and the counter reforms also with Nicholas ll (Okhrana) with bloody Sunday. Under the leadership of Lenin repression and terror persisted with the ‘Red Terror’ campaign (war communism) which consisted of mass arrests and executions ordered by the Bolshevik government and implemented by the Cheka. This idea of control through repression and terror continued in Russia under the leadership of Josef Stalin (OGPU‚ NKVD‚ NKGB‚ MGB). After the death of Stalin‚ Khrushchev implemented a period of ‘de-Stalinisation’
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Evaluate the role of individuals in bringing about the changing influence of the Russian Communist Party 1904-45 The years 1904-45 saw a period of changing influence for the Russian Communist Party (R.C.P) as there were many individuals that played a significant role in gaining social‚ political and economical influence for the party and others that decreased the influence and regressed the party’s influence in Russia. The Tsar (Nicholas II) was responsible for increasing influence for the
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Taking Sides Ch. 10 Both of the historians Richard Stites and Lesley A. Rimmel have views on how the lives of the soviet women were affected after the Bolshevik revolution. Richard Stites argues that the early years of the Bolshevik Revolution helped many working women take the first steps toward emancipation. While reading his argument you see that he uses some key evidence to support his theses. He explains how the church called for a conservative order and how this put more pressure on the
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There were many strains as to being up under Stalin during the modernization periods. There was not only a major change during World War I‚ but this also caused the domestic policies to have a drastic effect. Many nations had unified with Russia during this time of tragedy within their entrance into the war. From what I have learned a source stated that‚ “military reversals and the government’s incompetence soon soured the attitude of much of the population. With German having control of both
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At their height‚ no government imagines its downfall‚ although it is a sad truth when looking back at history. Governments could corrupt as easily as a naïve child‚ and so downfall of even the mightiest governments eventually occurs. Corruption is common in collapsed governments‚ whether it be for monetary reasons‚ or purely bad leaders‚ it occurred on a regular basis with most governments that had collapsed. But some factors of a collapsing government has nothing to do with corruptions‚ but rather
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important factor in Stalin’s supposed success because‚ through the use of Machine Tractor Stations‚ which provided grain and machinery for peasants to use in their work‚ also acting as a proletariat base that was staffed by members of the NKVD‚ Bolshevik party officials and army units‚ as well as agricultural productivity increasing‚ the state also became more successful in collecting grain from the 90% of peasants who worked on them‚ reinstating their control over the farmers‚ destroying any form
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After many struggles‚ the Bolshevik Party gained control of Russia in November of 1917‚ with V.I. Lenin leading them. The Soviet Union (USSR) was later established in 1922 making V.I. Lenin its first leader. Throughout those few year‚ Stalin steadily moved up the party ranks of the Bolshevik Party‚ and later in 1922‚ he gained the role as the secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. This role gave him the ability to appoint his allies and supporters into government jobs
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KA.SONS Stalin’s Communist Russia Коммунистическая Сталина России Hitler’s Nazi Germany Hitler’s Nazi-Deutschland Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin are widely regarded as the greatest tyrants of the twentieth century‚ accountable for more violent deaths than any other leaders in history. Both have been individually and collectively labeled mass murders‚ tyrants‚ “authors of terror”‚ and even “twin demons of the twentieth century”. The shared political methodology of both dictators was heavily
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On the surface‚ Wilsonianism can be defined as the rhetoric attributed to President Woodrow Wilson and his advocacy for a new world order based on progressive ideals such as self-determination‚ collective security and international economic openness. In a deeper sense‚ it was a strategic ideology that promoted a new international order based on altruistic ideals while providing the international framework that protected and advanced American economic and security interests. One of the main promises
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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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