Russia history

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What were the 4 societal stages according to Karl Marx

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Feudalism -> Capitalism -> Socialism -> Communism

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Who brought Marxism into Russia

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Gregori Plekhanov
(Former leader of Black Repartition)

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What was the Marxist Organization in Russia during the 1880s

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Emancipation of Labour

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What was the key difference between Marxists & Populists

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Focused on Proletariat (workers) over the Peasantry

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Why was a Marxist Revolution not feasible at the time?

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• - Russia was still agarian ( argircultural based)

• - Needed to experience bourgeois revolution (Tsar replaced w/ capitalist gov)

• - Proletariat w/ new civil liberties (democracy, free speech, etc.)

• - Socialists use new civil liberties to begin socialist revolution

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What did Karl Marx believe in

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Believed changing forces would always lead society to communism

(everyone being equal & the end of class warfare)

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What were the key differences between each historical societal stage

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Feudalism - Ruled by Monarchy or Autocracy

• - People work on their land (agarian)

Capitalism - Parliamentary democracy by the Bourgeoisie

• - Factory work

• Socialism - Working class gov

• - Everybody equal, goods distributed equal

• Communism - X gov

• - Each according to their needs, each according to their ability