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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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World War One Leon Trotsky
873 wordsGeorge Orwell was a great writer; he created a book with many different qualities. Animal Farm is an allegory, fable, and a satire. He made the characters in the novel relate to real people and events in history. Examples such allegory would be Animalism compared with Communism, Snowball compared with Leon Trotsky, and Napoleon compared to Joseph Stalin. Animalism in many ways does symbolize Communism. Animalism for the animals would be a perfect land, no rich, no poor, and everyone is equal. Th...
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Russian Civil War Leon Trotsky
1,290 wordsBolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War of 1918 - 1920 would not have been certain without the strong, determined and intelligent leadership provided by Trotsky and Lenin. The fact that the Bolsheviks were led by two individuals, who combined had tremendous political, social and military skills had a direct result on the outcome of the war. There were other significant contributing factors that led to the Bolshevik victory, in particular their supreme political policies, such as War Communism...
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One Country First Place
835 wordsMost Stalinist's don't seem to think it was a bad idea, but we don't even have to delve into the writings of Trotsky (who made it crystal clear that socialism in one country cannot work! ) to learn that socialism can never be national. As far back in 1848 in the Communist Manifesto Marx and Engels closed with the phrase "workers of the world UNITE" not "workers of Germany UNITE!" or "Workers of India UNITE!" . It is impossible for it to be kept in one nation! Never mind Leon Trotsky (who many St...
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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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Czar Nicholas Ii Five Year Plan
3,641 wordsSymbolism/Interpretation The novel Animal Farm is a satire on the Russian revolution, and therefore full of symbolism. General Orwell associates certain real characters with the characters of the book. Here is a list of the characters and things and their meaning: Mr Jones: Mr. Jones is Orwell's chief (or at least most obvious) villain in Animal Farm. Of course Napoleon is also the major villain, however much more indirectly. Orwell says that at one time Jones was actually a decent master to his...
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Five Year Plan First Five Year
1,934 wordsStalin? s Purges Soviet Terror Stalin? s great purges had a distressing significance during the 1930? s. The purges, in effect, started on December 1, 1934 with the murder of Sergei Kirov, a Leningrad party leader. This act, in fact, helped shut? Russia? s window to the West. ? These great purges brought on ugly results and severely menaced the Soviet Unions power and future. The purges were designed to expunge any threats of political resistance. ? An important aspect of all Soviet Purges has b...
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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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Pain And Suffering Leon Trotsky
2,436 wordsThe work of Frida Kahlo often labeled and defined as feminist art continues to describe and establish what feminist art is. Wife of the well known and highly regarded Diego Rivera, Frida struggled to become an artist in her own right. Her extremely passionate love for and devotion to her husband manifested itself in an unusual manner in their already unconventional and unique marriage. However it is partly this obsession with Diego that helped motivate her own success as a feminist artist. Her p...
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Order To Achieve Central Committee
1,477 wordsStalin's rise to power was a combination of his ability to manipulate situations and the failure of others to prevent him from taking power, especially Leon Trotsky. Trotsky did not take advantage of several opportunities which would have helped him to crush Stalin politically. When he failed to take advantage of these opportunities, Stalin maneuvered himself into a stronger position within the party by allying with Zinoviev and Kamenev. He manipulated them into crushing Trotsky, thus eliminatin...
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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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Brest Litovsk Felt Threatened
2,589 wordsQuestion 1 Stalin and Trotsky led two very different political careers. Before 1917 Trotsky wasn t even a member of the Bolsheviks, siding with the Mensheviks at the 2 nd party congress in 1903 when the Social Democrats splintered into the two smaller parties: Mensheviks and Bolsheviks. Trotsky sided with the Mensheviks more pacifist views towards revolution and general protests. In fact it wasn t until after the March revolution in 1917 when he was in jail (following the July days) that he was ...
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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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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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Russian Social Democratic Communist Party
684 wordsRise to Power Stalin first became interested in politics when as a theology student; he began reading illegal the works of political philosopher Karl Marx. He eventually gave up his religious education to devote his time to the revolutionary movement against the Russian monarchy. After becoming involved in the movement, Stalin joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. When the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party split into the Menshevik and Bolshevik factions, Stalin was drawn to the m...
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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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