Abstract:

The article analyzes the concept of the dictatorship of the proletariat as one of the most significant provisions of Marxist-Leninist philosophy in the context of its applicability to the existing form of government of the Soviet Republic in Russia. The authors attempt to define the limits of applicability of the term to describe the Russian reality of this period.

Keywords: October revolution., Bolshevism, Marxism-Leninism, dictatorship of the proletariat