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Aims and results of policies: Lenin's Domestic policies - political policies Notes
Lenin’s Domestic Political Policies: Aims and Results
Lenin’s Domestic Political Policies
One-party state
Aim: Eliminate rivals, secure Bolshevik monopoly on power.
Policy: Banned opposition parties (1918–21); Mensheviks and SRs outlawed; press censored.
Result: Creation of a one-party state under the Bolsheviks. Opposition leaders exiled, imprisoned, or executed.
Soviets and democracy
Aim: Present Bolshevik rule as legitimate and “of the people.”
Policy:All-Russian Congress of Soviets technically supreme, but real power held by the Politburo and Council of People’s Commissars (Sovnarkom).
Result:Soviets sidelined; workers’ democracy replaced by “democratic centralism.”
Constituent Assembly (1918)
Aim: Prevent SR majority from limiting Bolshevik power.
Policy: Assembly dissolved by armed guards after one day.
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After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Lenin and the Bolsheviks faced the monumental task of consolidating their power in a country ravaged by war and revolution. Their primary aim was to establish a one-party state that would ensure Bolshevik control over all aspects of Russian society.
The Bolsheviks believed that a dictatorship of the proletariat was necessary to protect the revolution from internal and external enemies.
This led to the suppression of all opposition parties and the establishment of a centralized power structure.
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Think of the Bolshevik approach like a gardener who, fearing weeds will overtake his garden, decides to remove all plants except for one species. While this ensures control, it also eliminates diversity and potential growth.
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The Bolsheviks' actions were driven by both ideological beliefs and practical concerns about maintaining power in a hostile environment.
