime was over thrown by communism and Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russia. Nicholas was important in the making of modern Russia as he highlighted the problems with an autocratic state and the effects of this on the economy, army and the