led by Vladimir Lenin who launched a nearly bloodless battle against the ad hoc government ("History."). The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in Saint Petersburg‚ and soon formed a new government with Lenin as its head; he became the virtual dictator of the first Marxist state in the world. In Animal Farm there are three main characters Old Major‚ Snowball‚ and Napoleon. The Russian Revolution had three main rulers Vladimir Lenin‚ Leon Trotsky
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(24 mark) Lenin is recognised to have adapted the ways of Marxism under the circumstances of Russia in a way he saw fit it was called Leninism or lenin-marxsim . As under the theory of Marxism‚ leadership was bound under the dictatorship of the Proletariat in a socialist regime where the working class created the dictatorship‚ however Lenin altered and adapted this into Russia by saying the Bolshevik party would represent the proletariats on their behalf. This did not mean that Lenin considered
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discuss how successful Lenin’s policies were in his attempt to create an alternative modernity in Russia by his death in 1924. By scrutinizing his actions and their individual impacts in relation to the desired modernity‚ historians can assess whether Lenin achieved the socialist dream he sought for. I will break down the essay into three components from which I can individually conclude their successfulness as an alternative modernity. These shall be established in the introduction. Introduction The
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of October‚ 1917 did not mean that the entire population of Russia had been converted to Bolshevism. Leninwas aware of this. To gather national support‚ Lenin resorted to slogans for the masses. The most important of them was "Bread‚ Land‚ Peace and All Power to the Soviets." Was this enough? The Russian people were more anti-Bolshevik than Lenin would have liked. The tsar was gone and a revolution had taken the nation by storm. Were the Bolsheviks now in control? October symbolized a Bolshevik triumph
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History Essay: Why Stalin Not Trotsky Stalin’s race to become the all mighty ruler fully started after Lenin died of a stroke on the 21st of January 1924. With Lenin gone‚ Stalin started to eliminate the other members of the Communist Party: Trotsky‚ Zinoviev‚ Kamenev‚ Rykov‚ Tomsky and Bukharin. He very cleverly switched between the left wing and the right wing‚ by making alliances with one wing the suddenly breaking with them‚ only to join the other wing‚ going against everything that they had
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internal divisions of the Party. One reason as to why Stalin succeeded Lenin was his political powerbase and he showed this dominance in two ways. Firstly‚ he capitalised on the ‘Cult of Lenin’ by painting himself as a natural successor to Lenin. The ‘Cult of Lenin’ as he decided to adopt his ideologies and his life This was a smart move by Stalin as he could show that he was closely aligned to an almost perfect figure such as Lenin then by doing this he would able to win the popularity of ordinary Russians
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change in leadership and a rollercoaster economy caused the lives of many people to severely change in the Soviet Union. Russia‚ before the revolution was very behind in industrialization and politics. However‚ things began to change once Vladimir Lenin took over. During the Russian Revolution of 1917‚ complete equality for women was proclaimed. Shortly after Lenin’s rule there was a fight for power between Trotsky and Stalin. In the end‚ Stalin prevailed and earned leadership of the Soviet Union
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Bibliography: Bernstein‚ Laurie‚ and Robert Weinberg. Revolutionary Russia: A History In Documents. New York‚ New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2011. Print. "Vladimir Lenin." 2012. The Biography Channel website. Dec 15 2012‚ 05:45 http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-lenin-9379007. Knott‚ David. "Understanding communism." helium. N.p.‚ 14 2007. Web. 16 Dec 2012. . Marx‚ Karl‚ Engels‚ Friedrich edited by McLellan‚ David. The Communist Manifesto. New York‚ United States:
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Government. This directly heightened Lenin’s role in the revolution‚ allowing him to exploit these weaknesses‚ with the help of Trotsky‚ whom he appropriated successfully to achieve the parties main end: a socialist‚ Bolshevik government‚ Sovnarkom. Lenin placed Trotsky as the leader of the Petrograd Soviet’s Military Revolutionary Committee (MRC) on September 25th 1917‚ to carry out a planned uprising‚ where Trotsky‚ between October 24th and 25th‚ ordered the Bolshevik Red Guards to seize key positions
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30.1 Revolutions in Russia * Russian Revolution: long time in coming * Oppression of 19th century czarssocial unrest * Revolts: army officers in 1825‚ peasants‚ secret groups plotted * 1881 students assassinated Alexander II (reformer) Alexander III Upholds the Autocracy * Autocracy: gov’t with total power * Program of “autocracy‚ orthodoxy‚ and nationality”—led to censorship‚ secret police‚ exile * Oppression: goal was to create uniform culture * Russian
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