The Analysis of Russian Politics, Economics, Social and Technological Environment during Russian Revolution during 1855-1953 under PEST Mode
Abstract
The Analysis of Russian Politics, Economics, Social and Technological Environment during Russian Revolution from 1855-1953 under PEST Model is a qualitative research with objectives as follows; (1). To study Russian's politics, economics, social and technological environment during 1855-1953 under PEST Model and SWOT Analysis and (2). To make a comparative study of outcomes from strategies used under Czars' Government and Vladimir Lenin-Joseph Stalin.
The results of the study indicated that under Czars of Russian, the diversification of a society into many social classes had led to an uneven distributed of income. Besides, Russia is the largest country in the world with limited amounts of fertile land and most of them were under the Noble class, which leaved peasants in poor condition. However, as Russia started to industrialize, rapid change occurred and brought about all problems associated with a transition. A feudal system could not produced enough food to meet with a nation's demands, especially in time of scarcity and famine.
Economic problems led Alexander II encounter an assassination and the new Czar Alexander III resolved problems by shutting itself off from the subversive influences of Western Europe. Under Czar Nicholas II's reign, he brought the country into World War I, pushing Russia towards hard time by experiencing famine and economic collapse. Dissatisfaction with the monarchy continued to grow drastically, strikes more increased and peasants wanted land reforms, led to Nicholas was abdicated in February, 1917 which brought to an ended of Romanov dynasty and started a new era of communism regime.
Under Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the concept of communist under Karl Mark idea was utilized as a guide line to govern the country. Land, all industry and small businesses were nationalized and the money economy was restricted. Strong opposition soon developed. After Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin seized power and was effectively a dictator of the Soviet Union under brutal and purged strategies, which caused million of human lives. Estimation had been made that about 60 millions of people lost their lives during Stalin era.
SWOT analysis indicated communist system was stronger than autocracy under Czars including more chanced in stimulating the growth of the economy. However, communist system encountered more threats which were the violation of human rights and lack of good governance. Although under Czar Regime, there was lot of problems, there was good governance and based on morality. Czar system took more concerned on Russian people than the communist system in reality.
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