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Did Lenin’s communist government betray its own revolutionary ideals?
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Selected thesis
Lenin's communist government betrayed its own revolutionary ideals.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
The New Economic Policy (NEP) was not compatible with the communist ideals of the revolution.
Pro claim 2
The closure of the Constituent Assembly is evidence that the revolutionaries had abandoned democracy.
Con claim 1
The revolutionaries brought Russia out of the First World War.
Con claim 2
The communist government gave land to the peasantry.