member to the Bolshevik party. Stalin‚ born in Georgia‚ and educated at Tiflis Theological College until he was expelled in 1899 for his revolutionary ideas‚ had joined Lenin ’s party as early as 1903 and thus was one of the Old Guard among Bolsheviks. To begin with‚ Stalin was one of Lenin’s favourites‚ and in 1912‚ Lenin‚ appointed him to serve on the first Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party. (SparkNotes‚ 27/2/13) Stalin worked his way up the political ranks of the communist Bolshevik Party‚ gaining
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Russia The role of WWI in the fall of the tsarist regime Focus questions How stable was the social basis of tsarist rule? Why was the government unable to meet the challenges emerging in the first decade and a half century? How important were the Bolsheviks before 1917? What effect did WWI have on the tsarist government? The paradox The last years of imperial Russia were characterized by a paradox. Externally‚ Russia appeared very strong. There had been substantial growth economically and her military
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(Zinoviev‚ Kamenev and Trotsky)‚ and finally the right deviation (Bukharin). Stalin gained power due to a number of factors‚ particularly his position as General Secretary of the party‚ along with his other roles‚ but also through errors made by the Bolsheviks‚ most notably their underestimation and dismissal of Stalin. However‚ his position as General Secretary gave Stalin such tight control over the party machine that‚ although the failure to publish Lenin’s testament and general underestimation of
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of farms which fueled the work force. The autocracy of Russia’s past is now gone and communism is in its place. The Bolshevik party which gained control of Russia was of the Marxist party. The leaders of the then Soviet Union used these beliefs to rule the nation. One leader in particular had an interesting role in the whole revolution.
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fought as one of the Allies until December 1917‚ when its new Bolshevik Government withdrew from the war. The Bolshevik decision to repudiate Russia’s outstanding financial debts to the Allies and to publish the texts of secret agreements between the Allies concerning the postwar period angered the Allies”(Milestones:1914-1920). To clarify‚ though Russia was part of the Allies in the beginning‚ this nation angered the Allies when the Bolshevik removed themselves from the war. Finally‚ the U.S. signed
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|Foundation of Socialist Revolutionary Party (SR). | |1903 |Second Congress of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Beginning of split between Bolsheviks and | | |Mensheviks. | |1904–5 |Russo-Japanese War; Russia loses war.
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land policy made them popular – peasants LSR- argues policy ignored industrial workers RSR- argued policy was unworkable in current conditions. Social democrats The Social Democratic party was a Marxist party The SD split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks Industrial Workers Plekhanov – promoted the idea of proletarian revolution- leader of SD. Members soon became impatient with Plekhanov because they wanted active revolutionary programme. The spokesman for this viewpoint was Lenin
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He worked tirelessly to achieve this goal. The Bolshevik Revolution occurred in 1917‚ when Lenin’s political party‚ the Bolsheviks‚ took over the provisional government. Lenin demanded that all Russian farmland be distributed equally among the peasants‚ and control of factories be handed over to the workers. All of this change led to conflicts throughout Russia and the creation of “The White Army” which was made up of citizens who opposed the Bolsheviks who associated with the color red‚ and were called
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Red Scare The Red Scare of 1919 was the first of two major periods in American History when fear of radicalism culminated in the persecution and deportation of Americans thought to be radicals (communists‚ anarchists‚ or socialists). An unprecedented event‚ the Red Scare of 1919 exhibits how popular suppression and fear of radicalism can have disastrous consequences. The causes of the Red Scare are numerous and varied‚ however‚ one of the most important factors that contributed to the scare was
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Russian and Chinese Revolutionary movements The Russian and Chinese Communist Revolutions were both revolutions that occurred at the end of world wars‚ although they did not occur at the same time. Due to the world wars‚ both Russia and China faced the consequences‚ which eventually led to the revolutions. Both Russian and Chinese revolutions share many similarities‚ but also share many differences. Russia had faced two revolutions in the year 1917‚ which eventually led to the formation of the
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