The revolutions that occurred in Imperial Russia happened in February (old style‚ or Julian calendar) or March (new style‚ or Gregorian calendar) Revolution and The October (old style) or November (new style) Revolution. The February phase begun on March 8‚ 1917 when what initially began as bread and food riots (a common popular response to the sacrifices and privations exacted from the majority of the Russian population) in Saint Petersburg soon escalated into more organized resistance and rebellion
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ending in a guilty verdict‚ and purges - expelling great numbers from the party and arresting people arbitrarily. Lenin (the leader of the Bolsheviks) was very concerned that the brutal thug who had been very useful to the party when they were an underground‚ illegal organization‚ would prove to be a thuggish influence if given government office. Once the Bolsheviks had seized power Stalin was promoted to General Secretary of the Party. Sudetenland is the German name (used in English in the first
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Animalism. He attempts to improve the animal’s lives. He also set up committees to help include the lesser animals in the community. The rift between Napoleon and Snowball mirrors the difference between Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. The
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his popular policies‚ it was not just this that allowed Stalin also because of the mistakes made by other rivals and factors that played into his hands. For example Trotsky was a former menshevik which helped Stalin accuse him of not been a true Bolshevik. There are many reasons that suggest Stalin’s victory in the power struggle was because his popular policies. For example Stalin’s popular policy of Socialism in one country put the needs of the USSR first‚ this was particularly popular because
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away on the grounds that they were standing in the way of history. Politically‚ the Soviet system had many characteristics of totalitarianism even before Stalin had consolidated his rule. Russia had become a one party state within a year of the Bolsheviks seizing power‚ and that party soon grew to have millions of members. With the outbreak of the civil war‚ the Cheka had been given the power
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The French Revolution was a rebellion of the public against their King Louis XVI. France had been one of the most powerful and largest monarchy in Europe at that time. As a result of the French Revolution‚ Louis XVI lost all his authority and was eventually executed. The French Revolution didn’t happen overnight but happened due to a series of events. The Russian Revolution happened much later in history but it’s causes were very similar to the French Revolution. The Russian public was not happy
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Throughout the period of 1856-1964‚ Russia had been involved in 10 major wars‚ all in which had played an integral role in Russia’s development. For both the commissar’s and Tsars these wars had highlighted the economic stagnation prior to the war‚ which allowed a modern Russia to develop that was stimulated by a change from agriculture to industry. However‚ the role of the reforming leaders and popular pressure also played a part in this economic change. Russia’s preparation for World War 2 was
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Muhannah Hossain 3/20/13 Pd. 3 – WH2 The Russian Revolution – 16.3 * Background to Revolution * Russia had no competent military leaders: Czar Nicholas II insisted on taking charge of the armed forces despite his lack of training * Also‚ Russian industry was unable to produce the weapons needed for the army * Between 1914 and 1916‚ two million soldiers were killed‚ and another four to six million wounded or captures. By 1917 the Russians will to fight was gone *
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several countries.” Communism‚ fascism‚ and socialism also play a major role in the post war depression. Communism in Russia started the civil war also known as the communism war. Lenin and Bolshevik ruled from the working class but socialist victory did not bring peace to the land. Opposition to the Bolshevik party now called themselves the Russian Communist party. A civil war broke out between the red terror communist and the opposing whites which also shaped the modern ruling style of Russia. The
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Communism ruled Eastern Europe throughout the mid-20th century. Beginning in the Soviet Union‚ the Bolshevik revolution was arguably the factor that defined Europe during the Second World War as well as the Cold War. The face of Soviet Communism was split between Vladimir Lenin from 1917-1924‚ then succeeded by Joseph Stalin from 1927-1953. Though both dictators were true far-left communists‚ both interpreted the Marxist philosophy differently. Lenin and Stalin had different ideas on how the Soviet
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