The impact of Soviet Russian ideology and society on the thought of some Vietnamese intellectuals in the early 20th century

Abstract

The article analyzes the context and main characteristics of Soviet Russian ideology and society in the early 20th century; the introduction of Soviet Russian ideology to Vietnam and its impacts on Vietnamese intellectuals in the early 20th century. Due to the characteristics of Vietnam as a colonial, semi-feudal Eastern country, the reception and application of Western and Russian ideology was quite difficult and slow, but some Vietnamese intellectuals in the early 20th century successfully assimilated it; their perceptions and actions were valuable to the development of Vietnamese revolutionary theoretical thinking and practice.