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A totalitarian state, is a where the central government of a state does not tolerate any parties with opposing views and exercises complete dictatorial rule over all or most aspects of life. Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks, took many measures in an attempt to create a totalitarian state, includ...

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Why were the Bolsheviks able to win the Civil War?

By the early 20th century, Russia had fallen behind the other superpowers. Unlike Britain,

France, Germany and the USA, it was unable to capitalize on industrial development, and during

the war, heavily relied on agriculture to support its economy. Russia was unable to industrialise,

but more importantly, feed its people. The social injustice created by Tsarism; between the

peasants and the aristocracy, gave Lenin a reason to create the Bolshevik party; to bring equality

to everyone through communism (Marxism-Leninism). The Civil War in Russia broke out in

1918; this was bound to happen as the Bolsheviks were met with intense opposition from Social

Revolutionists (as Lenin had dismissed the Constituent Assembly), supporters of the Provisional

Government, followers of the Tsar, military officers (as Lenin had made peace with Germany),

and nobles (whose land had been given to the peasants). This essay will evaluate the factors that

had allowed the Bolsheviks to win the civil war by analysing the Bolsheviks’ strengths,

weakness of opposition, and the role of Trotsky.

The Bolsheviks were met with fierce opposition from the Social Revolutionists; who had

the support of the peasants’ council; Zemstvos. The dissimilarities between these two parties

were due to Lenin’s ruthless use of the Red Guards, as he used them to assassinate anyone who

openly spread negative ideas upon his communist rule. The tension between these two groups

further increased; as Lenin killed 370 Social Revolutionist representatives due to their objection

in the Constituent Assembly. Moreover, the White forces were divided in leadership; this

prevented them from successfully cooperating to defeat the Bolsheviks as each group (Yudenich,

Wrangel, Kolchak, Denikin) were vying for control, to achieve what they thought was the best

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