“Peace‚ land‚ and bread” (Sokolskaya). That indeed was the supposed fulfillment made by Vladimir Lenin to the citizens of Russia‚ in order to seize power from the Tsar. Little did the people know that they might have been better off with Czar Nicholas II‚ rather than the Bolsheviks. The Russian Revolution unsuspectingly made negative impacts on society. The negative effects were the failure of the economy‚ the creation of a communist state‚ and the loss of entitled freedoms and rights. The Russian
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Italy In Italy after World War 1 the economy and political environment became unstable. Mussolini had solidified his power across all of Italy through murder‚ blackmail‚ and slander campaigns against Italy’s press‚ politicians‚ and leftists. From 1925 on‚ Mussolini slowly gained more and more power until Italy became a totalitarian state enforced by a secret police organization. His dictatorship influenced fascist leaders who came on the scene later such as Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco. In
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evidenced by the Hossbach Memorandum‚ 1937 – also made clear plans to partition sections of Austria into German territory (the Anschl uss) and Czechoslovakia Prime objective of Hitler was to reverse provisions of the Treaty of Versailles; similarly‚ Mussolini felt Italy had been betrayed by Britain and France and were owed land (1935‚ Germany began re-armament and brought army up to 500 000‚ 1936‚ re-militarisation of the Rhineland) Grossdeutschland (big Germany) – sought to unite all Germans who were
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How far do you agree that the consolidation of fascist power in Italy in the years 1922-1929 was mainly due to the use of force and intimidation? Mussolini consolidation of fascist power in Italy in the years 1922-1929 could have been mainly due to the use of force and intimidation. However this was not a straightforward process‚ since fascism was a new thing. In the years 1922 to January 1925 marked the transition from the liberal parliamentary system to the fascist state. Like many political
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December of 1941. In the beginning of the war Japan had many great victories against the allied forces‚ but as the war went on Japan began losing and Japan began to crumple. Tojo Hideki was never able to become a dictator like Adolf Hitler or Benito Mussolini‚ but he came very close. Tojo Hideki lost his title of prime minister in July of 1944 even though many people thought that he should keep his position so he could be properly punished for the way he ruled. The next year Hideki attempted suicide
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What Features of Modern Europe Have Been Traced Back to Ancient Greece and Rome‚ and Are Such Comparisons Justified? Many features of Ancient Greece and Rome could be said‚ in one way or another‚ to still be present in modern day Europe‚ although perhaps in a fashion entirely unrecognisable to the populaces of these antediluvian territories. To a modern-day European layperson‚ or one of the demos1‚ original Greek and Roman ideals might vary from politics and the legal structure that comprises
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study of Stalin ’s actions from when Lenin died right up to when he came to power in 1929. It also includes how Stalin outmanoeuvred his rivals. The two sources to be focussed on are J.V Stalin Collected Works from Stalin ’s speech at Lenin ’s funeral and Stalin rev. edn by I. Deutscher 1966. These will be evaluated for their origins‚ purposes‚ values and limitations. Word Count: 85 B. Summary of Evidence The Bolsheviks came to power in 1917 with Lenin in charge. During his reign he introduced
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the important lessons of our recent history. Adolph Hitler’s Nazis were certainly the most prolific of the Fascist states. The seeds of Fascism‚ however‚ were planted in Italy. "Fascism is reaction‚" said Benito Mussolini‚ author of The Doctrine of Fascism‚ but reaction to what? Mussolini forged Fascism in post-World War I in Europe. The national aspirations of many European peoples nations without states‚ peoples arbitrarily assigned to political entities with little regard for custom
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they do they duty to Germany and Germany Volk‚ they can be sure that God will never abandon either them or German. Hitler was a leader of the Nazi party and the dictator of the Germany. Also‚ he was the fascist leader who was hugely influence by Mussolini who wished to form a perfect race‚ called Aryan race. He had hatred toward Jew and saw Jew as a race inferior to the Aryan. So‚ Hitler was the individual that indirectly affected the lives of the Canadians because his prime mover who started another
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Born Vladimir Ilich Ulanov in 1870‚ Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party‚ leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution‚ and the architect‚ builder‚ and first head of the Soviet Union. Lenin spent the years leading up to the 1917 revolution in exile‚ within Russia and abroad. The Bolshevik’s quickly consolidated power; privatizing all aspects of the Soviet economy‚ cracking down on dissent through the Cheka‚ or secret police and instituting the Red Terror‚ aimed at destroying monarchist
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