consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution and why does Hobsbawm call it the central event of the 20th century? There were many consequences from the Bolshevik revolution. Farmland was distributed among farmers‚ and factories are given to workers. The banks were nationalized and a national council was assembled to run the economy. Russia pulled out of World War I‚ signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk‚ conceding lots of land to Germany. Civil war‚ between Bolshevik (“red”) and anti-Bolshevik (“white”) forces
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The Chinese Civil War‚ which lasted from 1927 to 1949‚ was a civil war in China which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) overthrew the Guomindang (GMD) . As the CCP had always been inferior to the GMD in many aspects‚ many were shocked and startled by the Communist ’s victory; although numerous factors show that the Communist ’s victory was almost inevitable. This essay will examine the factors that lead to the Communists victory‚ which includes ideology‚ economic‚ political‚ social‚ military‚ foreign
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University of Phoenix Material Timelines of The Great War and Russian Revolution Worksheet Directions: For each of the four timelines that follow (1914‚ 1915‚ 1917‚ and 1918–1919)‚ complete the timeline replacing the words “[Paste description here]” with the text of the correct description from the table beneath it. 1914 Timeline |JUNE 28‚ |THE EVENT THAT TRIGGERED WORLD WAR I | |1914
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Civil war From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see civil war (disambiguation). See list of civil wars for individual examples. A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture‚ society or nationality fight for political power or control of an area. Some civil wars are also categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency‚ whether successful or not‚ is likely to be classified
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Friends and Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant‚ and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust‚ it appears to me proper‚ especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice‚ that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed‚ to decline being considered among the number
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the Indians in the late 1700s‚ as well as the Confederate troops from the Civil War. The Union was victorious in this war for freedom‚ and to this day‚ the north is more the heart of the country’s economy. Weapons have been around from the Neanderthals of the post-ice age‚ to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Rocks became knives‚ sticks became spears‚ and bayonets became AK-47’s. The technology from the French and Indian War was revolutionized and manufactured by the newly opened weaponry companies
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The Civil war began in 1861. It was a war fought between the South and the North. The south was known as the Confederate and the North as the Union. The cause of the war was‚ because the south and the north had different views on slavery and state rights. The war ended with The South’s surrender. The Union had several advantages over the South which led to their win in 1865. The first advantage the Union had over the Confederate was numbers. “The Federals were very inferior in numbers”
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Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power in Russia in 1917? The Bolshevik’s were able to seize power in Russian in 1917 mainly due to the exceptional leadership of Lenin and the organisational skills of Trotsky‚ the Red Guard army that was formed on May 11th 1917 and then re-organised on the 4th of November and the problems that the Provisional government had. The Bolshevik revolution took place with an armed rebellion in Petrograd. The October revolution led by the Bolshevik party and Lenin
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did the Provisional Government exist for mere months‚ yet the Bolsheviks had consolidated their authority in the country by Lenin’s death in 1924?” Between February and October in 1917‚ two revolutions occurred due to the Governments failing to fulfill the needs of the Russian people. With the Tsar in power during Bloody Sunday that formed riots and Government unrest and also the Russo-Japanese War and World War One that left the Russian people humiliated and in disarray. The reign of the Provisional
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that allowed the Bolsheviks to take control in October 1917‚ such as not allowing any of their members to join the provisional government‚ or the fact that the were lead by Lenin and Trotsky‚ two of the most intelligent men in Russia at the time. But the main factor that gave the Bolsheviks the most powerful argument against both the Tsarist System and the Provisional Government was the fact that the Russian people were crying out for an end to the war‚ and this is what the Bolsheviks promised - peace
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