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Today, Marxism–Leninism is the ideology of the ruling parties of China, Cuba, Laos and Vietnam (all one-party socialist republics), [8] as well as many other communist parties. The state ideology of North Korea is derived from Marxism–Leninism, [9] although its evolution is disputed.
By the end of 1920, ... Lenin was a devout Marxist, [423] and believed that his interpretation of Marxism, first termed "Leninism" by Martov in 1904, [424] ...
Leninism (Russian: Ленинизм, Leninizm) is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.
Marxism–Leninism was the ideological basis for the Soviet Union. [1] It explained and legitimized the CPSU's right to rule, while explaining its role as a vanguard party. [1] For instance, the ideology explained that the CPSU's policies, even if they were unpopular, were correct because the party was enlightened. [1]
The government's official ideology is now the Juche part of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism policy of Kim Il Sung as opposed to orthodox Marxism–Leninism. The ruling Workers' Party of Korea reinstated its goal towards communism in 2021. [5] Some communists, especially the anti revisionists, call the DPRK a non marxist socialist state.
The Marxist theory on imperialism was conceived by Lenin in his book, Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism (published in 1917). [26] It was written in response to the theoretical crisis within Marxist thought, which occurred due to capitalism's recovery in the 19th century. [26]
In the 20th century, Vladimir Lenin developed his own variation of Marxism, known as Leninism—the adaptation of Marxism to the socio-economic and political conditions of Imperial Russia (1721–1917). This body of theory later became the official ideology of some Communist states. Lenin wrote that the Marxist concept of dictatorship meant an ...
Marxism-Leninism is a version of Marxism developed by Vladimir Lenin. [citation needed] It was the ideology that served as the foundation of the first communist revolution in Russia in November 1917. Marxism-Leninism is based on the idea that a revolutionary proletarian class does not immediately emerge from capitalism.