first communist government in the world. Lenin lead the Russian Communists to power in November 1917. Strictly this should read Russian Bolsheviks as the party Lenin had joined as a young man split in two in 1903. Those who left the party were few in number and became known as the Mensheviks. The majority stayed with Lenin and they became known as the Bolsheviks which means majority in Russian. Lenin was born in 1870. His family was reasonably well off and Lenin wanted for nothing. At school‚
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Assess the reasons for the 1905 revolution In 1905 the massacre of innocent people during a peaceful protest outside the winter palace in St Petersburg sparked the start of a nationwide revolution. This mass murder of the innocent protestors became known as ‘Bloody Sunday’. During the revolution strikes occurred across the nation involving more than 400‚000 people‚ peasants attacked and raided the homes of their landlords and the Tsar’s uncle‚ the Grand Duke Sergei‚ was assassinated. Although Bloody
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harsh economic measure the Bolsheviks adopted during the civil war. The aims was to put Communism theories into practice by redistributing wealth among the Russian people as well as help with the Civil War by keeping the towns and the Red Army supplied with food and weapons. This policy had both negative and positive impacts. Firstly‚ War Communism brought upon 7 million deaths to the Russian people due to grain requisition during the Civil War organized by the Bolsheviks for their army. This led to
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Between 1861 and 1917‚ Russian society had undergone many changes. It is safe to say that every aspect of that society had been some how modified. These changes led up to the Bolshevik revolution in November of 1917. Given the nature of Russian society‚ was the Bolshevik revolution unavoidable? <br> <br>Among the changes Russian society had undergone‚ one starts off the whole chain of events. This was the emancipation of the serfs‚ in 1861‚ by Czar Alexander. The emancipation freed 44 million peasants
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The provisional government was deposed in early October by the Bolsheviks as a result of the October Revolution. The storming and capitulation of the Winter Palace on the night of the 7th to 8th of November marked the beginning of Soviet rule. Lenin was elected as the Chair of the Council of People’s Commissars by the Russian Congress of Soviets. In April 1917 Lenin published his April Thesis. This document outlined Lenin’s aims for the future: to end the war; to give all power to the Soviet; to
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was an impactful political leader in Russia during the twentieth century. He was a famous figure and left a huge impact on the Russian/Soviet Union Empire for many decades to follow. What he may be known for best‚ Lenin created and brought up the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics along with helping with the introduction of communism. He applied that communism concept to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics government that he was running. As the political leader in the Union
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History Revolutions Exam Notes: RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Emily Spiezia UNIT 3 & 4 2012 Emily Spiezia 12Green 2012 Exam Notes LIFE UNDER TSARISM • "The Russian working class is burdened by a double yoke; it is....... robbed by the capitalists and landlords‚ and to prevent
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this fact: “no Tsar‚ even at the height of radical terrorism…was as well protected as Lenin.”2 This furthers the idea of the Cheka being used as not only to “hunt out the political enemies of the state”3 which would ensure the continuation of the Bolshevik party and their power gains‚ but also as a direct protection of Lenin himself. Terror organisations before‚ such as the Okhrana‚ did have effects on internal political matters‚ but very rarely were directly given the task to guard the Tsar and his
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Dylan Hearn 2nd 9/24/14 Animal Farm 20 Questions Webquest Directions: Please use the suggested links to find answers to each of the questions below. Be sure to paraphrase (not copy) the answers/information you find on the internet. All these questions will have parallels in Animal Farm‚ so be sure to pay careful attention! For questions #1-2‚ please refer to your copy of the novel and to this website http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/opinion/essays/rhodi.html 1. What was George Orwell’s
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social‚ political and economic aspects. There was little infrastructure and industry. The Provisional Government failed to meet the expectations of the workers and peasants‚ and did not function efficiently. Because of the weaknesses‚ Lenin and the Bolsheviks were able to overthrow them easily in October later that year. The Provisional Government did not have the support of the masses. They had not been elected and were comprised of intelligentsia and the middle class. They made some liberal reforms
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