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Divided Into Four U S Air
1,623 words
On June 26, 1948 the largest airlift began as the
American and British forces began the Berlin
Airlift. To understand how the airlift came to be,
we have to look all the way back to the Yalta
Conference. The Yalta Conference began in February
1945 in which the three superpowers, America,
Russia and Britain, met to discuss the future of
post war Europe. America and Russia were emerging
as the two superpowers, and their deteriorating
relationship would soon lead to many problems that
would develop...
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Soviet Union Stalin One
267 words
Joseph Stalin Stalin was a dictator of the U. S.
S. R from 1929 until 1953. He rose from bitter
poverty to become ruler of the country that
covered one sixth of all the land area in the
world. Stalin ruled by terror for most of his
years in office. He didn't allow anybody to say
anything about his ideas. Stalin killed all that
had helped him rise to power because he thought
they would threaten his rules. Stalin was
responsible for millions of deaths of Soviet
peasants who discarded with his prog...
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Kim Il Sung Truman Doctrine
945 words
While both North and South Koreans may have
thought they were fighting against each other in a
civil war to re-unite all of Korea under a single
government and ideology, the Korean War was in
fact dominated by the influential power of the
USSR and to a lesser extent the Unites States. The
Korean War or episode as part of the more
substantial Cold War, was in fact a front used by
the USA and the USSR to oppose each other without
causing a direct confrontation which would have
lead to MAD (Mutuall...
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Four Legs Good Two Legs Animal Farm
1,121 words
... t this point, the threatened and enraged
Napoleon (Stalin), unleashes his secret weapon.
Nine vicious dogs that he had taken from dogs
Jessie and Bluebell upon their birth claiming he
personally would educate them. However, he
viciously trained these dogs to be unwavering in
killing and loyal to him. Furthermore, the dogs
rushed right at their designated enemy, Snowball.
They chased Snowball off of the farm and he would
never be heard from again but would still be an
important character. All...
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Mao Tse Tung Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1,366 words
The history of the 20 th century can be defined by
the biographies of six men: Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Vladimir Lenin,
Adolf Hitler, Mao Tse Tung, and Josef Stalin. Each
of these men had a lasting significant involvement
in world affairs. This essay will focus on the
significance each individual had on the ideologies
of Democracy and Totalitarianism. Four of the six
individuals were leaders of a totalitarianistic
state, and three of these led a communist country.
Also four ...
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Soviet Union Expansionism In The Cold War
807 words
What specific actions of the Soviet Union had when
expressing expansionism and threats to stability?
Write in defense of the Soviet Union. The Cold War
dominated world politics or needed to dominate
world attention of what it was about and such a
large event it was being a global phenomenon which
was difficult for reaching agreements. In fact,
interpretations as to the origins of the Cold War
are dominated by three schools of thought.
Traditionalist, Revisionist and Post-revisionist.
While the T...
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Russian Literature Of Anna Akhmatova
875 words
During Joseph Stalin's rule in Russia, many voices
were silenced. If there was a piece of literature,
news, or other such document that Stalin did not
view appropriate to publish, it was not published.
Stalin ran a totalitarian government in which he
oversaw all public affairs. Since he had final say
as to what the public was exposed to, nothing
negative regarding him was published. Stalin also
imprisoned many people for speaking out against
him. He also sentenced several millions to death.
One ...
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Greece And Turkey Spread Of Communism
1,688 words
The Cold War, which lasted from the mid- 1940 s
until the end of the 1980 s, was a battle for
longevity amid democratic and communistic
governments. After WWII the western powers
attempted to curtail the spread of communism but
faced fierce opposition from Eastern Europe which
sought to prevent the expansion of democracy. The
origins of the Cold War can be traced through the
motives of the US and USSR, containment policy,
and the division of Germany. Americas emergence as
a world power was a sal...
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Events That Took Place Czar Nicholas
784 words
The USA adaptation of the classic work Animal farm
was entertaining and historically representative.
The characters in the movie were all representing
key elements in the Russian Revolution from start
to end. The owner of the farm Mr. Jones is Czar
Nicholas II who was the Czar of Russia before the
revolution. Nicholas was a very poor leader, and
was cruel to opponents much like Mr. Jones dealt
with things. Old Major was representative of Karl
Marx. Old Major taught the animals Animalism just
as ...
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Tele Screen Secret Police
1,044 words
... ending well back... being able to remain
outside the range of the tele screen" trying to
avoid being seen writing in the diary even though
"nothing was illegal since there were no longer
any laws." Winston thinks about how dangerous it
is to allow your thoughts to wander when you are
in public or facing the tele screen. Your facial
expressions are watched closely and the wrong
expression can have dire consequences. For
example, looking disbelieving when a victory is
announced would be face c...
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Comparison Of Russian Films On The Stalin Period
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Comparison of Russian films on the Stalin period.
