The Russian Revolution “The revolution must be a deed beyond all measure‚ burning all things before it…. If mankind is ever to escape from it’s misery‚ there is only one method: the destruction of everything in fire and blood…. there is no other way‚ no other hope” Che Guevara. People revolt for many reasons‚ such as dramatic changes in standard of living‚ inequality in society or lack of human rights. The American Revolution was caused by changes in the peoples lives‚ made by a government
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LENIN Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century‚ who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917‚ and was the architect and first head of the USSR. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was born in Simbirsk on the Volga River on 22 April 1870 into a well-educated family. He excelled at school and went on to study law. At university‚ he was exposed to radical thinking‚ and his views were also influenced by the execution of his elder brother
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Brief History of the Soviet Union‚ 1917-1944 In the February Revolution of 1917‚ Czar Nicholas II abdicated his position as leader of Russia‚ ending the nation’s imperial rule under the Romanov Dynasty. For more than half a year after the czar’s abdication‚ an ineffective provisional government ran the vast empire. During that time‚ Lenin returned from exile and regrouped his strength and support. Lenin saw in the army’s dissatisfaction with the provisional government an opportunity to gain control
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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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And this was completed without threat of the gulags‚ without the threat of imprisonment and without the threat of murder – political prowess gained him victory alongside other factors. It would be ignorant to solely admire Stalin for his climb to power – he was helped along by luck as the death of
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we are very grateful‚ but when real human nature reared its ugly head we generally avoid acknowledging it. Many prisoners became aggressive and would fight for food‚ water or other things the need. Crime‚ organized or not became rampant. The Soviet gulags offered one of the most horrific scenes especially as inmates begin to see almost no hope of survival. Men would arm themselves to go so far as to kill another for his meager rations of bread. Nazi stalags bred specifically into their Soviet and Italian
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Evil resides within the heart of every human. However‚ sometimes this smudge of darkness is fed by unimaginably large amounts of hatred and ignorance. Eventually‚ the heart loses any sense of humanity and shrivels into a carcass of its original self‚ both black and toxic. In the novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys this nature of evil is evident through the characters of Komorov‚ the NKVD officers‚ and Ivanov. Within the novel‚ at various moments‚ each character displays the human capacity
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The Perks of Corrupted Childhood When people hear about childhood in totalitarian society they first think about the Nazi regime in Germany and its political and educational influence on the youth. They frequently forget about the former USSR‚ which brought up several generations of the counties’ citizens under the same political structure. And despite the censorship‚ such writers as Joseph Brodsky‚ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn‚ and Varlam Shalamov in their works shed the light on what was happening beyond
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Across the Universe ~ Written by John Lennon (Credited to Lennon-McCartney) Across the Universe was written by John Lennon‚ recorded in February 1968‚ and released on December 12‚ 1969 on the album Let It Be‚ their last album released‚ though the last album The Beatles recorded was Abbey Road. “It’s one of the best lyrics I’ve written. In fact‚ it could be the best. It’s good poetry‚ or whatever you call it‚ without chewin’ it. See‚ the ones I like are the ones that stand as words‚ without melody
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THE ROLE OF PROPEGANDA AND TERROR IN HITLER & STALIN Propaganda was considered vital in maintaining control and favour. The dictators who implemented terror and propaganda to their tyrannical regimes were Stalin & Hitler. Propaganda is the organized and controlled spreading of information to influence and control the views of people and how they think. This then leads them to behave in a certain way. This was a large part of both Stalin’s USSR and Hitler’s Third Reich. A wide range of
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