Name: Sagala, Idah Flor Date: 10/05/2019

Section: BSES 2A

Vladimir Lenin

1. What do you think of nationalism?

For communist ideology there was no nationalism, it was internationalism and the
idea to create the utopia of a worker. Religion, nationalism, boundaries were seen as an
obstacle to the ultimate revolution in the globe. In that sense, Stalin was more of a
national who gave up the concept of world revolution and concentrated instead on
domestic agricultural and industrial reforms and technological growth. Under Stalin, the
persecution of Christians and the widespread destruction of churches and monasteries
in the Soviet Union was stopped, although religion was not permitted in the public
sphere, Russia still officially had a patriarch under Stalin. Religion is essential in this
context, as the Russian church is the main basis for Russian cultural identity and
Russian national state formation. Communist government's persecution of the Church
before Stalin showed that Stalin's predecessors saw domestic Russian identity as an
obstacle to their ultimate objective of internationalism. Stalin was a turning point for
Russian nationalism to be preserved.

2. What is necessary for the development of an international order?

Looking at the world's lengthy history to the present, you'll understand there's
never going to be a global order. An effort to accomplish it will always be made, but
unfortunately it is always through force through economic imperialism, sanctions,
monopolies, and wars. None of the strongest countries will ever really respect the
sovereignty of another country, particularly the tiny one. In this scenario, many countries
are simply following the lead of the hegemon to prevent being punished. But there will
always be some countries that are intelligent and courageous enough to withstand
being a lapdog to these dominant nations that behave like a gang by all accounts.

3. What do you think of League of Nations?

We are, of course, opposed to the League of Nations, and I believe that it is not
only our economic and political organization and its peculiarities that cause our negative
attitude towards the League of Nations, but the interests of the world in general, from
the point of view of the specific conditions of modern international politics, that justify
this opposition entirely. The League of Nations has all the marks of its roots in a world
war, it is so inseparably linked to the Versailles Agreement, so deeply soaked with the
lack of anything resembling true equality of rights between countries, true possibility of
peaceful coexistence between them, that I believe our adverse attitude is
understandable and need no further comment.

4. What is the role of revolution of internationalism?

Proletarian internationalism is strongly related to world revolutionary objectives to

be accomplished in all countries through consecutive or concurrent communist
revolutions. The Bolshevik Party initially adopted proletarian internationalism during its
seizure of power in the Russian Revolution.