‘The Bolsheviks were able to seize power in October 1917 because of the leadership and determination of Lenin’ How far do you agree with this statement. It took three days for the Bolsheviks‚ specifically Trotsky’s Red Guard‚ to take control of Petrograd from 25-27 October‚ on the third day the power of the country had practically fell into their hands. The revolution was a pivotal event for world history with effects that reverberated through the 20th century. The nature of the revolution was
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taking it seriously proves to me that the world has gone mad‚ I hope you agree.” He then goes on and says “Mussolini thinks so‚ too”… He says the first thing Mussolini would do if he took over this country would be to “burn down the Museum of Modern Art and outlaw the word democracy.” I think part of the reason Gregory loathes modern art is because Mussolini feels the same. Gregory admires Mussolini and his work‚ the censoring of humans is more of modern art style whereas back then‚ un-censoring was
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important people and events that had an affect on the Russian Revolution‚ such as Vladimir Lenin‚ Joseph Stalin‚ the Russian Orthodox Church‚ and the April Theses. George Orwell incorporated many significant symbols relating to the Russian Communist Revolution‚ such as Vladimir Lenin‚ The Bolsheviks‚ and the April Theses. In Animal Farm‚ many connections have been made between Old Major and Vladimir Lenin. One connection that has been made between the two is that they are both
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Eventually after many more small revolutions‚ in 1917‚ Vladimir Lenin launched the Bolshevik government that would rebel against the Russian monarchy and cause a civil war. This war would end in 1923 as Lenin’s Bolshevik
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Bolsheviks not only survived the early day‘s of empowerment but went on to rule Russia for the next 70 years. This essay will examine the factors that allowed the Bolsheviks to have such a sweeping success in ruling Russia. A key factor that allowed Lenin and his party to dominate Russia was how the power was distributed throughout the government. The Bolsheviks created a system that took the form of a ‘pyramid of power’ this meant that the decisions and power sifted through all the political parties
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in 20th century history Abstract In 1917‚ Lenin led factory workers in St. Petersburg‚ Russia‚ in taking over the government‚ expecting to spark the rapidly spreading revolution to abolish capitalism predicted by Marx and Engels. Unexpected relationships among the nations impeded that spread‚. Once having become the leader of the vast territories that had formed the Russian Empire and having created a constitution nearly approaching democracy‚ Lenin was further surprised when the large majority
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could have taken would have been to describe the figure of Hitler and Mussolini in their respective parties. In fact‚ the cult of Hitler was impressive. Not only did he write his political pamphlet -Mein Kampf-‚ which became the ideological ground of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party‚ but his character inspired many of the party’s apparatus such as the Hitler-Jugend. Conversely‚ in Italy‚ the personality of Mussolini‚ while it played a great role in the propaganda machine‚ there is no
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- Fascism was an amalgam of many strains of thought largely deriving from the nineteenth-century movement of social Darwinism‚ socialism‚ nationalism‚ and social Catholicism-born of pragmatism and opportunism as much as conviction. - Fascism was nationalistic‚ capitalistic‚ emotional‚ voluntarist‚ and hierarchical. - Not surprisingly‚ given its founders’ socialist past‚ fascism borrowed from Marxism a political strategy based on economics. But unlike Marxism‚ fascism sought to preserve
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contradicted Bolshevik views. Lenin wanted the Bolsheviks to lead the revolution‚ so it was vital that he won their support. Lenin’s main ideas ‘Peace‚ Land and Bread’ and ‘All Power to the Soviet’ were designed to gain support for the Bolsheviks‚ whilst expressing dislike for the war and the provisional government. 21st April was Lenin’s first attempt to seize power‚ despite his efforts there were only a small number of demonstrators who were stopped by the police. Lenin continued to try and overthrow
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that affected the successor of Lenin. Josef Stalin was born into a peasant background in Georgia. Stalin was ‘safe’ in the eyes of the public and the Bolsheviks due to his perception of him. He was considered a pedestrian to them due to his background. Stalin wanted the idea of socialism in one country. After Lenin’s death Stalin opposed the idea of socialism spread across the world and the idea of permanent revolution‚ although this was against the ideas of Lenin this was appealing with the public
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