Regards,
Lenin was exiled in Switzerland, not England, and was sent to Russia along with a bunch of other communists by Germany.
Did you watch this while drinking booze? Do Karl and Freidrich really sound English to you?
> Marx & Engels were English
They were Germans who spent the latter part of their lives in England.
> Lenin; studied in France and went to England ( correct me if I am wrong)
Lenin was educated in Russia and spent his entire formative years there, but later moved around mostly continental Europe because his communist activities attracted unwanted attention from the authorities. The revolution began prior to Lenin returning to Russia; he gained control over the bolsheviks through political means and then led another revolution against the weak government that succeeded the tsar.
Why are continental europeans always so desperate to blame every ill on the dreaded Anglo?
Huh?
Yeah, the reference to “1984” in your rant title produces confusion because it (the Orwell novel) is so frequently referred to (and so well known by many) that the reader’s mind is automatically primed to evaluate what follows in comparison to the novel.
That said, I’m still looking for a reference by you to earlier revolutions in 20th century Russia; the ones that created the Duma and began the process of trying to turn Russia into a constitutional democracy:
https://www.thoughtco.com/russian-revolutions-1906-1913-1221817
These revolutions and rebellions created the boiling political mess that made possible the “October” Revolution of very late 1917.
I also await a reference to the appalling Russian combat losses in World War 1.
Lenin is reported to have said that the [communist] revolution could not survive if the war continued.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk?wprov=sfti1
The Germans wanted a peace treaty with Russia for one reason: the release of Eastern Front divisions that could be redeployed for the massive German Spring 1918 offensive against the Allies. I doubt either Hindenberg or Ludendorff were thinking much beyond somehow winning the war in the West in 1918 before the hordes of American resources and soldiers showed up in force and made victory impossible. That meant getting the Eastern Front shut down. And shutting down the Eastern Front meant getting control over the naisaient Russian Government. Cue V.I. Lenin. It was a big risk but he delivered and that’s all they cared about. In the end, they lost anyway.
Yeah, the reference to “1984” in your rant title produces confusion because it (the Orwell novel) is so frequently referred to (and so well known by many) that the reader’s mind is automatically primed to evaluate what follows in comparison to the novel.
I’m still looking for a reference by you to earlier revolutions in 20th century Russia, the ones that created the Duma and began the process of trying to turn Russia into a constitutional democracy:
https://www.thoughtco.com/russian-revolutions-1906-1913-1221817
These revolutions and rebellions created the boiling political mess that made possible the “October” Revolution of very late 1917.
I also await a reference to the appalling Russian combat losses in World War 1.
Lenin is reported to have said that the [communist] revolution could not survive if the war continued.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk?wprov=sfti1
The Germans wanted a peace treaty with Russia for one reason: the release of Eastern Front divisions that could be redeployed for the massive German Spring 1918 offensive against the Allies. I doubt either Hindenberg or Ludendorff were thinking much beyond somehow winning the war in the West in 1918 before the hordes of American resources and soldiers showed up in force and made victory impossible. That meant getting the Eastern Front shut down. And shutting down the Eastern Front meant getting control over the naisaient Russian Government. Cue V.I. Lenin. It was a big risk but he delivered.