The ABC of Communism
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The ABC of Communism is a foundational early Soviet text that systematically explains Bolshevik ideology and the principles of a communist society in an accessible, catechism-style format.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The ABC of Communism canonical | 1 |
| Азбука коммунизма | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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communist literature ⓘ political text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nikolai Bukharin
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Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Yevgeni Preobrazhensky ⓘ |
| author |
Nikolai Bukharin
ⓘ
Yevgeni Preobrazhensky ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Soviet Union
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surface form:
Soviet Russia
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| coversTopic |
abolition of private property
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class struggle ⓘ dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ planned economy ⓘ role of the Communist Party ⓘ transition from capitalism to socialism ⓘ |
| format | catechism-style exposition ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist literature
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ |
| hasForm |
propagandistic manual
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theoretical exposition ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Russian Civil War
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early Soviet period ⓘ |
| ideology |
Bolshevism
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Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| influenced |
communist parties abroad
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early Soviet educational work ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
new members of the Russian Communist Party
ⓘ
party activists ⓘ workers ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| movement | international communist movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible style for mass readership
ⓘ
systematic explanation of Bolshevik ideology ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The ABC of Communism
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Азбука коммунизма
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| placeOfPublication | Moscow ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | far-left ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to educate the proletariat in communist principles
ⓘ
to explain the program of the Russian Communist Party ⓘ to popularize Bolshevik ideology ⓘ |
| structure | question-and-answer ⓘ |
| subject |
Bolshevik program
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Soviet economic policy ⓘ communism ⓘ socialist construction ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | transition to a communist society ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Азбука коммунизма