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Pros:
-There was a large rise in the production of electricity, cattle, pigs, grain, coal, and steel
-Peasants were able to grow more grain because they could make a profit
-There was an improvement in living conditions
-The government began to encourage foreign trade
-There was more money in the country itself because the government was collecting tax
-Production was increased because workers actually had something to work for so they put in more effort
Cons:
-People began making a profit which angered the Bolsheviks because they believed it was a betrayal of communism
-Minors, metal workers, and engine drivers were being payed less than before
-Cities were extremely overcrowded
-The prices of goods were still too high for many of the peasant

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How did the Bolshevik movement impact other labor movements?

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How did the Bolshevik movement impact other labor movements?

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The Bolshevik movement was the first labor movement of it's kind. After seeing it's success other labor unions were formed in order to get the role that the working class deserved. Labor unions were formed in countries such as Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, and Upper Silesia.

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The Communist International consisted of representatives from 50 countries. Their goal was to create a world system of communism that would replace the world capitalist economy. They would reach this goal through any means including force and violence.

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What challenges did Russia pose to Western governments?

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What challenges did Russia pose to Western governments?

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Revolutionary Russia was no secret to the rest of the world which meant others were bound to follow their foot steps. Other countries such as Turkey and China started their own efforts to change the political situations in their own countries. This led to many issues within these countries governments as they were trying to prevent being overthrown.

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How did his power transform the Soviet society?

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How did his power transform the Soviet society?

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Stalin had made himself seem like he was a bigger part of history than he actually was. He had cities renamed after him, he changed history books, became the subject of many parts of art, and got his name into the Soviet national anthem. Stalin and his government were also in complete control of the Soviet media.

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How did Stalin build a Totalitarian state?

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How did Stalin build a Totalitarian state?

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Throughout his rule Stalin gave the secret police more power than they had ever had before and made citizens spy on each other in order for him to send citizens to the Gulag system of forced labor camps. He also gave government control of private farms, in turn starving and killing millions.

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Stalin was appointed by Lenin in 1917 to be on the first Central Committee of the Communist Party. In 1922 he became the secretary general of the group. After being put in this position he put his allies in government positions. 2 years later Lenin died and Stalin won the fight for the leadership of the Soviet Union.

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How did these ideas lead to Russian communism? 

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How did these ideas lead to Russian communism? 

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The working class started a revolution against the Russian government. As the revolution went on many soldiers joined the workers and the government could no longer resist their efforts.

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How were his ideas similar to Karl Marx? 

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How were his ideas similar to Karl Marx? 

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Both Lenin and Marx believed in a classes society. They did not like how poorly the working class was treated. This led them to the idea of no class system at all.

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Vladimir Lenin was a communist revolutionary from Russia. He was also the leader of the Bolshevik party.