written in 20 mins. - When Lenin died in 1924‚ everybody expected Trotsky to take over the leadership. However‚ Stalin schemed his way into power‚ using his position as General Secretary‚ and series of ruthless political moves. His moves can be categorised into two groups; Stalin’s Strengths and Trotsky’s mistakes. The first of Stalin’s strengths was to cunningly make the Russian people believe that he had close relations with Lenin. He tried to do this because Lenin was loved and very popular
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first ideas of Communism. However‚ when Vladimir Lenin had the opportunity to make his dream a reality‚ he does not stray from Marx’s ideas of the poor mixing in with the rich‚ the cut-down of the rich and a bringing up of the poor‚ to create an equal class under a government which would provide everything based on the hard work of every individual together
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civilians opted by the communist option‚ tired of the autocracy and indifference imposed by the tsars. In 1917 revolution started‚ and the autocracy which Russians lived for years was changed by a democracy‚ were people could choose their leaders. When Lenin was in power‚ he suffered several
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at this time‚ such as the Provisional Government’s weaknesses‚ pure opportunity and luck‚ as well as the influence of other individuals. The most significant factor in the Bolsheviks seizure of power is perhaps the incredible leadership of Lenin. It was through his leadership that the Bolsheviks took action against the Provisional Government‚ and ultimately led to them gaining control. The first example of this would be Lenin’s April thesis‚ where he rewrote Karl Marx’s ideals‚ and effectively
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When Stalin’s power hunger grew to be too strong he kills Lenin to assume absolute power in the Soviet Union. When this happens in the story the tone changes things begin to descend into darkness under the rule of Napoleon; just like it does in real life when Stalin takes over. Napoleon did atrocities to make sure
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To what extent were the weaknesses of the provisional government responsible for the October Revolution The provisional government was seen to be very weak during the lead up to the October revolution‚ however other factors such as Lenin and main events such as the Kornilov affair could be said to be the main cause and that the weakness of the provisional government had nothing to do with the fact that the Bolsheviks were gaining such huge amounts of support. To a certain extent the weaknesses
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affairs under Vladimir Ilich Lenin. His writings display his deep philosophical beliefs as a theorist for fundamental communism‚ but later he leaned towards social democratization. * 1928- Trotsky was exiled again and eventually ended up in Mexico‚ where he was assassinated according to Stalin’s plans. The Russian Revolution + Trotsky and Lenin * Ruthless‚ pragmatic‚ paranoid‚ crushed opposition * 1870- Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov‚ later known as Lenin‚ in Simbirsk‚ Russia.
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Goodbye to Berlin (1939) is a fictionalized memoir set in Weimar Germany and written by Christopher Ishwerwood. It is semi-autobiographical‚ following the authors travels through Berlin in the pre-nazi era and the people he meets along the way. During this time‚ the author was making a precarious living teaching English and becoming a firsthand witness to the Nazi’s rise to power and the beginnings of the Third Reich. The book functions as a collection of short stories collected over the years of
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food to be able to sell and support themselves. It is had also let small businesses be in private ownership. Soon after though‚ Lenin was coming close to his death and soon to be in power would be Joseph Stalin or Leon Trotsky. Lenin had wanted Trotsky to be in power after he passed‚ but Stalin had been putting his allies in high positions of power behind Stalin’s back. Lenin before he passed had noted that he had a bad feeling about Stalin rising in power‚ and that to lean the government system to
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Century Vladimir Lenin‚ Ho Chi Minh and Moa Zedong were all leaders who were visionaries and revolutionaries who changed the world. They used communist ideals and propaganda to engage peasants and the working class to fight for freedom and to preserve their cultural values. Each leader and his followers successfully changed the economic and political structure of their countries as well as influencing the rest of the world for decades to come. Vladimir Lenin – Russian Revolutionary
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