A totalitarian state‚ is a where the central government of a state does not tolerate any parties with opposing views and exercises complete dictatorial rule over all or most aspects of life. Lenin‚ the leader of the Bolsheviks‚ took many measures in an attempt to create a totalitarian state‚ including the dissolution of Constituent Assembly‚ the use of decrees and the establishment of a secret police group called the Cheka. However there were also some ways in which he failed to achieve full totalitarianism
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How far do you agree that the Bolsheviks consolidated their hold on power in the years after the October/November revolution mainly through the use of violence against their opponents? The Bolsheviks consolidated their power after October 1917 however they faced many severe problems which made keeping their power complex. For Lenin and the Bolsheviks winning political power was relatively easy compared with retaining it. The Bolsheviks may have had a temporary majority in the All-Russia soviet in
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January 20‚ 1961‚ President John F. Kennedy took his oath in office and delivered his most famous and remembered inauguration address in U.S. History. Out seeking to calm fears about the rise of Soviet power during the 1950s‚ Kennedy spoke concise about the United States as a near limitless power for change in the world. By taking this action‚ Kennedy were calling upon American citizens to act in support of the government and citizens from all nations around the world to join together in peace to
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After the Russian Revolution concluded‚ Joseph Stalin‚ Russian dictator‚ led to power in the Soviet Union. Stalin was a dictator‚ imposing brutal and horrific policies which killed millions of his citizens. He implemented a series of five-year plans‚ which rapidly increased the economic growth of the Soviet Union. It focused on industrialization and agriculture. According to History.com‚ it states “Stalin implemented a series of Five-Year Plans to spur economic growth and transformation in the Soviet
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flame in the battle of Peremyshl (Pyhalov 15). Furthermore‚ the czar completely lost his reputation after he ignored and used force against rioters‚ ultimately giving up his post to his wife and joining the army‚ while his wife gave unprecedented power to a peasant‚ Rasputin‚ who claimed to be able to save her son‚ Alexei‚ from hemophilia(Biography). The empire was collapsing. The tzar had not
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Martin Luther became one of the most influential figures in Christian history when he began the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. He called into question some of the basic tenets of Roman Catholicism‚ and his followers soon split from the Roman Catholic Church to begin the Protestant tradition. In the summer of 1505‚ twenty-two year old Luther applied to join the Augustinian order of monks‚ founded by Saint Augustine in the fifth century. Luther was accepted into the monastery where he
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The Bolsheviks acted in a brutal manner during the year 1917-1924; however this was not the main reason why they remained in power during that time frame. Instead their survival can mostly be attributed to the weakness of their opposition‚ who displayed a lack of organisation and unification. There were other reasons for the Bolsheviks’ remaining in power between 1917 and 1924‚ such as the efficiency and strong leadership of the Bolsheviks‚ and their geographical advantages; but these were ultimately
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War can have a huge impact on the international distribution of power and the global hierarchy. World War I went down in history as the greatest disaster and changed the balance of power. The development of economic imperialism‚ the emergence of trade barriers‚ the arms race‚ militarism and autocracy‚ the struggle over the balance of power‚ important for the maintenance of colonial powers‚ sharp local conflicts (Balkan wars‚ the Italian-Turkish War) and crisis (the Bosnian crisis‚ the collapse of
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How did Hitler consolidate power by 1934? “To consolidate is to strengthen or reinforce one’s position or power.” Hitler’s first major political gain occurred when he was appointed Chancellor of the Weimar Republic in January 1933. This was the first event which led him to consolidate complete power over Germany by1934. Being in a political position allowed Hitler to become an influence over others‚ at this point however he did not control many things which he desired to. By 1934 through
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Ali Adenwala 12J Due: 5/1/15 Why did the Bolsheviks succeed in 1917 whilst other political parties failed to gain power? [2nd Draft] The Bolshevik’s seizure of power was due‚ significantly‚ to the external environment of deterioration festering around them at the time‚ the most incremental and significant being the failure of other political parties to act and distance themselves from the Provisional
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