01:510:381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Proletariat, Scapegoating, First Hungarian Republic
Document Summary
Revolution and counter-revolution in eastern europe: the example of. Period right after wwi and the impact it had on eastern europe: new states created and old ones ceased to exist, impact of revolution and revolutionary ideology and effect of. The russian revolution/lenin"s ideas were highly symbolic to people living far away. ^ influential across europe since showed that a leader with the right will could decide to have peace tomorrow: lenin offered some kind of concept of social justice. Note: tremendous press coverage and returning pow"s from. Austria-hungary returned home with news of what they saw with the revolution. ^ this news is coming back to societies with food rationing (due to wwi), influenza outbreak, severely wounded soldiers (effects of war are in front of people) Anti-war sentiment throughout europe: the only people benefiting from the war are the elites making money, while common people suffer/fight.