rest of the world for decades to come. Vladimir Lenin – Russian Revolutionary Prologue Vladimir Lenin was a Bolshevik Leader for the 1917 October Revolution‚ and the first Head of State for the Soviet Union. His contribution to political science‚ Leninism‚ was developed from his interpretations on the Marxist theory. After the revolution‚ Lenin headed the new Soviet government that formed in Russia. He became the leader of the USSR upon its founding in 1922. Lenin held the highest post
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Bolsheviks. He became a close friend of Lenin and a leader in the October revolution. Trotsky became a military leader during the Civil War and his ruthless leadership of the Red Army enabled them to be victorious. The headquarters of the Red Army was a train from which Trotsky issued orders. Trotsky lived on this train for two and a half years during which he travelled 160 000 kilometres. Stalin played a very small part in the Bolshevik Revolution and was given a number of seemingly unimportant posts in
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To what extent do you consider that the First World War was a key turning point in the development of modern Russia in the years 1856-1964? In 1964 Russia was seen as a leading superpower which dominated Eastern Europe. However this is a vastly different image than the inherently backward country that Russia was deemed to be one hundred years earlier. The most crucial turning point in the modernisation of Russia was the abdication of the Tsar in 1917 and the rise of the Bolshevik party which followed
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The Kronstdat rebellion holds tremendous significance in the shaping of Russia‚ it was the first attempt by the people to achieve a social revolution for themselves as Voline states "the first entirely independent attempt of the people to liberate itself from all yokes and achieve the Social Revolution‚ an attempt made directly‚ resolutely‚ and boldly by the working masses themselves without political shepherds‚ without leaders or tutors."(1)‚ furthermore the the rebellion also highlighted the failure
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aesthetic approaches‚ and technical aspects of Soviet Montage cinema and how the social and economic turbulence related to the innovative characteristics of French New Wave. The Bolsheviks realized that force alone could not lead to the victory of revolution. The
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Bolsheviks into power after the October revolution. However‚ they weren’t exactly what the people expected‚ nor did the Bolsheviks expect the response they got from the people. This essay aims to discuss the extent of the Bolsheviks keeping their promises. Lenin stuck to many of his promises‚ which he had made before and during the revolution. One of the Bolshevik ideals is that there will be work for everyone‚ and fairer working conditions. After the revolution‚ Lenin made several changes to industrial
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IB1 History 18 March 2013 “Left Wing single party states achieve power as the result of a revolutionary process against tradition.” Does this adequately explain how any one single party state that you have studied acquired power? In 1917‚ a revolution took place in Russia that overthrew the traditional Tsarist regime and brought a single party state‚ the Bolshevik Party‚ into power. The Bolshevik party harnessed the revolutionary spirit from the overthrow of the Tsarist regime in order to overthrow
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3Leon Trotsky Research Paper http://hsc.csu.edu.au/modern_history/personalities/trotsky/3279/trotsky_index.htm Chapter 1 What three things do you find most difficult about individual research tasks? Finding useful/ correct Information Keeping up with work load Sourcing information What three things do you find easiest Quoting Research Falling behind on work load 1. Explain why the Bronstein’s decision to move to Yanova was so unusual At the time farming was unfamiliar livelihood for Russian
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How far was the Provisional Government responsible for its own downfall? In the light of this question‚ it is somewhat plausible to put forward the thesis that the Provisional Government ‚ quite extensively‚ was responsible for its own downfall due to its internal failings with the party and incompetence that hold it solely to blame. However‚ one could counter argue this argument this by saying that it was the Bolsheviks strengths‚ strategies to manipulate events to their advantage and heightened
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Joseph Stalin was the leader of Soviet Russia from the mid-1920s to his death in 1953. Though Hitler and Stalin never met or even spoke on the telephone‚ their lives and fates were inextricably linked. Though each loathed and feared the other‚ there was much Hitler and Stalin had in common. Both were born into humble backgrounds‚ their early lives shaped by destitution and impoverishment. As young men‚ both were drawn to radical political movements. Both became revolutionaries and unlikely national
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