the main factors in enabling Lenin and the Bolsheviks to seize power. Seizure of power appeared more prominently due to the nature of 1917‚ in which the April Theses was published‚ the July Days occurred and the Kornilov Affair‚ which emphasised the weaknesses of the Provisional Government. However‚ it is how the Bolsheviks enabled their power through 1917: through their powerful‚ hard hitting propaganda or through the Provisional Government’s failures. Interpretations [A] and [B] focus more
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1917 Reforms (Church and State) Articles 3 and 130 were heavily anticlerical: the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico was denied recognition as a legal entity; priests were denied various rights and subject to public registration; religious education was forbidden;
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Was Russia’s poor performance in WW1 the main reason for the fall of the Tsar in the February Revolution of 1917? Russia’s poor performance in the war was an extremely important factor because it led to the Tsar becoming more unpopular. At the beginning of the war‚ there was a strong sense of patriotisms in Russia due to the excellent war performance. The decline in Russia’s war performance caused morale in the army and country to decrease. The situation of the war was made worse by the fact that
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was the result of political‚ economic and social conditions from centuries of corrupt tsarist rule.The Russian Revolution of 1917 involved the collapse of an empire under Tsar Nicholas II and the rise of Marxian socialism under Lenin and his Bolsheviks. It sparked the beginning of a new era in Russia that had effects on countries around the world.The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most significant events in the 20th century. It completely changed the government and outlook on life in the
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Ms Fleming 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
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Bolsheviks were persistent in their antagonism toward religion‚ with their atheist ideals‚ they considered religion to be an opium. The revolution of 1917 proposed religious freedom‚ hence the church saw this as an opportunity to liberate itself from state control. A significant moment in the history of Russian‚ and the Russian Orthodox Church‚
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regression‚ reform‚ revolution and eradication. Eradication of a blood line that had remained in rule for over 300 years; the Romanov Dynasty. World War 1 was a crucial and defining factor which led to the collapse of the Romanov Dynasty in February‚ 1917. Without it a revolution would not have happened at this point in time. This is not to say a revolution would not have eventually happened‚ as there were many other contributing factors that sparked the revolution. However‚ what World War 1 essentially
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Why was the Bolshevik take over in October and not earlier? A Bolshevik takeover in early 1917 would not have been practical; there were many events that would have prevented their takeover to be successful. However‚ by late 1917‚ the Bolsheviks success grew‚ leaving them in a position to takeover successfully. A revolution earlier on in 1917 would have been near impossible; the Bolsheviks lacked support. The party was in the minority within the Petrograd Soviet‚ leaving them at a political disadvantage
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battles that took place during the war but the most remembered were the five major battles. Those battles are‚ The Battle of Marne (1914 and 1918)‚ The Battle of Verdun (1916)‚ The Battle of Ypres (1914‚ 1915‚ and 1917)‚ The Battle of the Somme (1916)‚ and The Battle of Cambrai (1917). This paper will explain the pros and cons and major details of each battle. On September 4‚ 1914‚ the rapid advances of the German army through Belgium and northern France caused a major panic in the French army
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World War 1 On Sunday‚ June 28‚ 1914‚ in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia‚ an 18-year-old Serbian named GavriloPrincip‚ shot and killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Duchess Sophie whilethey were driving in an open car. Princip belonged to a sercet terror society‚ called theBlack Hand‚ that wanted to rid Bosnia of Austrian rule and unite it with Serbia. Theassassination led to the first World War. This terrible conflict latsed over 4 years‚ involvedover 30 nations‚ and claimed more than 20‚000‚000 lives
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