Bolshevism
Soviet revolutionary doctrine
Bolshevism is the revolutionary socialist ideology and tactics of the Bolsheviks, the faction led by Lenin that seized power in Russia in 1917.
The term emphasizes centralized party control, violent revolution rather than gradual reform, and dictatorship of the proletariat.
Outside historical contexts, Bolshevism is often used loosely as a pejorative for any radical leftist politics: They accused the union organizers of Bolshevism.
Collective ownership system
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- socialismCommunal economic control
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
proletariat · class struggle · revolutionary theory · anti-capitalism · state ownership · dictatorship of the proletariat · internationalism · egalitarianism
Soviet founding coup
- 1917Late Great War
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- overthrowForcible removal from power
seizure of power · Winter Palace · Petrograd · Red Guards · coup · armed revolt · barricades · Menshevik
Pursuit of sweeping change
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- Red ScareAnti-communist hysteria period
subversion · threat · infiltration · McCarthyism · agitator · fanatic · zealot · sedition
Legislators following leadership's position
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- cell structureArrangement of cellular components
- factionGroup within group
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
propaganda · agitation · clandestine · underground · party congress · Pravda · membership · indoctrination
Soviet state founder
- TrotskyExiled Soviet revolutionary leader
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- MolotovImprovised incendiary device
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
communism
Collective ownership system
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- socialismCommunal economic control
collectivism · proletariat · class struggle · revolutionary theory · anti-capitalism · state ownership · dictatorship of the proletariat · internationalism · egalitarianism · redistribution
October Revolution
Soviet founding coup
- 1917Late Great War
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
overthrow · seizure of power · Winter Palace · Petrograd · Red Guards · coup · armed revolt · barricades · Menshevik · civil war
radicalism
Pursuit of sweeping change
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
Red Scare · subversion · threat · infiltration · McCarthyism · agitator · fanatic · zealot · sedition · conspiracy
party discipline
Legislators following leadership's position
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- cell structureArrangement of cellular components
- factionGroup within group
purge · propaganda · agitation · clandestine · underground · party congress · Pravda · membership · indoctrination · sectarianism
Lenin
Soviet state founder
- European HistoryFrench Revolution, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Industrial Revolution
- Revolutionrevolt, uprising, insurrection, overthrow, revolutionaries
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- socialismMarxism, communism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, communal ownership
- Soviet communismLenin, Stalin, Leninism, Stalinism, Soviet Union
- Bolshevik Revolution1917 communist coup in Russia
- Bolshevik PartyLenin's revolutionary socialist organization