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The Russian revolution

The Russian revolution was more or less a representation of class struggle . It was largely a conflict between the bourgeois ' and the proletarian . This is the period that would see the overthrow of the bourgeois intelligentsia class by the communist party backed by the working class . It was in the hope of replacing the elements of the old regime and in it replace with the proletarian intelligentsia (Sheila G , pg 9 . Cultural revolution was used as a call to rally

the support of the proletarian . It was to fuel the need to remove and overhaul all the old customs and societies influence , completely replacing it with a new outfit of proletarian culture

The term Bolshevik ' is used to denote the communist party and was spearheading the struggle against Tsarist . Russia in the early 20th century was undergoing a period of political , social and economic upheaval that had left the public largely dissatisfied with the leadership . The communist party was stepping in to initiate reforms The Bourgeoisie intelligentsia was a class of people that had largely benefited during the previous regime , where they had used the state apparatus to primitively accumulate in conjunction with foreign investors

Although Cultural Revolution is regarded as a class of war , before the onset of the revolution the existing class structure and class-consciousness was largely undeveloped . The existing proletariat then still had ties with the existing peasantry . The peasant class too was still very traditional . This however was later to change with the consolidation and strengthening of the Bolsheviks . The Bolsheviks were largely Marxists and were willing to exploit and employ classism to propel their political ideologies and transform the Russian society They were exploiting the power struggle that was rapidly taking shape between the proletariats and the capitalists

Bolsheviks firmly believed to be enjoying the firm support of the proletarian although sometimes this relationship would appear shaky . All in all the communist party received considerable support from the proletariat . It is this support that would propel them into power and lead to the partial success of the revolution . The Russian peasants and working class had for a long time been disillusioned by the Tsar regime This is evidenced by the demonstration and riots that prompted the fall of the Tsar monarchical regime . The Bolsheviks had been able to convince majority of the masses of the need for radical reforms through a revolution

The cultural revolution , majority had believed was to result to a complete phasing out of former ruling elite the intelligentsia bourgeoisie proletariats were ready to take power back by the rural peasants . There was to undergo a social transformation that would see equitable distribution of resource . However the civil wars would see the country undergo major upheavals where industries would collapse forcing the urban working class to initiate a major influx towards the rural areas . It is the peasants who would hold the country together economically as Fitz Patrick says

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