Speech With particular reference to the quotation below and the views of at least TWO historians‚ evaluate Trotsky’s role in the Soviet Union in the period 1896-1940. The name “Leon Trotsky” still causes great debate; amongst sympathisers and condemners alike. However‚ his significant role in the establishment of the Bolshevik Communist Government and effective theoretical practices cannot be denied. According to Ronald Aaronson‚ both a critical and sympathetic interpreter of Trotsky‚ his
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Did the Bolshevik Revolution Improve the Lives of the Soviet Women? Introduction This argumentative paper presents clashing views on controversial issues in Western Civilization. The particular issue under consideration is the Bolshevik Revolution. Two authors‚ Richard Stites‚ and Françoise Navailh argue out the issue; Stites argues that the Bolshevik Revolution improved the lives of Soviet women while Navailh’s argument suggests otherwise. In summary‚ Stites attributes women emancipation to the
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Russian Revolution Webquest Go to: www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/russia.html Locate St. Petersburg‚ Stalingrad and Moscow on the map of Russia. St. Petersburg is located south of which famous country triplets? 1. Norway 2. Finland 3. Sweden Moscow is located where in relation to St. Petersburg and Stalingrad? Moscow is in between St. Petersburg and Stalingrad Go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tsar Read the definition of tsar specifically for Russia and summarize it
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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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forces was one of Stalin’s ways of instilling terror into the Soviet people‚ by it creating a sense of fear and uncertainty. During this time‚ Stalin had 35‚000 Soviet soldiers arrested‚ exiled or executed – over 50% of them were officers. All 11 war commissars were removed from office‚ 14 out of the 16 army commanders and 91 of the 101-man supreme military council were arrested. Russia’s military was left poorly equipped‚ poorly trained and poorly led‚ effectively leaving the Soviet military ill-prepared
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Parliament of Saints. The Instruments of Government failed within eighteen months. He alternately enfranchised and disenfranchised various groups. He never found a calm solution to government and finally ruled despotically through his clutch of political commissars‚ the Major Generals. Finally‚ like Caesar‚ he was presented the Crown. Like Caesar‚ he first rejected‚ and then accepted it‚ but Oliver became the Lord Protector. His Protectorate hardly
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History C code 26/1/13 Education under a Stalinist Regime Education is a force to be reckoned with in terms of making or breaking a country‚ especially a powerful country‚ like Russia. After Vladimir Lenin‚ Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union‚ died in1924‚ there were many challenges to succession by the party members‚ namely Leon Trotsky‚ Grigory Zinoviev‚ Lev Kamenev‚ and Josef Stalin. Josef Stalin was not seen as a threat‚ as a result‚ the other 3 politicians did
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“TOTAL WAR”: CIVILIANS AS CASUALTIES AND CIVILIANS AS LABORERS BY TROY RECTOR IUPUI HIST-B425 SECOND WORLD WAR DR. KEVIN CRAMER JUNE 15TH‚ 2012 Introduction and thesis The concept of “total war” can be seen throughout history in various forms. Some countries used the tactic of targeting of civilians in order to lower morale and support for war. Some countries in the past mobilized their economies and population in order to support the war effort. It wasn’t until World War II did
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How similar was the use of terror and its effectiveness under Tsar Nicholas II and Lenin? Fundamentally‚ terror and associated organisations were used a form to gain and maintain control in both the Tsarist and Soviet regimes. These groups were crucial to ensuring that political and social unrest was kept to a minimum level. The formation of the tsarist Okhrana in 1880 was a vital component in continuing the Tsarist regime in the height of its decline in popularity from 1912. Similarly the Cheka
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NAME: ULEBOR ESTHER ISIOMA. PROGRAM: POLITICAL SCIENCE. MATRIC. NO.: 11AI011605. LEVEL: 300. COURSE TITLE: REVOLUTION AND SOCIETY. COURSE CODE: POS324. LECTURER: MR GODWYN AGBUDE. QUESTION: DISCUSS ANY OF THIS REVOLUTION. 1. RUSSIA REVOLUTION. 2. CUBA REVOLUTION. 3. ENGLISH REVOLUTION. INTRODUCTION One of the most significant single events in modern world history is undoubtedly the Russian Revolution of 1917. It cannot be compared to any revolution (preceding or following
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