Communism In Russia During World War I

During World War I, many countries were under severe stress and turmoil. Many faced extreme debt along with extreme inflation. Movements enlarged while the government's power and control decreased. Many of the movements shared some similar beliefs but for the most part, they were very different. A significant movement around this time period was communism in Russia. Communism is a theory of economics which supports a classless society in which there is no such thing as private property. The extreme losses from wars and revolutions, combined with extreme poverty, isolation from the outside world, and the unpopularity of the czar made the people of Russia drastically dispirited and generated a longing for a change in government. Thus came the

Not only to the country but to the support received from the citizens. The Russians had entered a war they could not handle; the economy was unable to support and the czar was not capable of leading an army. At the end of the war more an estimated 2 million soldiers were killed, 2.8 million soldiers were injured and 2.4 million soldiers were taken prisoners. One of the reasons why Russia did not experience success from war is because of their treatment of soldiers. Russia did not view soldiers as significant and felt that soldiers losing their lives was not that important. Thus being said, they did not put much effort into training their soldiers before sending them off to war. With untrained men experiencing failure in the war, the people of Russia’s support in the government was at an all time low and they wanted a change. Also the Russian men had an opportunity to see the outside world for the first time. They saw an equal and fair life for other people and were jealous of that. This put an idea in their head that they could have a change of government. They saw communism as an opportunity and agreed to the change. Communism and the idea of a classless society offered a potential chance to fix the problems in Russia's government and turn the war failures into

For centuries, Russia had been separated from the developing and modern outside world. This separation was mainly due to Russia’s geography. Russia’s location, which was east of the main countries in Europe, allowed Russia to take a different approach to things like politics, control, and everyday life activities for the common people. The isolation of Russia geographically also allowed for leaders to create a distorted version of what society should be like. Leaders such as Joseph Stalin took somewhat advantage on the “clueless people of Russia” who had no idea what a normal society should be like because of Russia’s isolation. Stalin not only was a leader to the people of Russia but he also changed Russia significantly “Under Stalin's rule, the Soviet Union was transformed from a nation based on agriculture to a global superpower.” Joseph Stalin is known as one of the most successful leaders of communism because of this. One of the most reasons why he was so successful was because he was able to take over Russia at perfect timing, which was right after Vladimir Lenin, the starter of communism’s death. Even though, Joseph Stalin can be considered a successful leader does not mean he was kind one. The deaths of millions of people of Russia are due to the reign of Joseph Stalin. He was a leader that would do anything possible to gain power and change Russian government. Stalin was also