struggle) 1927 -‐ First ‘Five Year Plan’ 1928 -‐ End of the NEP. Start of collectivisation. Beginning of the Stalin’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ 1929 -‐ Trotsky exiled to Alma Ata in Kazakhstan 1930 -‐ Zhenotdel abolished. Beginning of the ‘Great Retreat’ 1934 -‐ Assassination of Kirov. ‘Kirov Decrees’ announced
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Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. When Lenin fell ill in the early 1920’s Stalin used his position in the Bolshevik Party to isolate Lenin in his sickbed. He soon controlled all access to the failing Lenin‚ and if Lenin wanted him to be successor to the helm of the Bolshevik movement‚ we have mainly only Stalin’s word of that decision by Lenin. Of course there are documents for and against Stalin being Lenin’s successor‚ but their validity has always been questionable. And Trotsky‚ the other leader
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as a cautionary tale about Stalinism. The allegorical characters of the novel represent specific historical figures and different factions of Imperial Russian and Soviet society. These include Karl Marx (Old Major)‚ Vladimir Lenin (Old Major)‚ Leon Trotsky (Snowball)‚ Joseph Stalin (Napoleon)‚ Adolf Hitler (Frederick)‚ the Allies (Pilkington)‚ the peasants
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Battles between Leaders Briony Lin Block: E Introduction If we look back on history‚ we can see there were two famed leaders who have both been through serious economic depressions to various degrees. They used totally distinct way to revive the economy based on their national conditions‚ political and economic ideology. One is Vladimir Lenin‚ a Russian Communist‚ who has founded the Communist party called Bolsheviks and became the first communist dictator in the world. The other is Franklin
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propaganda to manipulate the images he created for himself and Trotsky as he wanted to get more popularity and support from the people because he wanted to portray himself as the legitimate successor and destroy Trotsky’s positive image as Lenin’s chosen successor. Stalin was cunning enough to prevent Trotsky from going to Lenin’s funeral by tricking him to create a negative image as he wanted to destroy Trotsky’s positive image. When Trotsky did not attend the funeral‚ it reflected very badly on
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How far do you agree that the Bolsheviks consolidated their hold on power in the years after the October/November revolution mainly through the use of violence against their opponents? The Bolsheviks consolidated their power after October 1917 however they faced many severe problems which made keeping their power complex. For Lenin and the Bolsheviks winning political power was relatively easy compared with retaining it. The Bolsheviks may have had a temporary majority in the All-Russia soviet in
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Russia that lead up to the Revolution and lasted during “Stalin era‚” and exhibits noteworthy symbolism between common farm animals and important communist/socialist leaders and political groups at the time‚ including Karl Marx/ Vladimir Lenin‚ Leon Trotsky‚ and Joseph Stalin. The actual plot of the novel follows a group of farm animals who overthrow a farm owner by force and set up their own community‚ in which all animals are treated equally‚ where all of them equally share the workload‚ and see
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Ch. 10 Russia: 1903-1905 – Russo-Japanese War Fighting over Manchuria (Chinese farmland) Japan wins Fighting lasts only 3 months‚ but Russia and Japan cant agree on terms. U.S. mediates- Japan gets everything After Russia loses war‚ Russian people lose faith in gov’t; demand more voice Czar Nicholas Romanov II gives in‚ cerates DUMA (People’s voice) Nicholas II only care about himself and Romanov family (ruling family)‚ eventually disbands DUMA. Vladimir Lenin: Marxist revolutionary With
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though it was not considered the Bolshevik ’s perfect idea of communism. Lenin died in 1924 and because he did not leave any clear successor to lead the party‚ a power vacuum was left for a new leader to emerge. The possible contenders were Trotsky‚ Stalin‚ Zinoviev‚ Kamenev‚ Bukharin‚ Rykov and Tomsky‚ who all held high positions within the party. It is certain that Stalin was not who Lenin wanted for leader‚ as before Lenin died they had a strained relationship. He had realised how much
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The factors that contributed to Stalin becoming the next leader are plentiful and can mostly be divided into Stalin’s own strengths and the weaknesses of his most important rival‚ Trotsky. All the factors can also be linked in one way or another‚ as shall be seen in this answer. One of the most important reasons why Stalin won the power struggle is that he used his high positions in the Communist party and the power that came with it to his advantage. Several factors fall under this category.
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