October Revolution in Russia - Valuable lessons forever resound

The October Revolution in Russia (November 7, 1917 - November 7, 2024) left many valuable lessons about gathering forces in the struggle for power, and those lessons still have application value in current revolutionary movements.

Solidarity between classes

The October Revolution was successful thanks to the unity of the working classes, especially the workers and peasants. The Bolshevik Party, under the leadership of Lenin, was clearly aware of the role of these forces in the revolution and the Party succeeded in combining the interests of the two classes.

With the workers, Lenin and the Bolshevik Party called on workers in the cities, especially in Petrograd and Moscow, to rise up against the Tsarist and capitalist regimes and seize power, which was also to defend their mastery. Workers were the vanguard in demonstrations, strikes and armed struggles in the revolutions in the cities.

Peasants also played a key role in the October Revolution. To rally the peasantry, the Bolshevik Party put forward the slogans of land reform, confiscating landlords' property and giving land to peasants. This policy attracted widespread support from the poor and middle peasants.

The Bolshevik Party not only focused on rallying the proletariat but also had strategic alliances with other progressive forces. Before the October Revolution, the Bolshevik Party had built relationships with political parties such as the Menshevik Party, the Socialist Revolutionary Party, and progressive intellectual groups.

The Bolshevik Party also skillfully united the forces in society under a common goal of overthrowing the Tsarist regime, eliminating oppression and injustice and building a just society. In particular, its connections with intellectual groups and small revolutionary parties helped the Bolshevik Party develop influence and widespread support among all social classes.

Appropriate application

The Vietnamese Revolution has been applying many valuable lessons from the Russian October Revolution. In the current period, the lesson of gathering forces and components is the key factor to build strength for the revolution, especially combining and protecting the interests of the working classes in society.

In particular, the great national unity, the issue identified as the strategic line of our Party, the decisive factor for the victory of the cause of building and defending the Fatherland in all periods, has been generalized into the thesis "promoting the tradition of great national unity, building our country to be increasingly rich, civilized, and happy" as the title of an important book by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

In addition, the lesson on the Party's leadership and organizational capacity, especially personnel and strategic preparation, is a decisive factor for a revolution to succeed. Building a clean, strong, disciplined Party that knows how to promote the strength of social forces is a valuable lesson for the current cause of national construction and defense.

In that, the pioneering, exemplary role and capacity of party members, especially leaders, are very important, in order to be able to lead, persuade and motivate everyone to act together.

In the Russian October Revolution or any revolution, the factor of solidarity and the broad gathering of forces always plays a very important role for the revolution to succeed. Currently, in the context of our country entering a new era, the era of national development, these lessons still have profound value and need to be applied appropriately to be able to complete the goals set by the Party.