The International is ... The concept, the meaning in history

There are a lot of concepts in history. Not all of them are studied at school or explained in detail in textbooks for a detailed understanding of the object designated by the concept. One such word is the International. Even many adults can not explain what it is and what place it occupies in the history of Russia. In the article we will tell you what it means and what role it played in history.

What is it

The International is an international union of people engaged in production and supporting the idea of a socialist society. Internationale also called the hymn of this movement, i.e. The proletariat and the parties of the Communists.

The International is movement

The first international appeared at the end of the 19th century under the leadership of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, famous representatives of the communist and workers' movement. The total number of internats was 6. All of them were socialist in one way or another and pursued their goal of spreading revolutionary socialist ideas. The principles proclaimed freedom, justice and solidarity.

The Third International (the Comintern - the Communist International) is the largest and most famous. Its leader was VI. Lenin. The active growth of the movement began after the revolution of 1917. He called upon the workers to overthrow the bourgeois capitalist system and implement the ideas of communism. In the 1920s, Communist parties began to emerge and function throughout the world, opposing intervention (the invasion of European countries to intervene in the country's political and economic life).

By the beginning of the Second World War, the main idea was the struggle against fascism. Representatives of the internationals took an active part in the hostilities, became partisans and helped in the fight against fascist Germany.

The International as a hymn

In addition to the Socialist movement, the International is also the anthem of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Communist Parties of other states. The words of the hymn were written by the French poet E.Potier, P. Degeyter composed music.

In the early 20th century the anthem was adopted as a symbol of the international socialist movement. Around the same time, the Russian poet A.Ya. Kotz created the text of the International in his native Russian. In the years 1918-1943. Internationale is an anthem of the USSR. He called on the Russian people to unite against the authorities, because the power humiliates people, makes them slaves, and ordinary people are the main force of the world. The version of the anthem in the USSR was 4, the last existed before the Second World War.