mention any three major reason for the demand of socialism in Russia
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Causes:
1. The Russian revolution led to the establishment of ideology of Marxism. The basic causes of this ideology were deep-seated.bthe government was autocratic. The Czar was the source of aall authorityband his powers were vigorously exercised by corrupt and inefficient bureaucracy. The genwral standard of living of the people was tragically low. There was little social freedom. All Russians were forced to support the orthodox church.
2. The immediate was the suffering and confusion caused by Russian disastrous defeats during World War I. Her armies lacked arms and ammunition. Prices soard high and the economy was in shambles.
3. A provisional government composed of liberal and democratic elements under the successive premiership of Prince Lvov and then Aleksandr Kerensky lost ground to the radical wing of the Social Democratic Labour Party.
In 1848, Karl Marx and Engels laid down the principles of scientific socialism in 'communist Manifesto', and Marxism became the theoretical basis for most socialist thought.