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Russian Revolution DBQ:
Despite the human cost, Russia progressed under Communism. Defend or refute.
History:
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917, with the disposition of the Czarist regime, and Nicholas II, and the ascension of the Bolsheviks and the provisional government. With the execution of the Romanov family in July 16, 1918, a new communist approach to government affairs took place, under leaders such as Kerensky and Lenin.
Miron Dolot, Ukrainian author: Excerpt from Execution by Hunger, published June 17, 1987
The year 1932 witnessed the last battle of collectivization: the battle for bread, or to be more specific, for the year of 1932. On the one side was the communist government; on the other, the starving farmer. The government forces resorted to any means in getting as many agricultural products from the countryside as possible, without regard to the consequences. The farmers already on the verge of starvation, desperately tried to keep what food they had left, and in spite, of government efforts to the contrary tried to stay alive.
A. O. Avdienko, Russian author : Excerpt from The Cult of Stalin, published 1925
Centuries will pass, and the generations still to come will regard us as the happiest of mortals, as the most fortunate of men, because we lived in the century of centuries, because we were privileged to see Stalin our inspired leader. Yes and we regard ourselves as the happiest of mortals because we are the contemporaries of a man who never had an equal in history.
Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union: Quotes from Khrushchev's rule
Even now we feel that Stalin was devoted to Communism, he was a Marxist, this cannot and should not be denied….. I once said, 'We will bury you,' and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, : Excerpt from Literature as
Despite the human cost, Russia progressed under Communism. Defend or refute.
History:
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917, with the disposition of the Czarist regime, and Nicholas II, and the ascension of the Bolsheviks and the provisional government. With the execution of the Romanov family in July 16, 1918, a new communist approach to government affairs took place, under leaders such as Kerensky and Lenin.
Miron Dolot, Ukrainian author: Excerpt from Execution by Hunger, published June 17, 1987
The year 1932 witnessed the last battle of collectivization: the battle for bread, or to be more specific, for the year of 1932. On the one side was the communist government; on the other, the starving farmer. The government forces resorted to any means in getting as many agricultural products from the countryside as possible, without regard to the consequences. The farmers already on the verge of starvation, desperately tried to keep what food they had left, and in spite, of government efforts to the contrary tried to stay alive.
A. O. Avdienko, Russian author : Excerpt from The Cult of Stalin, published 1925
Centuries will pass, and the generations still to come will regard us as the happiest of mortals, as the most fortunate of men, because we lived in the century of centuries, because we were privileged to see Stalin our inspired leader. Yes and we regard ourselves as the happiest of mortals because we are the contemporaries of a man who never had an equal in history.
Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union: Quotes from Khrushchev's rule
Even now we feel that Stalin was devoted to Communism, he was a Marxist, this cannot and should not be denied….. I once said, 'We will bury you,' and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, : Excerpt from Literature as