01:510:304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Socialist Revolutionary Party, Great Russia, Old Bolshevik
23 Dec 2018
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Chapter 17: the russian revolution and the soviet union: backgrounds pp. 734-741: introduction: comparison of russian and french revolutions. Similarities: both were movements of liberation, against feudalism and despotism or against capitalism and imperialism. Both claimed international implications and attracted followers from other nations. Both began in unity in overthrowing the old regime, but came into conflict over the founding of the new society--with a small, determined minority suppressing opposition and taking control. In both the most intensely revolutionary leaders were themselves executed or suppressed: differences: russia was backward, france advanced; the french revolution was mainly from the middle class, while the russian soon radicalized to appeal to workers and peasants. The french was followed by a century of uneasy compromise, while the. The repercussions of the russian rev were more far-reaching: it reinforced european objections to capitalism; it aroused the interests of submerged peoples of other continents by denouncing imperialism.
