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Manifestation of war veterans and invalids in Petrograd on 17 April 1917 against Lenin's arrival. The April Theses (Russian: апрельские тезисы, transliteration: aprel'skie tezisy) were a series of ten directives issued by the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin upon his April 1917 return to Petrograd from his exile in Switzerland via Germany and Finland.
Refer to Lenin Collected Works, vol. 35, "Recorded Speeches" Record ⓘ 17: А-0291: 5th session / Tsentropechat: Concessions and the development of capitalism: 25-Apr-1921: Refer to Lenin Collected Works, vol. 35, "Recorded Speeches" Record ⓘ 18: А-0292: 5th session / Tsentropechat: Non-party men and Soviet Power: 25-Apr-1921: Russian ...
The plan had the significance of creating a large demand for monumental sculpture on a state level, and thus it stands at the origins of the Soviet school of sculpture. The "plan" consisted of two main projects: (1) – decorating buildings and other surfaces "traditionally used for banners and posters" with revolutionary slogans and memorial ...
The text of Article 71 states: "The state flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consists of a red or scarlet field with the state's coat of arms." It was ordered with the unusual ratio of 4:1 in proportion and consisted of a red flag with the state coat of arms in the center. However, such a flag was never mass-produced.
Lenin's belief as to what a proletarian state should look like nevertheless deviated from that adopted by the Marxist mainstream; European Marxists like Kautsky envisioned a democratically elected parliamentary government in which the proletariat had a majority, whereas Lenin called for a strong, centralised state apparatus that excluded any ...
Lenin's ideological contributions to the Marxist ideology relate to his theories on the party, imperialism, the state, and revolution. [1] The function of the Leninist vanguard party is to provide the working classes with the political consciousness (education and organisation) and revolutionary leadership necessary to depose capitalism. [2]
The State and Revolution is considered to be Lenin's most important work on the state and has been called by Lucio Colletti "Lenin's greatest contribution to political theory". [2] According to the Marxologist David McLellan , "the book had its origin in Lenin's argument with Bukharin in the summer of 1916 over the existence of the state after ...
Lenin, who was present in the hall, remained silent and did not interrupt the speaker. [6] The next day, June 4, Lenin was given the floor for a 15-minute speech, in which the word "is!" (without the words "such a party"), as well as a reference to the speech of Irakli Tsereteli on the previous day of the Congress. [ 7 ]