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28 January, 13:56

Based on this quotation, which conclusion can you draw about the author?

"What with the political monopoly, the Cheka and the Red Army, all that now existed of the "Commune-State" of our dreams was a theoretical myth."

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  1. 28 January, 14:08
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    What with the political monopoly, the Cheka and the Red Army, all that now existed of the 'Commune-State' of our dreams was a theoretical myth." - Victor Serge, Memoirs of a Revolutionary

    Based on this quotation, what conclusion can you draw about the author?

    a. He was a member of Kerensky's provisional government who later switched sides.

    b. He was a devoted Bolshevik who strongly supported Lenin's policies to create a communist state.

    c. He was a Marxist who became disillusioned with the repressive policies of the Soviet government.

    d. He was a supporter of the Tsar who fought in the White Army and was forced to flee Russia

    Answer:

    He was a Marxist who became disillusioned with the repressive policies of the Soviet government

    Explanation:

    The author of the Memoirs of a Revolutionary, Victor Serge, is a Marxist who became disillusioned with the repressive policies of the Soviet government.

    A Marxist is one following the ideals of Marxism.

    Maxism can be seen as the socialist philosophy and political program developed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.

    This program became a radical, revolutionary political philosophy that aims to capture state power, introduce a dictatorship of the proletariat, and then progress to communism.

    Maxism - Leninnism became a communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted as the ideological foundation of the Communist International during Stalin's era, and was later adopted by the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Vietnam, and several other nations.
  2. 28 January, 17:41
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    Explanation:

    This quotation is from the memiors of the revolutionary which was written by Victor Serge (born Victor Lvovich Kibalchich) a Russian revolutionary and writer.

    The conclusion we could derive from this book this quotation "What with the political monopoly, the Cheka and the Red Army, all that now existed of the "Commune-State" of our dreams was a theoretical myth." is that He was a devoted Bolshevik who was a strong supporter of Lenin's policies to create a communist state.
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