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Rise To Power Rank And File
1,779 wordsThere are different interpretations of how and why Stalin was able to gain power, either concentrating on his own actions and abilities, or the situation at the time and the failure of his opponents. It would appear that the success of Stalin was due to both his own strengths and actions in the political arena and the weaknesses displayed by his opponents, in relation to the prevailing circumstances of the time. Stalin was, by opportunism or careful planning, able to gain control of the party ma...
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The Soviet German War
1,925 wordsThe Soviet-German War is the most brutal episode of the most vicious war that mankind has ever seen (Clark 1). During the Great Patriotic War, as Joseph Stalin coins it, the Soviet Union emerges through pure tenacity as one of the worlds great superpowers. Although Stalin and the USSR emerge victorious, the sacrifices made are enormous (Clark 446). Estimates show between 20 - 25 million Soviets die from 1941 - 1945. Only 7 - 8 million Germans die during this same period (Encarta). Many of these ...
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Karl Marx Communist Revolution
569 wordsKarl Marx's theories on Communism had a major role in the influence of diplomacy and world politics. He believed and spoke that Communism was the third part of a continuum that started with Feudalism, then onto Capitalism, and finally ended with Communism. The major ideas of Karl Marx's theories were made up of a Central Government, which owns all, and controls each persons daily life. In a Marxist State there are no personal items and his objective of his theory was to help the Proletariat grow...
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Treaty Of Versailles Communist Revolution
1,831 words... 18, near the end of World War I, forces from the United States, France, and Britain gathered in Russia to "expand the eastern front" against the Germans (p. 84). The purpose of these interventions at first was to use Russian soil to win World War I, not to support either side of an ideological civil war that had just begun and was occurring simultaneously (p. 84). Before Russia made several questionable decisions in World War I, the ideology behind the Bolshevik regime was not challenged hea...
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Lenin's
843 wordsTense with expectation, the founder of Russian communism returned from exile to St. Petersburg on April 16, 1917, in a sealed railroad car supplied by his countrys age-old enemy, Germany. The homeland, to which he returned, was ravaged by war and starvation. Near collapse and anarchy, Russia was primed for Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's impassioned message: The people need peace, the people need bread, the people need land. We must fight for the social revolution! For the next seven years, Lenin gave h...
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Five Year Plans First World War
2,305 wordsBolshevik revolution The Bolshevik revolution occurred in November of 1917, its aim was to create a workers paradise and a dictatorship of the proletariat. By 1930, the Bolsheviks had imposed a totalitarian rule over Russia. This period can be divided into two distinct eras. Firstly, there was the period from 1917 - 1924, which included the decision to seize power, the civil war and a consolidation of power under the new economic policy. The second period occurred after Lenin's death, where oppo...
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Communist Regime Stalin
6,302 wordsCommunism is like Prohibition it? s a good idea but it won? t work? (Will Rogers, 192 This essay will give a brief introduction to communism. It will then discuss the various factors which combined to bring about the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. It will examine each of these factors and evaluate the effect of each. Finally it will attempt to ascertain whether Rogers? opinion (see above quotation) on Communism is true, that is, whether communism was truly doomed to fail from the start...
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Nineteen Eighty Four Orwell
2,673 wordsCommunism Through The Eyes of George Orwell Throughout history, writers have written about many different subjects based on their personal experiences. George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair. He is one of the most famous political satirists of the twentieth century. He was born in Bengal, India in 1903 to an English Civil Servant and died in 1950. He attended Eton from 1917 to 1921, and served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927 before moving to Europe. Two of his mo...
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20 Th Century Mao Zedong
2,862 wordsThe two totalitarian states that can be most obviously compared in terms of similarities and differences are China and Russia. ? During the course of this essay I will attempt to compare and contrast the individual contributory factors that led to the setting up of these Communist states. ? Perhaps the most important similarity between the two revolutions is the ideology, Marxism, on which they claimed to be based. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Karl Marx was a German revolutionary who came up with a the...
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Economic And Social War Communism
780 wordsLenin and Problems After the October Revolution What were the problems facing Lenin after the October Revolution and how successfully did he deal with them? The initial difficulties faced by the new Soviet Union were so severe that its survival seemed almost miraculous? . The remains of the czarist regime left Lenin to face a country wrought with war, devastated economically. Russias involvement in World War I, followed by its Civil War, wide spread famine and a change in political and social id...
