What would have happened if the Anarchists were in power in Russia instead of the Communists during the?

Question

Cold War?

How would have that changed things?

Please educate yourself before answering the question. Anarchy does have a history and it is quit interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism

Anarchy is a form of goverment, just one ran by the people, not by a few who happen to have a monopoly on violence.

Answer 1

There are not many historical examples of Anarchists in power - so you will find some of the answers here ignorant of the facts. The Anarchists in Russia did have a history - but they never had the numbers. See the Kronstadt Uprising for some insight into how even the organised and armed Anarchists in Russia were defeated by the Red Army. Also, see the history of the Anarchist Nestor Makhno in the Ukraine.

Another good example, is the CNT (CNT-FAI) in Spain, during the Spanish Civil War. The Anarchists shared power with the Spanish Socialists and Communists, but were ultimately defeated by the authoritarians - both left and right.

I imagine the Anarchists in Russia would have had a similar fate to those in Spain, had they assumed any form of power.

Answer 2

Anarchists are never in power. Anarchism is a belief in the absolute absence of government. One of the more famous anarchists, Emma Goldman, was deported from the U.S. to the Soviet-Finnish border in 1919. She spent some time in Soviet Russia, told Lenin and Trotsky they were frauds and left for life in England.

Answer 3

As anarchy would left no government in Russia, the empire would have fallen apart, much like when the Soviet Union dissolved. Something, like the Bolshevics would have seized power in the vacuum.

If there had been no strong Russian/Soviet nation, nothing would have stopped Nazi Germany from seizing the oil fields in the Caucasus, fueling their military against Great Britain. So maybe the Cold War would have been between the United States and Nazi Germany.