The Bourgeoisie's Role In The Russian Revolution

In the Russian Revolution of 1917, there was a class of people known as the bourgeoisie. “The English word 'bourgeoisie' is derived from the French word 'bourgeoisie' meaning "... the trading middle class"(MARXISM).” The Russian bourgeoisie in 1917 were basically a class of capitalist, landowning, and wealthy people. They wanted things to change just like everyone else but they expected things to still stay wonderful for them. However, ... The Russian bourgeoisie’s involvement was a contributing cause to the proletariats revolting in 1917. The bourgeoisie didn’t want anything to change. “The bourgeoisie was seen as selfishly fighting to maintain the status quo (Revelations).” “It became absolutely clear that the bourgeoisie was a counter-revolutionary class which sought to enter into an agreement with the old Czarist regime for the perpetuation of the condition of half serfdom in order to subdue the proletariat (Revolution?).” They wanted to keep their nice things and were willing to sell the souls of the poor to do so. At some point, they became so desperate they tried “working” with the government. “The grain producers were willing to exchange their grain only for the greatest possible part of those goods which were still in the country; this would have injured the state, the working class and the poor villagers (Revolution?).” The bourgeoisie didn’t care about the other people, all they cared about was the fact that they weren’t rich anymore. The bourgeoisie couldn’t …show more content…
“[Mollie] represents upper-class people, the bourgeoisie, who fled from the U.S.S.R. after the Russian Revolution. Likewise, she quickly leaves for another farm and is not mentioned for the rest of the story (Animal).” Mollie was a horse who liked sugar cubes and ribbons in her mane and she didn’t want to give that up when the animals took over the farm. Just like her, the bourgeoisie didn’t want to give up their luxurious