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History: Edexcel IGCSE USSR, 1924-1953, topic 3.2.4

Soviet Interpretation of History

The Soviet Union reinterpreted history to have a Marxist stance.

Marxism

Marxism

  • Marx believed that history was determined by an ‘economic dialectic’. This means it was driven by material forces such as the means of production and class formation.
  • Marx believed that history was on a trajectory where capitalism would be destroyed by the proletariat’s revolution.
Revising history

Revising history

  • Soviet historians painted the Bolshevik Revolution as the product of a class struggle.
  • As such, it marked a step forward in history.
  • Soviet historians emphasised the role of the Bolsheviks and criticised the Mensheviks.

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  • What did Marx believe history was determined by?

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