How did Lenin adapt Marxism to conditions in Russia?
Lenin read the works of Karl Marx. Lenin called for an small elitist group of professionals to set up a "dictatorship of the proletariat." He also helped lead the fight for the hungry, war-weary Russian people, Lenin promised "peace, land, and bread.
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Lenin persistently rejected the view that the working class was capable of achieving socialism without leaders. He argued that trade union consciousness represented the peak of working class consciousness. Socialism, he affirmed, would be achieved by a band of revolutionaries at the head of a discontented but non-socialist-conscious working class.
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Lenin read the works of Karl Marx and adapted Marxists ideas to fit Russian conditions. Lenin called for an small elitist group of professionals to lead the revolution and set up a "dictatorship of the proletariat." Through this elite revolutionary party represented a small percentage of socialists.He also helped lead the fight for the hungry, war-weary Russian people.
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Marxism-Leninism is an adaptation of Marxism developed by Vladimir Lenin, which led to the revolution in Russia in November 1917.
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