Russia, from the late nineteenth century onward, has been a nation of many unsuccessful experiments in government. Probably the most famous, however, was the Communist revolution of 1917, set in motion by the visionary Karl Marx. Marx planted the seed of revolution into a world where he thought it was desperately needed. Although he never lived to see the fruits of his labor, the impact he made on the world is too significant to ignore. Karl …showed first 75 words of 454 total…

…showed last 75 words of 454 total…ways: He was wholeheartedly in favor of a proletarian revolution, but he was member of a wealthy German family, and thus enjoyed many bourgeois luxuries and pastimes. Engels introduced Marx to many of the things that would help him shape his economic and human philosophy later in life. He exposed Marx to many of the works of influential economists of the time. Marx, studying these, gained a better grasp of economics and th ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**