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    History C code 26/1/13 Education under a Stalinist Regime Education is a force to be reckoned with in terms of making or breaking a country‚ especially a powerful country‚ like Russia. After Vladimir Lenin‚ Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union‚ died in1924‚ there were many challenges to succession by the party members‚ namely Leon Trotsky‚ Grigory Zinoviev‚ Lev Kamenev‚ and Josef Stalin. Josef Stalin was not seen as a threat‚ as a result‚ the other 3 politicians did

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    “TOTAL WAR”: CIVILIANS AS CASUALTIES AND CIVILIANS AS LABORERS BY TROY RECTOR IUPUI HIST-B425 SECOND WORLD WAR DR. KEVIN CRAMER JUNE 15TH‚ 2012 Introduction and thesis The concept of “total war” can be seen throughout history in various forms. Some countries used the tactic of targeting of civilians in order to lower morale and support for war. Some countries in the past mobilized their economies and population in order to support the war effort. It wasn’t until World War II did

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    How similar was the use of terror and its effectiveness under Tsar Nicholas II and Lenin? Fundamentally‚ terror and associated organisations were used a form to gain and maintain control in both the Tsarist and Soviet regimes. These groups were crucial to ensuring that political and social unrest was kept to a minimum level. The formation of the tsarist Okhrana in 1880 was a vital component in continuing the Tsarist regime in the height of its decline in popularity from 1912. Similarly the Cheka

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    NAME: ULEBOR ESTHER ISIOMA. PROGRAM: POLITICAL SCIENCE. MATRIC. NO.: 11AI011605. LEVEL: 300. COURSE TITLE: REVOLUTION AND SOCIETY. COURSE CODE: POS324. LECTURER: MR GODWYN AGBUDE. QUESTION: DISCUSS ANY OF THIS REVOLUTION. 1. RUSSIA REVOLUTION. 2. CUBA REVOLUTION. 3. ENGLISH REVOLUTION. INTRODUCTION One of the most significant single events in modern world history is undoubtedly the Russian Revolution of 1917. It cannot be compared to any revolution (preceding or following

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    S.2 12/13 – G.18 (Degree: Law) Historical Foundations of the Legal System – Topic 3 Legal humanism. Mos gallicus and usus modernus Pandectarum Regalism The XVIIIth century: power as “jurisdiction” and the “administrative monarchy” The Nueva Planta regime Textbook: P. GROSSI‚ A History of European Law‚ pp. 54-58 Reading: L. MANNORI; B. SORDI‚ “Science of Administration and Administrative Law” Text: Further Articles of Impeachment against E. Oxford (House of Lords Journal Volume 20:

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    “To what extent was the rise to power of Stalin due to personal appeal and ability”? Lenin died in January 1924 and Stalin emerged to power in 1929. Stalin has been described as a “grey blur” that rose to power. It’s quite hard to pin point the main reasons how Stalin got to power. Some historians may say that Stalin was lucky that he got to power and he benefited off events such as Lenin’s death and that his rival’s weaknesses such as Trotsky who was considered likely successor to Lenin‚ but Trotsky

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    Kerensky Early life and activism Alexander Kerensky was born in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk) on the Volga River on 2 May 1881. His father‚ Fyodor Kerensky‚ was a teacher. and director of the local gymnasium. His mother‚ Nadezhda née Adler‚ was the daughter of a nobleman‚ Alexander Adler‚ head of the Topographical Bureau of the Kazan Military District. Kerensky’s father was the teacher of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin); members of the Kerensky and Ulyanov families were friends. In 1889‚ when Kerensky

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    the overthrow of Nicholas II occurred and Alexander Kerensky allowed all who were exiled permission to return to their homes. Stalin once again returned to St. Petersburg and was editor of Pravda. In November of 1917‚ Lenin appointed Stalin as ‘Commissar of Nationalities ’ due to Stalin ’s support of the October Revolution. A couple of years later the Civil War took place in

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    ASSIGNMENT Department: Program: Course: Course Code: Assignment Number: Assignment Title: Lecturer: Date: Student: Registration Number: Mode of Study: Philosophy Bachelor of Accounting and Finance Business Ethics and Corporate Governance BAC 223 (One) An essay on the Theory of justice by John Rawls Mr. F D Bisika 7th March 2013 Steve Tseka – third year A-BAF/2013/1/45 Distance learning Page 1 of 5 Critical discussion on the central features of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice John Rawls is an American

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    How was Stalin able to Establish a Totalitarian Regime People believe that the reason why Stalin rose to power was because of his clever political strategy and the way he worked with the civilians to gain their support. Soon they realised that Stalin was now in control of the way everybody thinks and wiping out hundreds of people everyday. This essay will briefly explain how Stalin was able to succeed during the New Economic Policy debate and rise into authority‚ how he managed to establish his

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