Speech With particular reference to the quotation below and the views of at least TWO historians‚ evaluate Trotsky’s role in the Soviet Union in the period 1896-1940. The name “Leon Trotsky” still causes great debate; amongst sympathisers and condemners alike. However‚ his significant role in the establishment of the Bolshevik Communist Government and effective theoretical practices cannot be denied. According to Ronald Aaronson‚ both a critical and sympathetic interpreter of Trotsky‚ his
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The year is 1917 and the Russian Revolution had just taken place the Czars were overthrown and the Communist party takes over. At this time‚ it puts into power Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin is the leader of the Communist party creating the USSR. When Lenin dies in 1924 Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky are fighting for power Stalin spreads lies about Trotsky causing him to flee to Moscow‚ thus giving Stalin control of the USSR in the year 1929. The book Animal Farm by George Orwell shows in an allegory
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Lenin wanted to completely transform Russia from a tsarist autocracy to a communist. This made people imagine how equal and better life will be after the repeal of the Tsar. On the Eastern Front‚ the Russian army was struggling to hold on against the
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Analysis of Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953) PART ONE: The website http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/stalin/ I found was called "Spark Notes" It was found using search terms "analysis of Joseph Stalin". After pouring through dozens of websites‚ I decided on this particular site for its clarity and depth of information on Stalin. It provides personal and political insights‚ expanding on the terminology surrounding his reign. The format of this website is very user friendly. The information is presented
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oppressed this regimen‚ while others benefited from it. This economic system had numerous features‚ both good and bad. Following the end of czarist rule‚ Vladimir Lenin‚ and later Joseph Stalin‚ came into power as leader of the Bolsheviks‚ or the Communists‚ those who deeply desired communist ideas for a government. Vladimir Lenin and his Communist Party established the Soviet Union‚ which by Joseph Stalin‚ was made into a communist and totalitarian state‚ which is ruled by one dictator. A factor
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those who were knowledgeable but rather those who took action in a steadfast manner.’ Though I must disagree. History are full of those who carelessly and in alacrity took an ill-informed decision that was destructive on humanity. For example in when Lenin‚ the first leader of communist Russia died‚ his testament was not read out in public. This testament would have kicked Stalin out of the Communist Party and therefore would have stopped the mass murder that happened due to Stalin’s orders under his
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analysis‚ but an eyewitness account of the Bolsheviks’ rise to power. It is a mark of the respect in which Reed was held by the Bolsheviks that “Ten Days That Shook The World” was published with a short but very appreciative introduction by no less than Lenin‚ in which the Russian socialist leader says that he would like to see Reed’s book ``published in millions of copies and translated into all languages’’. The book certainly captures the spirit of the days leading up to and following the revolution
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and a hero to many Russians. Stalin led Russia into the Cold War against America and managed to take control of much of Eastern Europe using East Germany an ’iron curtain’ like Winston Churchill famously said. Khrushchev and Lenin wasn’t that unsuccessful either although Lenin did make Russia leave WWI he managed to perform a coup and get into power. Khrushchev received a bit of an unrest from attacking Stalin however it was soon interrupted and over. Alexander III was careful and generally stayed
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ruthless and powerful dictators of all time. His regime was one of terror and oppression‚ and resulted in the deaths of millions of Soviets. As a young man‚ Stalin was involved in the revolutionary movement against the Russian monarchy. In 1904‚ he met Lenin at the first national Bolshevik conference in Finland before becoming the delegate to the Social Democratic Party. His job was to gather support for the Bolshevik cause among poorer workers. In the period after the revolution of 1905‚ Stalin led fighting
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The major issues of social‚ economical and political instability combined with the class contradictions and the lost hope to be the winning power in WW1 is what triggered the February Revolution. The hungry and dissatisfied mobs of people domiciled in an Empire which was suffering from backwardness in several aspects came out to illustrate their discontent on the streets of Petrograd. Before this escalated and a large number of citizens joined the movement - one could argue that the consequences
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