Bolsheviks

Examples of Bolsheviks in the following topics:

• The Bolsheviks

  • Following a series of internal revolutions, Russia withdrew from World War I as the Bolshevik party took power.
  • The Bolsheviks were the majority faction in a crucial vote, and ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • The Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the workers' Soviets, overthrew the Provisional Government in Petrograd.
  • The Bolsheviks appointed themselves as leaders of various government ministries and seized control of the countryside.
  • After the Bolshevik revolution, civil war erupted between the "Red" (Bolshevik), and "White" (anti-Bolshevik) factions.

• Red Scare

  • Founded by Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov, by 1905 the Bolsheviks were a mass political organization in Russia consisting primarily of workers governed by the principle of democratic centralism.
  • When the Provisional Government chose to continue fighting World War I despite the Russian Army suffering huge losses, the Bolsheviks demanded an immediate end to the war and won over the common people.
  • In the second phase of the revolution, in October 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin overthrew the Provisional Government and appointed themselves leaders of government ministries and seized control of the countryside.
  • The Bolsheviks founded the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic that would, in 1922, become the chief constituent of the Soviet Union.
  • Petersburg, in February 1917 as part of the revolutions that established a Bolshevik government.

• Soviet Constructivism

  • As much as involving itself in designs for industry, the Constructivists worked on public festivals and street designs for the post-October revolution Bolshevik government.
  • In addition some Constructivists were heavily involved in the "ROSTA Windows," a Bolshevik public information campaign carried out around 1920 .

• Charismatic Authority

  • Bolshevik political cartoon poster from 1920 depicting Lenin sweeping away monarchists and capitalists; the caption reads, "Comrade Lenin Cleanses the Earth of Filth."

• The USSR

  • From its creation, the government in the Soviet Union was based on the one-party rule of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
  • Stalin's Great Purge resulted in the execution or detainment of many "Old Bolsheviks" who had participated in the October Revolution with Lenin.

• Racial Friction

  • Department of Justice officials reported to the press that supposed communist groups like the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and Bolshevik supporters were "spreading propaganda to breed race hatred.
  • In November, Palmer reported to Congress on the threat that anarchists and Bolsheviks posed to the government.

• Origins of the Cold War

  • As a result of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, followed by its withdrawal from World War I, Soviet Russia found itself isolated in international diplomacy.
  • After winning the civil war, the Bolsheviks proclaimed a worldwide challenge to capitalism.

• The European Crisis

  • (Russia would eventually withdraw from the war due to an internal uprising, the Bolshevik Revolution.)

• The Communist Economic System

  • It was formed in 1922 by the Bolshevik party of the former Russian Empire.

• Containment in Foreign Policy

  • Following the 1917 communist revolution in Russia, there were calls by Western leaders to isolate the Bolshevik government, which seemed intent on promoting worldwide revolution.