History 2145A/B Lecture Notes - House Of Romanov, Petrograd Soviet, Roman Architectural Revolution
20 Apr 2012
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Revolution in russia: from red october to red terror. *- richard pipes- very critical to the soviet union. Cycles of violence: 1917-1922, stalinst cycle 1920s and 30s. Continuity thesis- stalin is continuing a legacy that lenin begins. Discontinuity thesis- stalin betrays lenin"s legacy/revolution- more deaths and violence under stalin. Pipes is big on continuity thesis- thinks people forget about what lenin does and focus on stalin. Stalinist terror may be distinct but cannot be separated from lenin"s violence. In russia the war makes a sense of discontent resulting in revolutionary pressure. Every place in the continent looks like there on the verge of a socialist revolution. In germany after the war there is a bolshevik style takeover (southern germany) Social political revolution- everyone wants change no matter what system they have. Only last in russia, in germnay it spawns a reaction (nazism) In italy and germany the socialists fail due to fascism and nazism, but in russia the.
