“Comrades! We have pushed back the Fascists from the outskirts of Moscow‚” Commissar Petronov said. The wailing sound of Katyusha rockets blazed from behind‚ “you see‚ my friends? We have destroyed the enemy’s spirits‚” sounds of screaming came from the ashes of smoke that laid ahead‚ “and now‚ we destroy their lives! Onwards‚ to Berlin!” “URRRAAA!” I screamed‚ drowned in the sounds of others. The smoke slowly dissipated. The sound of a whistle pierced the explosions. For I‚ Dimitri‚ of the 28th
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World War Two began on September 1‚ 1939. It has been called the most of significant moments in World History. This brought about major chances to the world‚ including improvement in technology and the start to post-war social changes. Some of the main powers in the war were the Allied nation; the British Empire‚ the USSR‚ and the United States of America‚ and the Axis nation; Germany‚ Italy‚ Japan and their smaller allies. The war began when Germany invaded Poland. In retaliation Britain and France
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April Theses‚ Russian Aprelskiye Tezisy‚ in Russian history‚ program developed by Lenin during theRussian Revolution of 1917‚ calling for Soviet control of state power; the theses‚ published in April 1917‚ contributed to the July Days uprising and also to the Bolshevik coup d’etat in October 1917. During the February Revolution two disparate bodies had replaced the imperial government—theProvisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies. The Socialists who dominated
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History Samantha Fisher 13B February 21‚ 2012 Mr. Allen Essay on the Russian Revolution The Russo-Japanese War lasted from 1904 to 1905‚ and arose from both Japan and Russia’s desire for expansion and dominance in Korea and Manchuria. Russia suffered many great defeats in this war‚ against a nation that was considered inferior and was not one of the Great Powers. This humiliated the people of Russia‚ and caused them to lose confidence in Tsar Nicholas II‚ as well as causing great
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RUSSIA & THE SOVIET UNION 1917-1941 TIMELINE 1917 -‐ Bolshevik or ‘October’ Revolution 1917 -‐ Treaty of Brest-‐Litovsk signed 1918 -‐ Start of the Civil War. ‘War Communism’ introduced 1919 -‐ Formation of ‘Comintern’ 1921 -‐ End of Civil War. Kronstadt uprising. Introduction of the ‘NEP’.
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Doctor Zhivago‚ a 1965 film based on a Russian novel of the same name‚ tells the story of Yuri Zhivago and how his life was constantly changed throughout the Russian revolution. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich describes the daily routine that Ivan Denisovich Shukhov‚ an inmate in a labor camp‚ goes through for eight years to fulfill his sentence. Doctor Zhivago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich are both set in Soviet Russia‚ an obvious similarity. Though both works take place in
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named Messame Dassy introduced Stalin to some writings of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. These writings sparked an interest in Stalin. Stalin joined the Social Democratic Labor Party. Stalin held positions in the Bolshevik government. He was the commissar for nationalities in 1917 to 1923. From 1919 to 1923 he was the state control. He began to work full time for the revolutionary movement in 1901. In 1902 he was exiled to Siberia after being arrested for coordinating a labor strike. He soon escaped
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The Rise of Communism in Russia "Unless we accept the claim that LeninÕs coup dÕtat gave birth to an entirely new state‚ and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind‚ we must recognize in todayÕs Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians -- the only empire that survived into the mid 1980’s" (Luttwak‚ 1). In their Communist Manifesto of 1848‚ Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels applied the term communism to a final stage of socialism in which all class differences would disappear
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Russia. From 1917 -1924 there was no longer the absolute rule of the Tsar; this rule has been going for over 300 years. There was a new ruler and new structural government under the rule of Vladimir Lenin. At the top was The Council of People’s Commissars (formed shortly after the October Revolution of 1917) with Lenin as chairman. Below that was the village‚ and city representatives from the Soviets. Under both systems political power was firmly in the hands of the ruler. This meant that there was
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Pre-1933: Locarno Conference 1925 ∙ Italy hoped it would guarantee Austria as its frontier but it did not Comintern ∙ Communists International aimed to create the vision Marx had had of an international communist power ruling the world ∙ Headed by Stalin 1933: Rise of Hitler‚ wanted to: destroy the Versailles settlement build up the army recover lost territory Lebensraum (living space for the German people) Hitler withdrew Germany from World Disarmament
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