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Summary: The Russian Revolutionary Movement

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A revolutionary movement seeks to abolish, dethrone and exterminate any existing and institutions. It is done to replace them with new ones. Bolsheviks, a Russian who founded the communist party, revolutionized a social movement that sought to eliminate the class structure of Russian society. They believed that the market and private property must be reinstated with democratic worker groups, whose sole purpose would be directed by a central committee. In the intervening time certain existing institutions, notably religion and family had to be dismiss or changed.

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As he journeyed through Latin America, he saw sick people hardly any medication, some with little or no food and others with no shelters. Che kept a diary in which he wrote a lot of what he saw. From Chile he wrote in his diary that while looking for a specific part of town, he spoke to many beggars and that misery was everywhere he looked, as if it was something he could inhale. He later joined forces with Fidel Castro to turn Cuba into a communist country. …show more content…

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