POLB92H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bonapartism, New Economic Policy, Proletariat
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Lecture 9-- failure of democracy and rise of stalin. Why did democracy fail in russia? (economic development, polarization, leadership) This was really just the beginning of the revolution. The take over of the government was fairly easy. Held constituent assembly, and the bolsheviks got 25% of the vote, the socialist. Revolutionaries had majority of the vote at 41% The saw the future of russia in the countryside. They came out of that movement and supported land socialization vs. bolsheviks who wanted land nationalization. In mid-1917, they split between the right srs and left srs (extremely left, radical, and supported the bolsheviks. Failed to mobilise against the closure of the constituent assembly. They had the most power at constituent assembly with the most votes, but the bolsheviks shut it down really easily. Why did the constituent assembly so impotent in the face of the. Despite the fact that they had over twice the support.