(1) The movie Burnt by the Sun was released in
1994. Films director Nikita Mikhalkov is known
throughout the Russia for his active political
stance, as well as for his artistic work. Burnt by
the Sun takes place in a rural Russia in 1936,
where revolutionary hero Sergei Kotov (played by
Mikhalkov himself) spends some leisurely time with
his family. Their idyllic existence is interrupted
by a stranger, who is later revealed as Dimitri an
old frien...
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Centrally Planned Soviet Union
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The Centrally Planned Economy in the former Soviet
Union Introduction In October of 1917, the world
saw Lenin and the Bolsheviks take power in Russia,
Lenin did not however have exact economic plans
for Russia since Marx never provided a blueprint
for a communist state and its economy. Marx saw
society progress naturally through various stages
of development (i. e. primitive society, slavery,
feudalism, capitalism, socialism and eventually
communism). Marx essentially provided a critique
of capi...
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Spread Of Communism Warsaw Pact
1,309 words
During the period of the Cold War, the world s two
superpowers, America and the Soviet Union,
exploited every aspect of national life and policy
in their countries for purposes of propaganda. The
Cold War was a war fought with propaganda and
economic weapons, stopping short of military
confrontation, as between the USA and the USSR
after 1945. After World War II Stalin achieved
domination over many of the countries of Eastern
Europe in late 1945 creating a huge communist bloc
including Poland, R...
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Upper Saddle River Nj Prentice Saddle River Nj Prentice Hall
2,036 words
The conflict in ideologies between capitalism and
communism resulted in one of the greatest
conflicts of the twentieth century. The belief
that freedom and democracy would die under
communist rule caused the United States to start a
conflict that would last for decades. The
decisions made by the United States in W. W. II
caused tensions to rise between the U. S. and the
Soviet Union. Fear of Communism in capitalist
nations, caused the United states government to
use propaganda to raise Cold War ...
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Czar Nicholas Ii Animal Shall Drink
1,301 words
The purpose of the Russian Revolution was to fix
problems from Czar Nicholas II. The purpose of the
Animal Farm Revolution was to make life better for
all the animals. However, both revolutions made
life worse afterwards. All of the characters in
Animal Farm have counterparts in real life. This
book was based on the Russian Revolution, and all
the important populace of the revolution are
symbolized. Some of the animals represent
individuals in the Russian Revolution, and some
types of animals re...
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Soviet Communist Party World War Ii
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Communism in the USSR was doomed from the onset.
Communism was condemned due to lack of support
from other nations, condemned due to corruption
within its leadership, condemned due to the moral
weakness of humanity, making what is perfect on
paper, ineffective in the real world. The end of
this system was very violent. It left one of the
two most powerful nations in the world fearful of
what was to come. Communism can either be called a
concept or system of society. In a society that
follows the...
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Work Outside The Home Secret Police
892 words
Stalin: Did His Rule Benefit Russian Society
Stalin: Did His Rule Benefit Russian Society And
The Russian People? Another change under Stalin
was that there was an equality of rights for
women. They were urged to work outside the home
and to liberate themselves sexually. Divorces and
abortions were also made very easy. Young women
were constantly told that they should be fully
equal to men, that they could and should do
anything men could do... (McKay 932). Most women
had to work outside the hom...
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Joseph Stalin Supporters People
261 words
No man more fully epitomized this era than Joseph
Stalin did. As political, economic, and social
leader, Joseph Stalin has emotionally, physically,
psychologically, politically, economically, and
socially affected Russia even to this day. Imagine
yourself in the midst of the end of WWII, out in
the streets of Stalingrad where Joseph Stalin will
be parading. The masses of people seem to continue
in all directions like a vast ocean of supporters
for him. As he comes down the street your ears are
o...
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Stalin Rule Russia Stalin Organized Policy
410 words
Stalinism. To mention this term, this policy, is
to evoke panic and fright in almost all Russians.
Stalin rose to become the dictator of Russia in
1929, and remained in that position until 1953. He
morphed the Soviet Union from what was once one of
the worlds most underdeveloped countries to one of
the greatest in industrialization. Socialism in
one country was his policy, and it quickly became
a ubiquitous law. Stalin ruled his country with
fear and an atmosphere of terror was constantly
presen...
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Josef Stalin Frederick Engels
778 words
The Communist Manifesto is a book that was written
by Karl Marx, and Frederick Engels, in 1847. This
book was a collection of theories, compounded by
these two men. Their work outlined the basis for a
society, based on collectivism and equality. These
ideals, and theories flourished into those of the
Bolshevik revolution, and into those ideals of the
communist leaders, i. e. Vladimir Lenin, and Josef
Stalin. These men s work, in theory, to some, were
amazing ideas. However, in works, these plans...
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