WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement describes the ideology of V.I. Lenin during the Bolshevik Revolution?
A
He preserved the monarchy as a national symbol.
B
He called for authoritarian rule to implement communism.
C
He promoted the use of nonviolent protest for social change.
D
He held parliamentary elections to legitimize the new government.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Leninism is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lenin was the leader of the radical socialist Bolshevik Party (later renamed the Communist Party), which seized power in the October phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the revolution, Lenin headed the new Soviet government that formed in Russia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under his administration, Russia, and later the Soviet Union, became a one-party socialist state governed by the Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, his development of the ideology is known as Leninism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Instead they renamed themselves the Russian Communist Party, emphasizing their ultimate goal: the establishment of a future communist society.

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