Jin-Ho Lee IB History – Mr. Wade 28/01/14 How successful was Lenin (1917-1924) in solving the problems he faced? With the October revolution in 1917‚ Lenin managed to execute a successful coup d’état against the provisional government of Russia and with the death of the constituent assembly early 1918; Lenin and his Bolsheviks had finally control over Russia. However this was just the beginning of various problems he would be facing. This raised the debate on whether Lenin could deal with
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With the Bolsheviks it is important to remember that they had many opponents to their power‚ some who wanted Tsarism back or the Provisional Government or wanted the elections to go through for a Constitutional Assembly‚ so causing the Civil War. Throughout this they had clear leaders who knew what they were doing and how they were going to get there. However it was the use of violence that lead them to be able to suppress the unrest among the people‚ win the Civil War‚ get rid of any threats to
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Lydia Turner 10M Napoleon and Snowball are characters who represent Stalin and Trotsky. Explore the conflict between these two characters presented by Orwell in Animal Farm ‘Animal Farm’ is an allegory which presents George Orwell’s views on communism in the form of an anthropomorphic fable. The main characters are Snowball and Napoleon‚ who represent Trotsky and Stalin‚ are two opposing characters whose conflict is presented in a number of linguistic and structural ways. An example of this are
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“Why did the Bolsheviks win the civil war?” There were a few key reasons as to why the Bolsheviks won the civil war. The most important reason that helped them to succeed was Trotsky. Furthermore‚ there communication between each other‚ their control of the railway and their strong‚ direct intentions all produced a successful win. Lenin also kept structure to the Russian public which portrayed Lenin as an iconic figure. All of these reasons really proved necessary for the Bolsheviks to succeed
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TIME LINE 1855-1881 Alexander II established the zemstvos: a form of local self government First Russian westernization attempt 1861- Emancipation of Serf: was incomplete serfs were left to pay for their land… redemption payments Mir: village community 1863-1864 reforms of law‚ education and local government 1881 Alexander II assassinated 1881-1894 Alexander III instituted an era of repression and reaction denounced democracy‚ free press blood revolution police force
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“Ten Days That Shook the World” is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917‚ which Reed experienced firsthand. Reed followed many of the prominent Bolshevik leaders‚ especially Grigory Zinoviev and Karl Radek‚ closely during his time in Russia. John Reed died in 1920‚ shortly after the book was finished. John Reed’s classic account of the Russian Revolution of November 1917 isn’t an attempt at large-scale dispassionate historical analysis
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Explain the effects of the Purges? Introduction The Great Purge was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1934 to 1939. It involved a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials‚ repression of peasants and the Red Army leadership‚ and widespread police surveillance‚ suspicion of "saboteurs"‚ imprisonment‚ and arbitrary executions. 1st Para Scientists‚ Doctors and Engineers‚ were heavily targeted‚ imprisoned and killed.
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Stalin had several methods of social control that gave him such a powerful rule in Russia that even today he still has supporters. Socialist Realism was an essential method to create this‚ although it was not the most important method of social control. Socialist Realism was the second most important method of social control as it was very effective‚ but not as effective as the Terror. Social Realism allowed Stalin to be portrayed in a positive light but it was also an attempt to use art forms to
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And they all confessed ... IN 1936‚ TERROR REIGNED in the Soviet Union and Anna Akhmatova wrote: "I have seen faces consumed‚ glimpsed horror under lowered eyelids‚ cheeks etched by pain." Even André Gide observed after his visit to the Soviet Union in 1936: "In my opinion‚ no country today not even in Hitler’s Germany is the spirit more suppressed‚ more timid‚ more servile than in the Soviet Union." Or‚ as brigade commander S. P. Kolosov whose final fate is unknown expressed it in an anything
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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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