founded by Vladimir Lenin. This revolution takes place in Russia. In the book Animal Farm‚ written by George Orwell‚ the October Revolution is represented by the Battle of Cowshed. The Battle of Cowshed is a rebellion led by the animals on Manor Farm against their owner‚ Mr. Jones. A speech was given by Vladimir Lenin before the rebellion against the provisional government and his speech is what convinced Russian citizens to rebel. Vladimir Lenin was a Russian communist
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Bolsheviks believed that the bourgeois supremacy would be brief and that the proletariat would be propelled by the party towards the final stage of the revolution. Lenin argued
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3)The Development of Russia a)Eastern Slavs converted by missionaries from Byzantine Empire to Orthodox Christianity. Eastern Orthodoxy rejects pope‚ but else wise is similar to Rom. Cat. b)Loose but real political unification of eastern Slavic territories under single prince and dynasty c)Feudal division into boyard nobility and commoner peasantry d)After death of Prince Iaroslav the Wise‚ Kievan principality disintegrated into competing political units- 1504 e)The Mongol Yoke and the Rise of Moscow
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Topic 1- Decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty Syllabus outline Nicholas II as autocrat Political‚ social and economic grievances in early 20th century Russia The tsar’s failure to address the problems of Russia The role of WWI in the fall of the tsarist regime Focus questions How stable was the social basis of tsarist rule? Why was the government unable to meet the challenges emerging in the first decade and a half century? How important were the Bolsheviks before 1917? What effect did
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Russia in 1894 Politically backward Repression – the okhrana Extremism – denial of free speech led to extremism Most of Russia’s population were peasants – over 80% Decline in agriculture Large army = cost a lot more money The early reign of Nicholas II‚ 1894-1905 Came to throne in 1894 Russification – Russian was declared to be the official first language; all legal proceedings such as trials had to be conducted in Russian. Restricted the influence of the non-Russian national minorities
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family‚ primarily Nicholas‚ back to Russia to rule as czar. Devastatingly‚ Lenin and the Bolsheviks had won with their Red Army‚ and my dreams of returning to Russia were crushed once again. Over the years I grew more and more disgusted by Lenin’s success and I felt horribly for the Russian people who had been betrayed by him‚ especially after his signing of the Treaty of Brest Litvosk with Germany. This
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In a Year of Impossible Goodbyes‚ Sookan changes from being little girl who relies on others‚ to a strong‚ brave girl who looks out for others. An emotional change is seen in three moments: when Sookan is by herself after Grandfather’s death‚ when Sookan offers to help a woman up in need‚ and when Sookan takes charge of Inchun. These moments clearly show the change in consecutive order. In the beginning‚ feeling saddened and helpless by Grandfather’s death‚ Sookan returns to her room where she
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to praise the work of Lenin‚ making out that he was going to carry on Lenin’s work‚ which gave him extra support from the public‚ due to the fact after Lenin’s death the entire nation was in mourning and believed that Lenin was a good man giving his all to make the USSR a better place. It also gave Stalin the chance to criticize his biggest rival‚ Trotsky who was not at the funeral to defend himself‚ or to make out to the public that he was the leading man; the one that Lenin believed was the best
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communist revolution did not succeed‚ so Lenin created his own version of a communist revolution. Vladimir Lenin used the advantages of a vulnerable Russia with a growing working class to start the first successful communist revolution‚ and spread Marxism-Leninism as the new ideology of communism‚ which completely reshaped world order. The weaknesses of the corrupt monarchy and the provisional democratic government made Russia vulnerable to the communist
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in the party of the social democrats there were two men‚ Lenin and Plekhanov whom of which had two completely different ideas on how the party was going to be successful in achieving the revolution‚ causing a split in the social democrats. Both parties’ were aiming for the same thing but in different ways. The Mensheviks thought that the get revolution the best thing to do was to wait for the bourgeois stage had to happen first. But Lenin thought this was ridiculous and he proclaimed that both
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