A brief history of communism in Russia

ABriefHistoryofCommunisminRussiaAnimalFarmMrs.TrevizoSophomoreEnglishTerms1.CapitalistSystemfreeenterprise;ifyouworkhardyoucangetahead;youcanstartyourownbusinessandbecomeamillionaire,orloseeverypenny2.SocialistapersonwhowantstochangesocietyTerms3.CommunistSystemeveryoneworkstohisorherabilityandreceivesaccordingtohisorherneed;totallyeconomicequality;noonegetsahead,butnoonestarveseither.4.CzaristGovernmentagovernmentruledbyaCzar,whohadabsolutepowerssimilartoakingTerms5.Deportedsentawayfromacountryintoexile6.Idealisticoverlyoptimisticthinking7.Totalitarianismaone-party-rules-everythingtypeofgovernmentABriefHistory•Inthemid1800’s,thecapitalistsystemwasgoingstronginEuropeandAmerica.But,theprofitsofbusinessescameattheexpenseofworkerswholabored14to18hoursadayunderunsafeconditions.Therewerenochildlaborlaws,andwageswerebarelylivableforthecommonworker.Thisdiagramfrom1867perfectlyillustratestheinherentgeniuswithinthecapitalistsystemandhowitisindestructible:ithasastrongbasebuiltoninequality.LiketheancientpyramidsofEgypt,thecapitalistsystemisbaseduponthepyramidshapewhichyieldsgreatunknownpowersandlikethosegreathistoricmonuments,wasbuiltfromthesweatandbloodofslaves.Ifwestaystrongthecapitalismwillstaywithusforthousandsofyearstocomejustlikethegreatpyramids.ABriefHistory…•In1847,aninternationalworkers’groupaskedKarlMarx,aGermanphilosopher,todrawupaplanfortheirorganization.ThegroupwascalledtheCommunistLeague.MarxwroteaplancalledTheManifestooftheCommunistParty.ABriefHistory…•Marxenvisionedaworkers’revoltfollowedbyakindofparadisewhereeachpersonwouldworkaccordingtohisorherabilityandreceiveaccordingtohisorherneed.Marxsawthefinalstageofhiscommunistsystembeingtotalworldwideeconomicequality.ABriefHistory…•Aboutthistime,laborlawswerepassedinWesternEuropeandAmericathatmadetheworkplacemoresaferandmoretolerableofworkers.TheworldwiderevolutionthatMarxforesawnevercametopass.ABriefHistory…•ThepeoplethatfollowedMarx’sthinkingwerecalledSocialists.TheSocialistssplitintotwogroups.•Themildergroupwantedtobringaboutcommunismslowlybypassingnewlaws.•Theothergroup(we’llcallthemCommunists)stucktoMarx’soriginalideaofamajorworkerrevolt.TheCommunistswereasmallextremistgroupcomparedtothetotalnumberofSocialists.TheyformedapoliticalpartycalledtheBolshevikParty,whichwasledbyamannamedNikolaiLenin.ABriefHistory…•RussiaatthistimewasbeingpoorlymanagedbyaCzaristgovernment,ruledbyCzarNicholasII.MostoftheRussianpeoplewerestillunderpaidworkersonlandownedbyasmallnumberofwealthylandlords.ABriefHistory…•In1917arevolutionoccurredinRussia.TheBolshevikPartysuccessfullyoverthrewCzarNicholasII.BesidesLenin,thereweretwoothermenwhowereleadersintheBolshevikparty:LeonTrotsky,amanwhobelievedinusingterrorism,andJosephStalin,astrongruthlessman.ABriefHistory…•In1926,Lenindied,andtherewasapowerstrugglebetweenTrotskyandStalin.StalingainedcontrolandTrotskywenttoMexicoandwaslaterassassinated.AsthenewRussianleader,StalindeportedtoSiberiaallthosewhodidnotagreewithhim.Hissecretpolicealsousedrandomarrests,torture,andmassexecutionstomaintainhisdictatorship.Anyonecouldbeavictimofthesekillings,or“purges”fornoapparentreason.ABriefHistory…•TheidealisticgoalsofMarx,hadturnedintoasystemthatwasinmanywaysmoreterrifyingthantherulebytheCzars.Therewasnofreedominthenewsystem,whichwasbasedonmilitaryrule.Forcedlaborcreatedwealthforalimitedfew,whilethelivesofmostpeoplechangedverylittleorgotworse.Terroristpolicepreventeduprisingsbyunhappypeople.ABriefHistory…•Thecommunisttypeofgovernmentthatcameaboutaftertherevolutionin1917was“totalitarian”.Totalitarianismiswhenonepartyorgrouphastotalcontrolofeverything.TheEndThispowerpointwaskindlydonatedto