Lenin And Problems After The October Revolution

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Term Paper Title	Lenin And Problems After The October Revolution
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Lenin and Problems After the October Revolution

Lenin and Problems After the October Revolution

        What were the problems facing Lenin after the October Revolution and how
successfully did he deal with them?

     The initial difficulties faced by the new Soviet Union were so severe
that its survival seemed almost miraculous” .  The remains of the czarist regime
left Lenin to face a country wrought with war, devastated economically.
Russia's involvement in World War I, followed by its Civil War, wide spread
famine and a change in political and social ideology were the problems
confronting Lenin after the October Revolution.  Lenin did succeed in ending
both the war with Germany and the Civil War for Russia.  Yet, the economic and
social aspects of the revolution can be more critically assessed.
     Lenin knew the importance of ending Russian involvement in World War I.
On March 3, 1918 Russia lost 1/3 of its fertile farm lands, 1/3 of its
population, 2/3 of its coal mines and oil fields and 1/2 of its heavy industry
to German peace terms.  Though the treaty of Brest-Litovsk was harsh, the terms
were annulled once the Allied powers defeated Germany.  Lenin managed to end the
war that had for so long depressed Russia's resources and morale.  He succeeded
in focusing on the severe internal problems of the new government, and in “
saving the socialist republic” .  One of the largest problems that Russia faced
prior to the October Revolution was finally ended, though its effects were still
to be felt.
     Almost immediately afterwards, in 1918, Civil War begins.  The battling
White Army divided amongst different leaders and interests left the Red Army,
led by Trotsky  victorious.  Lenin does succeed in eliminating opposition to the
Soviet Union in November of 1920.  As in the case of the World War, a simple end
to the fighting did not signify an end to the devastation that had been left as
a consequence.
     The economic and social problems that arose from the end of the czarist
regime were dealt with by Lenin initially unsuccessfully.  War communism,  a
forced socialized economic policy  began with the confiscation of surplus grain.
It then extended to all other products.  Abusive detachments fought peasant
resistance with the terror of the Red Army,  and in 1919 when they gained
control, with the Extraordinary Commission (Cheka). What Lenin had thought would
bring the triumph of com...

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