J2.+The+Russian+Revolution



This is a speech given by the German communist, Rosa Luxemberg, after the German government collapsed in 1918-1919. She was an organizing member of the **__SPARTACISTS__** (Spartacist League) along with Karl Liebknect, a communist revolutionary group that wanted to continue the Russian Revolution in Germany. Please read this, and link the term Spartacist with the post-WWI German communist attempt to take over Germany's government.When their attempt to take over the German government met with resistance by the Freikorps and failed, the two of them were murdered by a right-win, anti-Communist group.

This is a good account of the events of that "first" Russian Revolution began.

Good summary of the most important points.

Karl Kautsky, the leading Marxist theorist of the times, severely criticized the Bolsheviks and their revolution in Russia. It is an interesting point of view, that many Marxists saw the Russian Revolution as an aberration.

An assassination attempt on Lenin's life, which left a bullet in his neck. A series of strokes, which eventually killed him, left him the task of figuring out who would be the best successor as leader of the Russian Revolution, and its consolidation. Here's what he thought!