Throughout the short history of the Soviet Union there had been many rulers who led the Soviet Union into a superpower. Lenin and Stalin‚ two of the most controversial dictators of the Soviet Union‚ were those dictators that brought the Soviet Union to that position. Though their social policies were the same‚ the way they ruled the country and their economic policies differed greatly. The aspects of Stalin and Lenin’s rule which made them so similar were that they both rules were similar. They
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Lenin was one of the most powerful leaders in Russia to ever exist. Lenin used attractive ideology‚ the April Theses‚ effective propaganda‚ good leadership skills‚ and the help of others led him to become the leader of Russia. The April Theses laid the basis for the October Revolution which would not have been successful without the leadership of Lenin. The ten points confirmed the inability of capitalism to take society forward and therefore the need to move to the stage of the proletarian revolution
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been spread throughout Italy. A group known as the Brigate Rosse‚ or Red Brigade‚ had developed and left its mark on the Italian political scene. Fear was commonplace as bomb plots‚ kneecappings‚ and assassinations became the norm. As we go through this paper‚ the fascinating yet horrifying story‚ including the history‚ ideology‚ and current activity of the Red Brigade will be told. This paper consists of the history of the Red Brigades as a radical leftist organization and its reputed founder
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The Tsar had made an enemy of his people while simultaneously entangling Russia in a war that they were unequipped to handle. World War 1 appeared to be a complete disaster for Russia in 1917. The Great Retreat of 1915 brought the Austrian-Hungarian Army to Russia’s doorstep and Nicholas II decides to abandon the home front to command the Russian army in the borderlands. This left the unpopular Tsarina in charge of the country contributing to the anger and discontent of the autocracy. 1916 brought
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Nationalism is defined as follows: patriotic feeling‚ principles‚ or efforts. The definition suites the aspect of the Russian people of the time‚ however they felt patriotic towards many separatists‚ not the Tsar. Nicholas II failed to unit his people under one patriotic belt. After riots of Bloody Sunday‚ many citizens became loyal to a man named Gapon. Gapon was a “socialist priest” (Warth 88). Gapon further led to the dis-functionality of Nicholas II in
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Vladimir Lenin once said “Sometimes - history needs a push”. What Lenin is referring to in this quote is revolution‚ which is just what the animals on Mr. Jones’s farm plan to do in belief that animals are superior to humans and should be treated better than slaves to man in George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm. Mr. Jones treats the animals on his farm with little to no respect for their well-being‚ seeming to only care about the income they supply for him. When the idea of taking what they feel is
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the name of the 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
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How far was political opposition to the Tsar divided in their aims and methods‚ 1881-1905? Political opponents of the Tsar were clearly divided in their aims and methods‚ and consequentially may have contributed to the survival of Tsarist Russia. The main parties were the Social democrats (Bolsheviks and Mensheviks)‚ Social Revolutionaries and Liberals (Octobrists and Kadets). Each of these radical parties had their own separate beliefs on what Russia needed and each aimed for some sort of change
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with V.I. Lenin leading them. The Soviet Union (USSR) was later established in 1922 making V.I. Lenin its first leader. Throughout those few year‚ Stalin steadily moved up the party ranks of the Bolshevik Party‚ and later in 1922‚ he gained the role as the secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. This role gave him the ability to appoint his allies and supporters into government jobs and thus grow a foundation of political support. After the death of V.I. Lenin in 1924‚ Joseph
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Tsar Nicholas II ruled over Russia during 1894 until 1914‚ and within two years after he stepped down as Tsar he and his family were murdered in July of 1918 (BBC). Before he became Tsar over Russia his father‚ Alexander III‚ was ruled over Russia from 1881 to 1894 where he died from kidney inflation in November of that year (Britannica). During his rule over Russia‚ he was known as Alexander III the Peacemaker. This is because he did not partake in any major war‚ and because Russia was flourishing
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