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    The Russian Revolution of 1917 was certainly a turning point in Russian history. Many events led to the revolution‚ which actually consisted of two revolutions‚ the March Revolution and the November Revolution. By the end of the revolution‚ it was deemed successful. The Bolsheviks had successfully taken over Petrograd and within a short time controlled Russia. “Power had passed from the moderates to a small band of dedicated extremists with a vision of an entirely changed society.” (Findley-Rothney

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    In the memoir Year Of Impossible Goodbyes‚ Sookan Changes from someone who is not very hero-like to someone who is very hero-like. This change is seen in the moments When: She rounds the rocks and glass instead of sharpening them‚ When she leaves Aunt Tiger and Kisa for the checkpoint‚ and when she runs from the Russians and the dogs to get to the south. When Sookan is at school and is forced to Sharpen the rocks to fight the “White Devils” she rounds them instead of sharpening them. “We rubbed

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    Revolution and communism‚ in 1917 shows how people with power can corrupt a whole society. Each character in Animal Farm has the personality of important leaders during the Russian Revolution and Soviet era-Russia. Snowball is Trotsky; Old Major is Lenin; and Napoleon is Stalin. Old Major stated‚ “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing". Old Major believed all humans preyed on animal labor without giving back‚ that they were greedy‚ and self-indulgent. He believed animals should

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    outgrowing discontent of the Russian masses. Vladimir Lenin and his compatriots become glad about this so called abdication of the Tsar. They have now started their campaigns by gaining the support of the Russian masses. The Provisional Government which is still ruling the state during that time was overthrown by the so called October Revolution. The Soviets used this opportunity to declared themselves as rulers of the Russian state‚ making Lenin as their sole dictator. This only leads to a certain

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    Russian people to continue the war It split with the Petrograd Soviet on the question of war aims. 2. Lenin and the Bolshevik Return of the Lenin – before April 1917 the return of Lenin‚ Bolshevik did not have a clear leadership It policy favored conditional support of the provisional government Growth of Bolshevik Influence – Lenin advocated uncompromising opposition to the war and the Provisional Government and proposed that party struggle for the establishment

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    right to supervise their enterprises. Earlier‚ Kerensky had planned an election for the end of October‚ and Lenin gave permission. The results of the election made the Bolsheviks the splinter group in the Constituent Assembly. Lenin then tried to appeal over the head of the assembly to the people. By January 1918‚ the council was completely demoralized and stopped functioning. During this‚ Lenin still had to deal with the war‚ his calls for negotiated peace failed and he ended up bargaining directly

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    The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most significant events in the 20th century. It completely changed the government and outlook on life in the very large country of Russia. The events of the revolution were a direct result of the growing conflict in World War I‚ but the significance of an empire collapsing and a people rising up extends beyond the war effort.  In 1914‚ Russia entered the war with much vigor. However‚ their enthusiasm was not enough to sustain them and the army suffered

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    the State as Lenin said in regards to the rebellion ’’It lit up reality like a flash of lightning’’(2). Moreover‚ the rebellion also saw the Bolsheviks cower to maintain their control‚ to the extent of sacrificing there own communist ideals‚ through the formation of so called ’State Capitalism’. The sheer extent of the violence used by the Bolsheviks and their later attitude also expresses this and raises the question of whether a social revolution had actually taken place. As Lenin states ’Marxism

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    Saying Goodbye Is Hard to Do In my teen years‚ Flutter was a daydream. During high school‚ I had a part time job at the movies. While I made popcorn in the lobby concession stand‚ my guy friends made out with girls inside the theater. In my small southern hometown‚ a girl taking another girl to the movies didn’t seem like a possibility so I daydreamed about what it would be like to be a boy. I watched how boys were treated better than girls in school‚ at the movies‚ everywhere. When I moved to

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    and the overthrow of the Provisional Government. However one of the most key of these is the period 1916-1917 during which Russia lost its Tsar‚ gained a Provisional Government which was subsequently overthrown and replaced with Bolshevik rule under Lenin. A period of extreme political change which provided an overwhelming different style of government. Following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the rejection of the title by his brother Grand Duke Michael‚ Russian politics was thrown into turmoil

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