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2,948 words(1879 - 1940) Leon Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940) Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Bronstein) is one of the most contradictory characters in the history of Russian and international revolution movement-he was well known as a loyal leader of the masses and the Party, but on the other hand, his own ambitions often conflicted with interests of the Party members and other Communist leaders. Trotsky was born in 1879. His real name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein. His father was a well-to-do Jewish farm...
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Five Year Plans Stalin
3,030 wordsJoanne Hawkins May 18 th 1998 HISTORY To what extent can the consolidation phase of the revolution (1923 - 1939) be called a revolution from above? Stalin? s rise to power and the subsequent introduction of his new industrially based Five Year economic plans in 1928 can be defined as a revolution from above. During the consolidation period between 1923 and 1939, he successfully industrialised Russia to such an extent that he had taken the nation from a backward, essentially peasant based society...
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Declaration Of Independence Machiavelli
1,528 wordsPolitical thought is only a surrogate or substitute for more genuine political action. This is one theory that has sparked much thought and when examined it may be seen quite differently. For one, an argument can be made that indeed this political thought may substitute political action. On the other hand, political thought can serve as a great inspiration or spark political action. Thirdly, political thought may not have anything to do with more genuine political action but instead it may be pu...
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Russian Social Democratic Social Democratic Party
2,045 wordsStalin and Trotsky: Patrons of world domination One of the most well known countries in the world is Russia. Since the Paleolithic Period, Russia has faced misfortune and difficulties through its brutal leaders. Every change that has made this country more inclusive has been won with toil, tears, and blood. The year of 1879 was the beginning of another great new chapter (Flachmann p. 357) in Russias history. It was the year two patrons of world domination were born. These patrons were Joseph Sta...
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Five Year Plan Stalin Wanted
699 wordsStalin as a continuation of Lenin Communism is like a mining town. The government owns the people. They are forced to buy government food, work for the government, and follow what the government says, or else. No one can escape because their paychecks come from the same people they pay, causing them to did themselves deeper and deeper into debt. And they are forced to breath the cancerous air, just as the Russians were forced to endure the terror. Russia experienced communism in a horrible way: ...
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Lenin Soviet Union
1,256 wordsJoseph Stalin lived from 1879 till 1953. Stalin was one of the most ruthless communist dictators of all time. After Lenin? s death, Stalin pushed his way to the top and was set out to make the Soviet Union into an industrial power. In 1928, Stalin proposed the Five Year Plans, which were to build heavy industry, transportation, and an increase in farm production. This initial attempt to industrialize the country was generally successful, but collectivization was extremely unpopular and was resis...
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Stalin Lenin
3,904 wordsDo these sources give similar or different impressions of Stalin? These sources give different impressions of Stalin, however there are some similarities. Source A is a cartoon published in Paris in the 1930? s. It shows Stalin and the results of his policies according to the artist. The cartoon features Stalin showing three pyramids of skulls as if he was a tour guide. The caption under reads, ? Visit L? URSS ses pyramids! ? This translates to, ? Visit the pyramids of the USSR! ? This source is...
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Five Year Plan Joseph Stalin
2,545 wordsAs V. I. Lenin, the powerful leader of the Russian people, lay isolated and incapacitated after his first stroke, he warned of the dangers of his underling: Comrade Stalin, having become general secretary, has concentrated limitless power in his hands, and I am not sure that he will always manage to use this power with sufficient caution. (Bullock 120) The man who would eventually lead the nation of Russia in a downward spiral, from which it has still not escaped, Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvi...
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Acute Labour Camps
3,907 wordsDepth Study B: Russia 1905 1941 Assignment B: Objective 3 Stalin: Man or Monster? 1) Study Sources A, B and C. Do these sources give similar or different impressions of Stalin? Explain your answer. (6) These sources give different impressions of Stalin, however there are some similarities. Source A is a cartoon published in Paris in the 1930 ´ s. It shows Stalin and the results of his policies according to the artist. The cartoon features Stalin showing three pyramids of skulls as if he wa...
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Josef Stalin Frederick Engels
778 wordsThe 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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