ssia. But the way there wasn’t easy. The reasons for communism’s success could be explained, if we look at the people’s positions at that time. First, to backtrack a little… Russia was under a monarchy for many centuries, and peasants were very poorly treated all throughout that time. They were treated unfairly by the czar, just because there was no constitution, and the czar made the rules. They coped with it, until one day, they finally had it. They decided to revolt in 1825, against Nicholas I. The purpose for these revolts (one in 1905, one in 1825) was to establish a constitutional monarchy. That didn’t work, so the people got even angrier. Plus, the lousy organization of the army for World War I, angered the common people and, in 1917, the common people of Russia were driven over the top, and another revolution happened. There were actually two of them, one in March, and one in November. The first one of the two was successful, and a provisional government was installed. The second, replaced it with a commu! nist government, lead by Lenin. Now that the government was established by Lenin as communist/socialist Russia, making it work was very hard. Lenin’s initial policy was: The proletariat…should not think of improving its position at the moment, but should think of becoming the ruling class" He was right, there was no time for improving the proletariat’s position, because after winning the November revolution, Russia was pretty chaotic. But Lenin, after working hard for years, and with the help of his comrades, put Russia on a somewhat "positive" track. Yet still, Russia was at standstill, if not regressing. The reasons for that are: 1. There were no funds in the government; 2. There was little contact with the rural life, so the party was mostly an urban government. 3. And most importantly, there was lack of experience on the party’s side, as well as on the peoples’. T...
