Russia Communism
violent upheaval in Russia in 1917 that overthrew the czarist government.1818-83, German social philosopher, the chief theorist of modern socialism and communism.economic and political philosophy named for Karl Marx. It is also known as scientific (as opposed to utopian) socialism. Marxism has had a profound impact on contemporary culture; modern communism is based on it, and most modern socialist theories derive from it (see socialism). It has also had tremendous effect on academia, influencing disciplines from economics to philosophy and literary history.Pronounced As: lenin, Rus. vldymir ilych lyenin , 1870-1924, Russian revolutionary, the founder of Bolshevism and the major force behind the Revolution of Oct., 1917.Pronounced As: stalin, Rus. visryônvich stalyin , 1879-1953, Soviet Communist leader and head of the USSR from the death of V. I. Lenin (1924) until his own death, b. Gori, Georgia. His real name was Dzhugashvili (also spelled Dzugashvili or Djugashvili); he adopted the name Stalin ("man of steel) about 1913.Pronounced As: trotsk, Rus. lan trôtsk , 1879-1940, Russian Communist revoluti
proletariatPronounced As: proltart , in Marxian theory, the class of exploited workers and wage earners who depend on the sale of their labor for their means of existence. Modern propaganda is distinguished from other forms of communication in that it is consciously and deliberately used to influence group attitudes; all other functions are secondary. He served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Although allusions to propaganda can be found in ancient writings (e. , Aristotle's Rhetoric), the organized use of propaganda did not develop until after the Industrial Revolution, when modern instruments of communication first enabled propagandists to easily reach mass audiences. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**Encarta. Pravda (Russian: "Truth"), former daily newspaper, published in Moscow and distributed nationwide, that was the official organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1918 to 1991. It retained this function until the demise of Communist power in the Soviet Union in 1991, after which its readership shrank precipitously. The theories of the movement come from Karl Marx, as modified by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the successful Communist revolution in Russia. The citizen's duty to the state becomes the primary concern of the community, and the goal of the state is the replacement of existing society with a perfect society. In the postwar era propaganda activities continue to play a major role in world affairs. In modern usage, the term Communism (written with a capital C) is applied to the movement that aims to overthrow the capitalist order by revolutionary means and to establish a classless society in which all goods will be socially owned.
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