In Class: Lenin Between the Revolutions

1. Using Documents C, D, and E (page 2 - all numbers referred to are the big hand written page numbers) explain how Lenin and Stalin worked to secure the supremacy of the party.
Lenin and Stalin worked to secure the supremacy of the party in many ways. Document C is said by Lenin that he wants to secure the supremacy of the party and he doesnt want criticism of the shortcomings of the party to be directd towards the supporters. He wants anyone making critism to take account for their actions and wants to supress the other parties. Stalin, in document D, says that the party should be armed with revolutionary leaders mostly to look tough. He wants to opress the other parties because the Mensheviks dont want a revolution when they do. In Document E, the picture is showing the Mensheviks and the Social Revolutionaries pulling at stalins coat because he wants a revolution and he is walking showing that he wants to go on and secure the supremacy of the party but they are pulling saying that they dont want him to do this.

2. In what ways do Documents A, B and C (pages 3 - 4) support the assertion made in Document C that "Lenin wanted power, Lenin's rivals did not want it"?

3. What can be inferred from Document D (page 4) about the following?

a: Why soldiers wanted to go home
In document D it shows that the soldiers wanted to go home because they wanted land and freedom. They did not want to fight anymore because this was not their job to think about what should become of the state. The soldiers did not want to fight for Russia anymore because they were un wanted and had nothing. All they wanted was land and freedom, and that is all they wanted.
b: Why the soldiers now supported the Bolsheviks
The soldiers are now supporting the Bolsheviks because they once supported the Social revolutionaries because the social recvolutionaries did nothing for the soldiers and the Bolsheviks supported the soldiers and wanted them to be free and have land. Their slogan was, "peace, bread and land" and they had the support from the soldiers because they were treated so poorly and the Bolsheviks actually realized this. The soldiers supported the Bolsheviks because the Bolsheviks helped the soldiers realize that they could get out of the situation they were in.