Though there are no artworks dedicated solely to the revolution and its effect upon her‚ it is clear in some of her works the effect the revolution and its figures had upon her like “Nucleus of Creation” (1945) and “Self-Portrait dedicated to Leon Trotsky” (1937)‚ the prominent figure and Kahlo shared a brief affair and she presented to him on his birthday November 7th‚ the anniversary of the Russian
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Running Head: A PORTRAIT OF FRIDA KAHLO A Portrait of Frida Kahlo INTRODUCTION: Frida Kahlo This paper explores the life and art works of Mexican Painter Frida Kahlo. Her work was very significant because it was influenced by the indigenous Mexican culture. Frida suffered a tragic accident at the age of 18 that changed the course of her life forever. After the streetcar accident in 1925‚ Frida was left disabled and started to paint during her recovery. She became the most celebrated female
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Lenin was able to consolidate Bolshevik rule in Russia by combining popular policies and repression: To what extent do you agree with this statement. I do agree with this statement and i will be explaining why in this essay. Lenins main policies consisted of; war communism this was seen as repressive‚ the treaty of Brest Litovsk ending Russia’s involvement in WW1. The NEP 9 new economic policy. Lenin defined his movement by the slogan “all power to the soviets” Lenin believed he could make a new
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him he was able to rule freely. The Bolsheviks that were accused were forced to confess many crimes‚ including plotting to murder Lenin. This enabled Stalin to lay the blame on Trotsky‚ whom he accused of leading these plotters. This was very important because there were still many people who thought it should have been Trotsky ruling Russia; therefore any of these ideas were stamped out. The show trials had a particular motive: it was a way of justifying Stalin’s policies to the world and his own
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anti-communist and it is also known as Red October. When the animals go into the farmhouse for the first time‚ they are amazed and disgusted. The common people have the same attitude towards the ostentatious wealth of the Russian Royal Family. Stalin and Trotsky were constantly arguing and couldn’t agree on anything‚ if one said
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the speech by making sure that Trotsky was not present at the funeral. Due to Trotsky’s absence Stalin was able to praise the work of Lenin‚ making out that he was going to carry on Lenin’s work‚ which gave him extra support from the public‚ due to the fact after Lenin’s death the entire nation was in mourning and believed that Lenin was a good man giving his all to make the USSR a better place. It also gave Stalin the chance to criticize his biggest rival‚ Trotsky who was not at the funeral to defend
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Topic: Why the society that was meant to be just was transformed into a tyranny in Animal Farm. What made it possible? Orwell in his work "Animal Farm" touches on the problems faced by society while trying to change an existing order and create an ideal state with a fair system of governance. He shows reasons why the system does not work‚ and as result society becomes a tyranny. Mostly it is the fault of the leaders who care about their well-being. Such leaders are eager to power and uncaring
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In the United States young adults ages 8- 18 use some sort of media an average of 7.5 hours a day. (NEDA) From the moment you are brought into this world you are constantly taking in images‚ information‚ and ideas. It would be impossible to not be influenced by media‚ because it is imbedded in our everyday life and culture. Even as a child‚ watching cartoons or Disney movies‚ you’re taught the ideals of beauty and the significance of being attractive. Somewhere along the way this idea of an ideal
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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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the weaknesses of the White Army and the strong ideologies within the Red Army. This is further reinforced by the divided leadership within the White Army‚ as well as single unified command structure of the Red Army‚ contrasted to the way in which Trotsky was able to inspire and rally men As Richard Malone said in his school textbook‚ Analysing the Russian Revolution‚ ‘The White Army was made up of different groups who could not agree on whether they were fighting for monarchism‚ republicanism or
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