of miles to see the body of a man who was long dead may seem strange‚ the actions of Lenin makes it stranger. Although he was certainly an influential man‚ changing the political landscape of Russia forever and creating a global superpower‚ Lenin has a darker side. While the genocide of his successor‚ Joseph Stalin‚ live in infamy‚ Lenin is often overlooked for his evil. Lenin brutally killed thousands
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Mussolini Social and Economic Policies: Battle for Grain (1925): * Improve agriculture to increase grain production so that foreign import was no longer needed (policy to achieve main aim of autarky as well as show economic strength of Italy to improve national pride). * Farmers were given grants on tractors and fertilizers and advice on modern techniques. Corporate State (1926-39): * It was aimed to transform the economy to a revolutionary form to aviod problems of labour
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Lenin was able to consolidate his power because of the weakness of his opponents. Find evidence to support or refute this statement. Chloe Tomlinson There were many different equally important reasons why Lenin and the Bolsheviks were able to hold on to their power. For Lenin‚ and the Bolsheviks‚ winning political power was relatively easy‚ compared with retaining it. They had many different objects to overcome‚ such as; Russia was in chaos‚ politically and economically‚ and normal government had
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Throughout his time in power‚ Mussolini implemented new social and economic policies which varied in their success. Socially‚ his policies such as controlling workers worked in the short run as Dopolavoro numbers were high‚ however in the long run they were a failure‚ due to the lack of loyalty workers showed to Mussolini during his fall from power after world war one. Mussolini’s ’Battles’ were the least successful aspect of his policies‚ with his youth policies also limiting success. Nevertheless
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political document. Haymarket Books. pp. 60–63. ISBN 978-1-931859-25-7. Retrieved 12 April 2011. ^ Karl Marx‚ (1845). The German Ideology‚ Marx-Engels Institute‚ Moscow. ISBN 978-1-57392-258-6. ^ See Chapter 5 of Vladimir Lenin ’s The State and Revolution" (1917). ^ Hill‚ Christopher Lenin and the Russian Revolution (1971) Penguin Books:Londonp. 86. ^ Harding‚ Neil (ed.) The State in Socialist Society‚ second edition (1984) St. Antony ’s College: Oxford‚ p. 189. ^ Brudny‚ Yitzhak (1998). Re-Inventing
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support them (1). The citizens of Russia were desperately looking for help and the Bolshevik party‚ created with the help of Lenin and Trotsky in the year 1917‚ had the answer. Slowly‚ they had managed to become one of the most powerful parties ever created‚ but many factors were to cause the consolidation of power. In this essay I will be comparing the significance of Vladimir Lenin in the Bolshevik consolidation of power with another important factor; Leon Trotsky. In my opinion the
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dictatorship‚ they need only look at the economic success reached by Stalin in the U.S.S.R with the creation of the 5-year plans. It is said that the 5-year plans were aimed at creating socialism in one country unlike the plans of internationalism of Lenin and Trotsky. However‚ as an era that considers itself
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Totalitarian Regimes‚ Unit 3 A Comparative Analysis of Church and State Relations in Mussolini’s Italy and in Hitler’s Germany. Richard Rothwell This report will explore the relationship between Church and State in both Mussolini’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany. The position of the church prior to change of government will first be taken into account‚ providing both a better understanding of the events that followed‚ the
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How successful was Axis propaganda at generating a sense of solidarity on the home fronts? Introduction – The idea of propaganda to bring the country together to fight for one whole idea. The use of propaganda by the Axis powers during the Second World War was a fundamental concept in the war effort. Both countries became unified during the late 19th century so their need to generate a solidarity through an idealism was of particular importance. Propaganda was a useful tool in order that they may
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To what extent did Mussolini come to power in 1922 due to the weakness of the Liberal State? When Italy was unified in 1870 it was set up with a new liberal state made up of Italy’s Liberal elite. The new state that was set up had many flaws which helped Mussolini to come into power as prime minister. In this essay I am going to be discussing whether it was the weakness of the new Liberal state or any other factors that allowed him to consolidate his power. The state that was set up in Italy
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