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Two Revolutions
- Plekhanov believed Russia couldn't skip capitalism and go straight to socialism.
- He argued for two revolutions: first bourgeois-democratic, then socialist.
From Peasant to Proletariat
- Plekhanov, like Marx, saw peasants as non-revolutionary.
- He believed capitalism would transform them into the revolutionary urban proletariat.
Mass Movement vs. Vanguard Party
- Plekhanov disagreed with Tkachev's vanguard party approach.
- He advocated for a mass movement of workers, a true democratic majority.