Describe any five points of global impact of russian revolution 5 marks
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Explanation:
1. The Russian revolution of 1917 divided the world into two diametrical opposed power blocs. One was the communist bloc under the leadership of the Soviet Union, and the second one was the anti-communist bloc under the leadership of the United States.
2. The Russian revolution transformed czarist Russia, which was poverty-stricken to a superpower which was under the guidance of Lenin, Stalin, and other leaders.
3. The revolution changed the character of the nationalist uprisings in the colonial world, which acquired new economic and social content.
4. Under the economic aspect, the concept of economic planning with five-year plans was unleashed. Besides, there was an emergence of the idea of a central direction of the economy.
5. It politically resulted in the cult of the 'common man' under Soviet democracy.
6. E.H. Carr further declared, "If we are all planners now, this is largely the result, conscious or unconscious, of the impact of Soviet practice and Soviet achievement."