Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Olsen, Kelly Lorraine
URN	etd-11092009-134927
Title	Paving the Path for Success: Lenin's Political Theory in Practice, 1902-1917
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Russian and East European Studies, Program in
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Jonathan Grant Committee Chair Edward Wynot Committee Member Mark Souva Committee Member
Keywords	Soviet Union Russia Socialism Lenin
Date of Defense	2009-11-03
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This thesis presents and evaluates a selection of Lenin’s political writings from 1902-1917 in an effort to illustrate the continuity in his political theory. It traces two themes, Lenin’s fight against opportunism and his advocacy for organization, throughout the selection of writings in an attempt to illustrate such continuity. This thesis also seeks to show that because there is a clear continuity in Lenin’s writings, that the general historiography that presents Lenin as fickle and overly flexible in his writings is untrue. Furthermore, it draws the conclusion that if Lenin was not overly flexible in his writings, then he was not changing theory in an effort to gain absolute power
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