WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did the Bolsheviks use the word “communism” to mean during the Russian Revolution?
A
a society without a class system
B
individual decisions to buy and sell goods
C
the divine right to lead a nation
D
establishment of a monarch
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Bolshevik (meaning ‘majority’) radical communist faction within the Russian Social Democratic Labour party emerged during the 1903 Party Congress following the split with the more moderate Mensheviks (meaning ‘minority’).

Detailed explanation-2: -Bolsheviks were the majority group of workers of Russia. They believed in revolutionary methods of bringing about changes in society and the state. After the October Revolution, Russia became a one-party state, i.e. the Bolshevik Party, which was renamed as the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bolsheviks ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Bolsheviks, or Reds, came to power in Russia during the October Revolution phase of the 1917 Russian Revolution, and founded the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bolsheviks supported the ideology of socialism. They were absolutely against private property and saw it as roots of all problems. The Bolsheviks believed that peasants will not make good socialists since some peasants were poor and some were rich. Thus there was a lining against the Bolsheviks.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Bolsheviks were a revolutionary party, committed to the ideas of Karl Marx. They believed that the working classes would, at some point, liberate themselves from the economic and political control of the ruling classes.

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