Trotsky seemed to hold the most power due to his close friendship with Lenin before his strokes but an opposition had begun to emerge The opposition for Trotsky not only held Stalin but also 2 other politicians: Lev Kamenev and G.E. Zinoviev (a leading Bolshevik who had been Lenin’s closest aide during the revolution) Together‚ the 3 formed ‘’troika’’ a group & attacked Trotsky during party meetings‚ drawing on his writings/speeches from his last years as Menshevik as a means of attacking him for
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history - why did they start and how? Stalin page. highlighted main points What are they fighting for? Stalin fought for communism and him being in power over all of it. He was Lenin’s right hand man and Lenin was fighting to make the country a soviet country where everyone is equal. What type of terrorist group are they? Stalin’s terrorism was a part state terrorism. It was within the laws of that area to kill off all the people that died. Who are they fighting against? Stalin was fighting against
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How successful‚ in your opinion‚ was the New Economic Policy? The New Economic Policy‚ or NEP‚ introduced by the Bolshevik government in 1921‚ was an attempt to readjust and realign the Soviet economy and to prevent its implosion. The basic concept of the new policy was that the appropriation of food from the peasants‚ as pioneered in the infamous ‘War Communism’‚ was to be abolished and replaced by a ‘tax in kind’. Peasants were then left in undisturbed possession of the land‚ free to sell their
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Under the leadership of Joseph Stalin‚ the Soviet Union came out of WW2 with the goals of safeguarding and rebuilding the nation‚ expanding the communist sphere of influence and thereby‚ creating an indestructible Soviet Empire. In the twentieth century‚ Russia suffered three attacks from the West and these aims seek to prevent similar loss and ensure that countries‚ such as Germany and Poland‚ will never pose a future threat to the Soviet Union again. As Stalin worked towards achieving these objectives
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The war was thought to be brief ‚ however as Germany attempted to attack France‚ France tricked Germany in the Marne river‚ causing the Schlieffen plan to fail‚ elongating the war. The war consisted of volunteer troops whom thought they would fight for a brief amount of time‚ but as the Allied Powers and Central Powers came to action war broke out for years. When the war continued more men volunteered‚ because as the government promoted “ Military service was seen as a duty not an option”(pg 661). It
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In his rise to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin‚ Joseph Stalin sought to grow his vast control over the Soviet Union. Stalin recognized that his country possessed a greatly inferior military‚ industry‚ and economy to the other world powers; he wanted to change that. Stalin authorized a series of initiatives designed to rapidly industrialize the country into a world superpower. In terms of output‚ Stalin’s “five-year plan” was a complete success. Industrial production rose 250 percent and heavy
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Introduction The second half of 19th century and early 20th century was a period of reforms in Russia. Economic modernization and political changes were extremely desired. This period is one of the most important in History of Russia because it was a time of great change. Western influence spread new ideas throughout the empire. Russia was making attempts to strengthen its status on a world wide level‚ however‚ it was struggling to make transition from communism to democracy and to catch
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Paschalis Kitsikopoulos _TO WHAT EXTENT DID ALEXANDER II SUCCEED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA?_ In 1855‚ European countries had to deal with many difficulties. By that time‚ a major imbalance was existing in and between all countries. A detonation of economy and technology was disturbing even the biggest nations of Europe. All countries were intimidated by the greatest power of the time‚ Japan and India. Russia was an enormous country‚ however‚ it wasn’t very advanced as far as the technology
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of china problems. The New ruler of Russia‚ Khrushchev‚ denounced Stalin. Khrushchev blamed Stalin for foreign policy errors‚ for the failing of Soviet agriculture‚ and for mistakes that had led to appalling lose of life in the Second War World. Mao was livid with anger by this denouncement of his supporter.( film -China) Mao Zedong also started to see signs that that Soviet Union wanted to take control of Russia. This created tension between the China and Russia leading the eventual break-up. Another
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Throughout history‚ Russia has developed differently from the “western” civilization. Russia started off as being similar to the “western” culture‚ but overtime developed into one that the west never saw. Russia was influenced in it’s development from the conquest of the Mongols to Peter I. Russia also had unique features that were a first for societies in Europe and the rest of the world. Russia throughout history has been conquered by many different groups of people‚ from the Mongols to Peter
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