to succeed Lenin in accounting for Stalin’s defeat of his opponents in the years 1924-29 Lenin’s death in 1924 not only created a power vacuum but also a bitter struggle for supremacy between Stalin‚ Trotsky‚ Zinoviev‚ Kamenev and Bukharin as each tried to become the new leader of the communist party. Whilst I do think that the personalities of the combatants were noteworthy I believe that the other elements involved such as Stalin’s tactical skill‚ the debate over permanent Revolution and socialism
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Why did the Revolution fail to topple the Tsar in 1905‚ but succeed in 1917? The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. Its implications and influences went on to effect a huge area and last decades. True to the large impact that it had‚ it was a large event. It spanned years and included many various groups and individuals. When studying the Russian Revolution it is important to note that it came during a time of change in Russia. Over the forty years
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In April 1917‚ a month after the Romanov Dynasty in Russia effectively ended with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II‚ Vladimir Ilich Lenin returned to Russia from exile with a formidable revolutionary mentality. The Tsar’s abdication prompted a period of dual power between select members of the defunct fourth Duma‚ now termed the Provisional Government‚ and the newly formed Petrograd Soviet. This arrangement offered a sense of political stability‚ a stability that was detrimental to Lenin’s quest
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In the 1500’s and 1600’s‚ some startling discoveries radically changed the way Europeans viewed how and why things happened in the physical world. Three scientists who contributed to these changed were Nicolaus Copernicus‚ Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton. These scientist changed some beliefs of which many had been believed for all of time. For almost all of time‚ the geocentric theory was believed to be true. This theory suggested that all planets revolved around the Earth. In 1543‚ Polish scholar
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of the Mexican Revolution. Though the Revolution had blitzed through the country‚ leaving death and deepened social turmoil‚ one could posit that a majority of the occurrences of the mayhem were those meant to inspire positive societal change. For example‚ under Francisco Madero‚ the peasantry raged at his failure to implement land reform for the poor. The overthrow of Victoriano Huerta illustrated the citizenry’s refusal to accept violent tyranny. And‚ the construction of the 1917 Constitution‚ under
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capable of taking power and controlling it in such a form as Machiavelli prescribed it. Vladimir Ilich Lenin was this man‚ he became the first leader of one of the most Machiavellian governments ever in existence‚ the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Lenin represented the key principles of the Machiavellian idea. When the Communist government finally started to function properly‚ Lenin managed to be both loved and feared as the head of the new state. Furthermore‚ he also managed to be greatly
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The Dawes Plan of 1924 The Dawes Plan of 1924 was formulated to take Weimar Germany out of hyperinflation and to return Weimar’s economy to some form of stability. The Dawes Plan got its name as the man who headed the committee was an American called Charles Dawes. The Treaty of Versailles had imposed huge reparation payments on Weimar Germany to pay for the damage caused by World War One. It soon became clear that Weimar Germany was simply incapable of paying out the instalments required by
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How significant were the personalities of the contenders to succeed Lenin in accounting for Stalin’s defeat of his opponents in the years 1924-29? In the years before Lenin’s death and the years that followed. Stalin was seen to be in the weaker position than the seven other opponents‚ this being because he was doubted in his role in the revolution and therefore as his role of the leader of the party. I believe that the personalities of the contenders was significant in the power struggle but it
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The Sexual Revolution of the 1960’s Sex and the 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of many changes‚ revolutions‚ and experiments including the sexual revolution brought on by the ’sixties generation’. Free love was a popular term coined in the later sixties that meant everyone should love each other‚ sexually and non sexually. This was the first time in history that sex was not something only men could enjoy but women too. What came from this revolution was birth control‚ knowledge of the female
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mistaken on behalf of what is right and what is wrong. As early as 1968‚ sexual liberation became a forefront concern to many in regards to birth control‚ women rights‚ and homosexuality. Even though many of these things started what many call a “revolution” it was simply the beginning of an ever-lasting process. This process is still seen today in the 21st century and has caused extremist to demonstrate cruelty‚ unfair treatment or injustice‚ and even death to those that undermined what society still
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