Terroryzm w Rosji i ZSRR: Terror w myśli politycznej Włodzimierza Lenina
Terrorism in Russia and the USSR: Terror in Lenin’s Political Thought
Author(s): Kazimierz KrajSubject(s): Communication studies, Politics and communication, Studies in violence and power, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: terrorism; Russia; USSR
Summary/Abstract: The paper outlines the history of terrorism in imperial Russia at the turn of the 19th to 20th century as well as in the USSR. The author reviews Vladimir Lenin’s political ideas regarding terrorism and the validity of the Bolsheviks using terror. Then, the author presents the origin of terrorism and some of the arguably most important terrorist acts committed during the times of imperial Russia and the USSR up until 1991. The information presented in the paper shows that terrorism was valued as an instrument of political fi ght in the past and it has been elevated to the rank of art of war and developed on a mass scale. Its political infl uence is much stronger now than was the case of terrorists in the late 19th and early 20th century as a result of the omnipresent mass media spreading information.
Journal: Bezpieczeństwo. Teoria i Praktyka
- Issue Year: IV/2011
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 81-90
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish