Russia between the Bolsheviks and all the non-Bolshevik parties. The war ended with a Bolshevik victory in 1921‚ this ended the threat of any other Russian political parties challenging the Bolsheviks and also importantly consolidated their power. Trotsky helped the Bolshevik party effectively spread the Bolshevik ideology across the nation by using propaganda and presented the party positively‚ building a strong following and support from the Russian population. The Bolsheviks were now portrayed as
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to escape their snapping jaws.”(Orwell 35). Napoleon’s name is used as an allusion to the historical figure of Napoleon Bonaparte as well as the famous dictator Stalin who struggles to maintain power between Snowball who is used as an allusion to Trotsky‚ Stalin’s rival. As Snowball is chased off the farm‚ eventually disappearing‚ Napoleon claims leadership among the farm and its inhabitants. Significance: The first sign of corruption has emerged in
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Allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. For example‚ almost every character plays an influential role in history; Napoleon represents Stalin‚ Snowball represents Trotsky‚ and Old Major represents Lenin. Orwell uses these historical people as an outline to show how these characters develop. One such historical character is Stalin. Stalin plays the role of a dictator‚ and seizes control in Soviet Russia‚ destroying
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Russia in Revolution 1914-1924 Syllabus Notes Impact of WWI - Battles lost: Tannenberg and the Mazurian Lakes were the most crushing defeats on the Russian side. (1-2 million casualties altogether in the war) - Low morale: Because soldiers either died or deserted‚ the injured ones waiting for days with no medical care‚ patriotism collapsed. - No cooperation: The Russian army was a mess. Orders were given‚ then taken back‚ and workers had to toil to produce food at the failing front line
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The New Economic Policy (NEP) was a measure implemented in order to counter the arguably disastrous effects War Communism. The New Economic is controversial. Some historians argue it allowed the Soviet economy to solidify and begin to recover‚ and also allowed the Bolsheviks to retain control over Russia. Others‚ like Orlando Figes‚ state it was ultimately a failure‚ arguing that under the NEP the peasants grew away from the Bolshevik regime‚ inviting a future‚ and brutal‚ reassertion of central
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Animal Farm: Allegory of Stalinism Most directly one would say that Animal Farm is an allegory of Stalinism‚ growing out from the Russian Revolution in 1917. Because it is cast as an animal fable it gives the reader/viewer‚ some distance from the specific political events. The use of the fable form helps one to examine the certain elements of human nature which can produce a Stalin and enable him to seize power. Orwell‚ does however‚ set his fable in familiar events of current history. Old Major
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The book ‘The Animal Farm’ is a cleverly written book by George Orwell‚ which was first published in 1945. The time in which the book’s happenings play is not very specific‚ but can be concluded to the early 20th century in a farm house of rural England. In this book George Orwell describes the negative sides of communism by using different animals on a farm to substitute the different ranks and positions of people in a communist country. This fictional story features quite a few main characters
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It seems to me that a reviewer should have the courage to identify Napoleon with Stalin‚ and Snowball with Trotsky‚ and express an opinion favourable or unfavourable to the author‚ upon a political ground. In a hundred years time perhaps‚ Animal Farm may be simply a fairy story‚ today it is a political satire with a good deal of point." Animal Farm has been subject
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other animals’ inability to read properly‚ his lampoon at the threat of communism. The antithesis of Snowball’s democracy and Napoleon’s dictatorship emphasizes a human’s attraction to power and provides a direct juxtaposition with Russian leaders Trotsky and Stalin‚ reinforcing his critiquing of the movement through the actions of the two pigs. Using propaganda as a lampoon at the corruption of communism‚ Orwell demonstrates the desperation of the minor animals as the pigs exploit their
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The provisional government was deposed in early October by the Bolsheviks as a result of the October Revolution. The storming and capitulation of the Winter Palace on the night of the 7th to 8th of November marked the beginning of Soviet rule. Lenin was elected as the Chair of the Council of People’s Commissars by the Russian Congress of Soviets. In April 1917 Lenin published his April Thesis. This document outlined Lenin’s aims for the future: to end the war; to give all power to the Soviet; to
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