novella ‘Animal Farm’‚ which – by depicting the ultimate failure of an ‘animal revolution’ - condemns the absolute power of one group‚ the Bolsheviks‚ and one man‚ Joseph Stalin. Orwell uses an allegorical framework to achieve this; the common animals represent the Russian working classes‚ while the pigs act as the ruling intelligentsia‚ the officials of the Bolshevik revolutionary government. On the eve of the revolution‚ the ageing but stately pig Old
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And they all confessed ... IN 1936‚ TERROR REIGNED in the Soviet Union and Anna Akhmatova wrote: "I have seen faces consumed‚ glimpsed horror under lowered eyelids‚ cheeks etched by pain." Even André Gide observed after his visit to the Soviet Union in 1936: "In my opinion‚ no country today not even in Hitler’s Germany is the spirit more suppressed‚ more timid‚ more servile than in the Soviet Union." Or‚ as brigade commander S. P. Kolosov whose final fate is unknown expressed it in an anything
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The word revolution stems from the Latin “revolver”‚ meaning to “roll back”‚ which refers to a cyclical change. The modern definition of the term was established by the French Revolution of 1789. It therefore signifies a dramatic evolution of the power in place‚ that power being destroyed and renewed‚ on social‚ political‚ economic and cultural scales (Heywood‚ 2000). The Marxist theory of this concept affirms that revolutions are “the inevitable consequence of the structure of society” (Cohan‚ 1975)
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Stalinism in practice was vital in the economic growth of Russia with Industrialisation and Collectivisation which in turn improved social welfare including women’s rights and levels of education. Furthermore‚ Stalinism targeted key aspects of the Bolshevik past and ‘sought to achieve Socialism in a backward country’ (Thomas and McAndrew). However‚ Stalinism had a number of detractors including the enormous human costs of the ‘Great Terror’ as well as the issues associated with Stalin’s industrialisation
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Power is defined as the ability to direct or influence the behaviors of people or the order of events. Power has shown‚ throughout history‚ the positive and negative effects caused by the person or party in control. In Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm‚ power is an essential component to the development of the plot in each of the books. Power is taken by one of two sides and changes the plotline. The question is: Does power negatively influences those who wield it‚ or does power reflect the characteristics
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social system‚ and each nation’s beliefs entirely impacted global issues. The goal of communism was to create a society with no class ranks and to be run by a government to challenge capitalist power. Russia’s political system was changed by the Bolshevik Revolution‚ and the stress of the Cold War was increased by the creation of communism. Fascists like Germany and Italy started World War 2‚ which resulted in devastation. Fascism and communism were not only political enemies but also the cause of
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The direct cause of WW1 was the the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on June 28‚ 1914. Historians felt that a number of factors had to do with the rivalry between the great powers that allowed war to break out. Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ and Nationalism have a role to play in the cause of WW1. Africa and some parts of Asia were points of contention among the european countries. The raw materials these areas could provide‚ caused increasing competition. By 1914‚ Germany had the
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Plekhanov‚ another revolutionary. * 1900: First issue of newspaper “Iskra” published Lenin and Plekhanov. * 1905: Lenin in Finland for a Bolshevik conference‚ where he meets Stalin for the first time. * 1914: Outbreak of World War I (1914-1918); Lenin leaves Poland for Switzerland. * 1917: Lenin‚ helped by Germany‚ returns to Russia and led the Bolsheviks to control of the government (October Revolution) * 1918: Assassination attempt on Lenin by Fanya Kaplan. * 1921: announces New
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Russian Revolution were taken away‚ they still served a step in the direction of equality for women. Also‚ women of the French Revolution made some progress in their desires to be more than a housewife and the property of the man. In contrast‚ the Bolsheviks or “majority” of the Russian Revolution were more active in their effort to gain women’s right than in the French Revolution. Also‚ women’s roles in the Russian Revolution increased as the revolution radicalized. Despite the differences‚ women’s
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Russia 1462-1522 Reign of Ivan III (the great) -annexes many of the surrounding territories 1533-1584 Reign of Ivan the Terrible -First czar of Russia -Conquers Mongol territories and gets Russia a Caspian Sea port 1584-1613 Time of Troubles -anarchy and civil war -Poland invades Russia 1613 Michael Romanov is elected by an assembly of nobles to be tsar -beginning of the Romanov dynasty which ruled Russia until 1917 -brought stability to end the time of troubles -country was
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