Lenin's Application of Marxism

[MaverickChaos]

Why hello there, I'm currently researching for my A level Independant History study on this question:

"To what extent was Lenin able to apply Marxist ideology in Russia based on the socioeconomic circumstances of the time?"

It will be something along those lines but obviously refined.

What I need to know from some experienced people are:

1. What were the similarities between Lenin's ideology and Marxism?
2. What were the differences between Lenin's ideology and Marxism?
3. Which events of the time had an effect on applying this ideology?
4. Could you point me in the direction of any further reading material on the subject?

I'm not trying to cheat, I just need a basic understanding before I go ahead and dive into some books.

Thankyou :)

[trivas7]

Why hello there, I'm currently researching for my A level Independant History study on this question:

"To what extent was Lenin able to apply Marxist ideology in Russia based on the socioeconomic circumstances of the time?"

It will be something along those lines but obviously refined.

What I need to know from some experienced people are:

1. What were the similarities between Lenin's ideology and Marxism?
2. What were the differences between Lenin's ideology and Marxism?
3. Which events of the time had an effect on applying this ideology?
4. Could you point me in the direction of any further reading material on the subject?

I'm not trying to cheat, I just need a basic understanding before I go ahead and dive into some books.

Thankyou :)
Just a brief historical note:

Marx was mainly a theoretician of the materialist conception of history and of a dialectical explanation of the workings of capitalism. Lenin was a practical revolutionary who put Marx's ideas about revolution to work to bring about the October 1917 "Socialist" Revolution. The smaller pamphlets like The Communist Manifesto and Socialism Scientific and Utopian and Lenin's Karl Marx are the places to start.

Lenin's most theoretical work is probably an elucidation of capitalism during a later time than Marx's which he called imperialism. But apart from this, all of Lenin's writings dealt with practical issues like party organization and political matters that arose during a tumultuous time of war and counterrevolution which the new Soviet government was forced to deal with (which Lenin lead) and its relation to the larger Communist movement. State and Revolution is a good starting place in order to understand what Lenin was trying to accomplish. Hope this helps.

[MaverickChaos]

Thanks, I've already read the Communist Manifesto, and I'll pick up State and Revolution.
Hopefully it should help.

[Holden Caulfield]

Why hello there, I'm currently researching for my A level Independant History study on this question:


we did Leninism to Stalinism as a mod of our history project as A level,

read 'terrorism and communism' for justification of some extreme action,

[gla22]

A big point was that a country should be industrialized before a socialist revolution and Russia was clearly not. Another is Lenin's piece on Imperialism.