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 was eight‚ the family moved to Tashkent‚ where his father had been appointed the main inspector of public schools (superintendent). Alexander graduated with honors
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Russian flag except one‚ the Bolsheviks. In 1917 while Germany was fighting Russia on Russia’s Western Front a Russian Marxist named Vladimir Lenin was arrested in Germany. Since he was a Russian he was promptly arrested and questioned once the Germans realized the Russian was an anti-Czarist he was sent to Russia to cause instability in the country. Lenin led
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made concluding the war between the Russians and the Central Powers. The Allies did not support their decision because they would be at a disadvantage. But luckily right when the Russians withdrew from the war the Americans joined the war. After Lenin successfully withdrew Russia from the war another war broke out within Russia mainly focusing on removing the Bolsheviks. There were three groups The Reds( the Communist parties‚ Bolsheviks)‚ the Whites(anti-communist) and the Greens who wanted to
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1. Russian Populism The Populist movement resulted from Alexander II’s Great Reforms. The purpose of the reforms was to take Russia into the future. 2. Lenin’s Imperialism: the Highest State of Capitalism describes the function of financial capital in generating profits from imperial colonialism‚ as the final stage of capitalist development to ensure greater profits 3. People’s Will (Narodnaia Volia) a newspaper published by the People’s Will revolutionary
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leading member of the Bolshevik movement based on Karl Marx and headed by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. When Lenin fell ill in the early 1920’s Stalin used his position in the Bolshevik Party to isolate Lenin in his sickbed. He soon controlled all access to the failing Lenin‚ and if Lenin wanted him to be successor to the helm of the Bolshevik movement‚ we have mainly only Stalin’s word of that decision by Lenin. Of course there are documents for and against Stalin being Lenin’s successor‚ but
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During the war‚ in 1917 the Communists came about by two important revolutions; they were led by Lenin. Communism is a system of government in which the state controls the economy and one party holds power‚ attempting to make progress towards a higher social order‚ in which the people equally share all goods out. Russia was renamed Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In 1924 however‚ Lenin died‚ and within a few years Josef Stalin replaced him. The question is‚ why did so many people decide
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groups had formed that opposed Lenin’s Bolsheviks. These groups were known as monarchists‚ militarists‚ and foreign nations. They were known as the whites‚ and the Bolsheviks were known as the reds. The fact that the reds were led by both Trotsky and Lenin‚ who combined had great social‚ political and military skills‚ had a direct result on the on the outcome of the war. It was Lenin’s political skills that enabled the Bolsheviks to be a successful and popular political power and‚ as a result‚ help win
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My scrapbook on Animal Farm. A brief summary of Animal Farm. Old Major‚ the old boar on the Manor Farm‚ summons the animals on the farm together for a meeting‚ during which he refers to humans as parasites. When Major dies‚ two young pigs‚ Snowball and Napoleon‚ assume command and consider it a duty to prepare for the Rebellion‚ which the old boar had mentioned. The animals revolt and drive the drunken and irresponsible farmer Mr. Jones from the farm‚ renaming it "Animal Farm". The pigs elevate
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Many of the characters and events of Orwell’s novel parallel those of the Russian Revolution. Manor Farm is a model of Russia‚ and Mr. Jones‚ Old Major‚ Snowball‚ and Napoleon represent the dominant figures of the Russian Revolution like Nicholas‚ Lenin and Trotsky. Mr. Jones represents Tsar Nicholas II‚ the last Russian Emperor. His rule was marked by his insistence that he was the un-contestable ruler of the nation. During his reign‚ the Russian people experienced terrible poverty and upheaval
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We should also remember that many members were there due to Stalin as he had appointed them. Stalin seized the opportunity and held a speech at the ceremony. His speech was the beginning of the Cult of Lenin. Stalin cultivated the myth of Lenin as the Father of the revolution. This way Stalin himself was put in the positive light. Not only did he contradict Lenin’s suggestion that he only wanted power for the sake of power‚ he emphasised his standpoint as a communist and
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