Lenin's Thesis on the Land Nationalization and Political Revolution before the February Revolution

Abstract

According to popular views, Lenin's opinion on the land nationalization before February Revolution in Russia, is regarded as one of <<capitalistic>> character, in relation to his famous <<two ways theory>> on the capitalistic development. In this paper, author intended to reexamine these popular views, and to locate it as the first step of one of <<socialistic>> character. Author's argument is based on the reasoning that, where capitalists economically and politically adhere landowners in the various ways, it cannot be thought, that capitalists can execute land nationalization and that only <<Soviet rule>>, or power in the transition period to socialistic revolution, cannot execute it. Accordingly author think that Lenin was regarded capitalistic development in agriculture under this nationalization as not unlimited, but temporary.