Explain how the Economic Policies of Lenin changed 1918-1924 8 marks Lenin changed his economic policies during the Civil War to introduce communism and to ensure he stayed in power. He enforced these changes using terror from the Cheka and Red Guard Lenin centralized the government because of the civil war as it meant that only one man was approving all orders from the army which made them more efficient. He centralized the economy to Moscow and introduced Gosplan‚ which was the central planning
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Snowball vs. Napoleon We are first introduced to Snowball after the pigs take charge of spreading Old Major’s message on the farm. We learn‚ “Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon‚ quicker in speech and more inventive‚ but was not considered to have the same depth of character” (2.2). It is hard to know exactly what the narrator means by “depth of character.” If he means anything like moral character‚ then it becomes clear‚ as the story goes on‚ that Snowball is no more lacking than Napoleon
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The causes of World War I The causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in July 1914‚ included many intertwined factors‚ such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. However‚ the immediate origins of the war lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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How far was the First World War the main cause of the fall of the Romanovs in February 1917? It could be argued that the First World War‚ which began in 1914 was the main reason for the fall of Tsarism in February 1917. However‚ there is more evidence to suggest that it was not in fact the war that lead to the downfall of the Tsar‚ but other factors such as the lack of effective leadership by the Tsar and the fact that the Duma‚ his appointed government‚ had little power to make change. One
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Joseph Stalin dominated the soviet scene to a degree unequaled in the United States by Truman or even Roosevelt. Stalin was born in the Russian empire’s southern province of Georgia in 1879. He began studying for the priesthood but was thrown out of seminary for revolutionary activity and some believe because of laziness. After the 1917 Bolshevik revolution he climbed to prominence in the new ruling communist party thanks to his administrative skills and adroit political maneuvering and building
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“An analysis of the effects of collectivisation on the USSR” Contents page Abstract.......................................................................Page 2-3 Introduction..................................................................Page 4-7 Investigation................................................................Page 8-15 Conclusion...................................................................Page 16-17 Bibliography:....................................................
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Animal Farm Animal Farm is an allegory because of the similar characters‚ situations‚ and events based upon the Soviet Union. Animal Farm summarizes Communist Russia in a story about animals on a farm. George Orwell creates a novel using animals to represent the totalitarian regime in Russia from 1920-1953. George Orwell uses many events from the totalitarian regime in Russia for his novel Animal Farm. The context is the only difference. Before the Russian Revolution‚ Karl Marx created communism
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Question: "Ralph’s survival is purely accidental. What lord of the flies show’s us is that in the end‚ the violent and the selfish will always overcome the peaceful and the selfless." How far do you agree with this point of view of the novel? In the lord of the flies‚ by William Golding‚ a group of boys are left in an island all by themselves are to build a democratic society in order for themselves to live peacefully‚ but things don’t go according to plan and they make their own rules and eventually
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Explain why the tsarist regime was able to survive the 1905 revolution but was overthrown in February/March 1917. The tsarist regime was able to survive the 1905 revolution and was overthrown in February/march 1917 because even though it was big step for the 1017 revolution in Russia‚ it also made Nicholas II fall or step back down because people made him since the government was inefficient and Tsar insisted on reading every decree personally‚ so important decisions were often delayed for months
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#2 - “There were two revolutions in Russia because of the weakness of the Provisional Government.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? I agree with this statement to a large extent‚ as the revolutions were directly caused by the weak provisional government. The provisional government‚ created after the first revolution‚ directly caused the second revolution of 1917. Therefore this statement is true as the provisional government had no authority‚ its reforms were useless and caused adverse
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