The Russian Bolshevik Revolution (Lenin's Strategy) | Strategy of Protest and Revolution 4.0

How to defy Marx and bring socialism to the Russian Empire? In this video, we explore how Lenin planned to build a Bolshevik movement that could overcome not just the Czar, but also traditional notions of how social movements were to be conducted. Lenin's ideas on manipulation, organization and ideology would not only serve him well during the actual Revolution, but also made him a pioneer of strategy in the industrial age.

All errors are my own. I again apologize to all channel followers for my unannounced hiatus (again)...

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Brie M. Rediscovering Lenin. Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.

Denardo J. Power in Numbers. Princeton University Press 1985.

Kingston-Mann E. Lenin and the Problem of Marxist Peasant Revolution. Oxford University Press 1983.

Lenin. What is To Be Done? Marxist Internet Archive (accessed 2021).

Molyneux J. Leon Trotsky’s Theory of Revolution. The Harvester Press 1981.

Selznick P. The Organizational Weapon. Quid Pro Books 2014.

White J. Lenin. Palgrave 2001.

Geifman A. Death Orders. Praeger 2010.

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Alex

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Wikipedia (basic facts + figures + dates)

Maps:

(Pre-Revolution Russia)

(Provisional Government)

(Areas of Bolshevik Control)

(Russian Civil War)

(Soviet Union)

(1914 Germany)

(1914 Europe)

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