Question

Describe the global influence of Russian Revolution.

Answer 1

Communism: Russia was the first country to establish a communist state. Soon after the revolution Communist International (Comintern) was formed for promoting revolutions on an international scale. The Revolution led to the formation of communist parties in many countries often with the support of the Comintern.

Answer 2

i)In many countries, communist parties were formed like the Communist Party of Great Britain.

ii) The Bolsheviks encouraged colonial people to follow their experiment of taking power.

iii) Many non-Russians from outside the USSR, participated in the Conference of the People of East and the Bolshevik-founded Comintern (an international union of pro-Bolshevik socialist parties).

iv) Some received education in USSR’s Communist University of the Workers in the East.

v) By the time of the outbreak of the Second World War II, the USSR had given socialism a global face and world stature.