Mr. Wade 28/01/14 How successful was Lenin (1917-1924) in solving the problems he faced? With the October revolution in 1917‚ Lenin managed to execute a successful coup d’état against the provisional government of Russia and with the death of the constituent assembly early 1918; Lenin and his Bolsheviks had finally control over Russia. However this was just the beginning of various problems he would be facing. This raised the debate on whether Lenin could deal with these problems or not.
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Lenin was the “founder of the Russian communist party‚” and also “founder of the organization known as Comintern” (Resis). Lenin created the Soviet Union‚ and he also pulled Russia out of World War One. After Lenin died‚ there was a power struggle in which Stalin came out on top and became the second person to lead the Soviet Union. Under Stalin‚ Russia became
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Bolsheviks took power and Russia’s economy was going to collapse mainly due to involvement in the Civil War and World War One. Lenin implemented War Communism in order that the nationalisation of the whole country could take place. The broad aims of Lenin’s communism were to redistribute wealth among the Russian people and to support the Red Army with artillery and weapons. Lenin did not achieve his goals to establish communism in Russia. The agricultural and industrial sectors in Russian collapsed due
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Assess the role of the Tsar in the fall of the Tsarist Regime. In Russia‚ Tsarism had been the system of government since 1547‚ the country being ruled as an autocracy. For many years the Tsars had been powerful‚ strong and had the qualities needed to be a great leader‚ though in 1917‚ the Tsarist regime came to an end‚ with Nicholas Romanov II as the country’s current monarch. Tsar Nicholas played a great role in the fall of Tsarism; his incompetency and lack of leadership skills lead to downfall
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Tsar’s refusal to make political concessions‚ and that once the concessions were given; the revolution was doomed to failure. The opposition was disorganized and not united in its objectives‚ and that generally the people of Russia still revered the Tsar‚ despite his faults. A notable feature of the revolution is how little a part the revolutionaries actually played. Hardly any of them were either in St Petersburg or Moscow. It could be said that the revolution happened in spite of rather than because
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mass paranoia had caused‚ among many other things‚ what would be known as the Red Scare (****). The Red Scare was the label given to the actions of legislation‚ the race riots‚ and the hatred and persecution of "subversives" and conscientious objectors during that period of time. The purpose of this research is to explore the threat that plagued the United States in its’ time of great panic and anxiety‚ during the “first” Red Scare which lasted between 1919 to 1921. This powerful threat turned out to
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expected‚ there was still a lot of confusion over who would succeed him to lead the USSR. There are a number of reasons to why this occurred but there are still disputes about who Lenin wanted to succeed him and why he didn’t leave someone who he thought would be best for the job in charge of his beloved USSR. Despite Lenin having preferences‚ nobody was aware of these preferences due to his testament not being publically shown – nevertheless‚ Lenin’s testament left no clear indication of whom he wanted
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A Red‚ Red Rose‚ by Robert Burns As I get a chance to get myself into a wonderful poem A Red‚ Red Rose‚ by Robert Burns. This poem is not only unique‚ but the writer is one of the most famous poem writers of all time. A Red‚ Red Rose is one of Burns’s popular and colligated works. Robert Burns is a man of the mainly emotional temper; with passions. Burns has a rhythm and immediacy in verse‚ with concepts of eternal enduring love that appeal and intrigue the hearts and minds of many.
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family‚ primarily Nicholas‚ back to Russia to rule as czar. Devastatingly‚ Lenin and the Bolsheviks had won with their Red Army‚ and my dreams of returning to Russia were crushed once again. Over the years I grew more and more disgusted by Lenin’s success and I felt horribly for the Russian people who had been betrayed by him‚ especially after his signing of the Treaty of Brest Litvosk with Germany. This
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