alleges that the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired‚ displayed and retained a piece of art that was confiscated by the Russian Bolshevik regime from his great-grandfather in 1918. After gaining power in 1917‚ the Bolshevik regime issued decrees nationalizing property‚ and abolishing the private ownership of land and making museums property of the state. The Bolsheviks continued by confiscated artworks for possible sale abroad. In May 1933‚ Stephen C. Clark was a trustee of the Museum bequeathed
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1. Compare the characters and beliefs of Lenin and Stalin Stalin and Lenin were similar to an extent in their character but had many contrasting qualities. Lenin had great leadership skill in running the Bolshevik party‚ he was organised and his never-ending determination and dedication was rivalled by none other‚ however to say that Stalin was not hardworking would be incorrect he was calculating and very determined their work ethic and determination were
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sided with the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party in 1903. A disciple of Vladimir Lenin‚ he served in minor party posts and was appointed to the first Bolshevik Central Committee in 1912. He remained active behind the scenes and in exile until the Russian Revolution of 1917 brought the Bolsheviks to power. Having adopted the name Stalin from the Russian war stal‚ meaning steel‚ he served as commissar for nationalities and for state control in the Bolshevik government from
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all property is owned publicly and each person works and is paid according to their abilities. Although both based off a philosophical idea they were widely different and changed history immensely. The Russian Revolution otherwise known as the Bolshevik Revolution‚ was one of the most significant events within its century. The Russian Revolution was a result of World War 1. Russia unable to handle the problems caused
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from the war in Europe. Mexico’s revolution was also led by several people‚ such as Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa‚ while Russia’s Bolshevik revolution was consolidated under just Vladmir Lenin. The reason for this was Mexico’s political disunions; Zapata and Villa both opposed the corrupt president Porfirio Diaz‚ but their aims were not the same. Russia’s Bolshevik party under Lenin did not hold a majority but were not opposed by any other leaders as powerful as
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radical socialists were called the Bolsheviks. The socialists called for peace‚ while the provisional government continued to war. Lenin emerged as the leader of the Bolsheviks‚ and in 1917 he went to Russia calling for "peace‚ land and bread." Lenin was a Marxist and wanted to train the working class to become a revolutionary force. On November 7‚ 1917‚ the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government in what is called the October Revolution. In 1918‚ the Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist
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October/November 1917? When Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in March 1917‚ it was entirely possible that the Provisional Government would survive. The Bolsheviks were only a tiny faction in Russian political life. Most of their leaders were in exile‚ and they had virtually no support among the Russian people. Moreover‚ according to orthodox Marxists (including many Bolsheviks)‚ the conditions for a socialist revolution were not evident in Russia. For centuries the Russian government had been essentially a somewhat
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hard for very little pay. The Russian revolution involved the collapse of an empire under tsar Nicholas II the rise of Maxian Socialisim under Lenin and his Bolsheviks. Lenin promised everyone in Russia peace‚ land‚ and bread. A little while the Bolsheviks seized power and took Lenin’s position. Stalin helped hide Lenin while the Bolshevik troops were trying to find him. Trotsky organized the red guards during the Russian revolution. After Vladimir Lenin died‚ Stalin outmaneuvered his rivals
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Hypothesis: That the Bolshevik’s Red Army won the civil war in 1920 due to their central and influential ideologies and due to the lack of ideologies and direction of the Whites. Evaluate this claim. Shortly after the October and February revolutions‚ in 1917‚ Russia burst almost immediately into Civil War. The two parties concerned were the Bolshevik’s Red Army and the opposing White Army. The Civil War raged from the years 1917 to presently after 1920 with the eventual success of the Red Army
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tsarism and the triumph of the Bolsheviks were in no way inevitable‚ after they happened‚ it was inevitable that Stalin would come to power‚ in direct conflict with the revisionist historians (64). b. While some historians believe Trotsky or Bukharim would have inherited the revolution if it had not been “hijacked” by Stalin (64)‚ Pipes points out that there is record of Lenin’s mistrust of them(64). c. Pipes states that “Stalin was the only high-ranking Bolshevik who cared about such matters and
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