> “name the philosophical framework adopted by Communist Russia (since technically this predates the USSR) which was based on the works of Marx Engels and co.”

> “name the philosophical framework adopted by Communist Russia (since technically this predates the USSR) which was based on the works of Marx Engels and co.” Marxism-Leninism? [1] Honestly, Dialectic Materialism[2] can be summarized as "the idea that ideas and real-life influence each other" and Historical Materialism[3] is the thesis that history has been shaped mainly by its material reality. [1]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism [2]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dialectical_materialism https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dialectical_materialism [3]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Historical_materialism https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Historical_materialism