NAME: ULEBOR ESTHER ISIOMA. PROGRAM: POLITICAL SCIENCE. MATRIC. NO.: 11AI011605. LEVEL: 300. COURSE TITLE: REVOLUTION AND SOCIETY. COURSE CODE: POS324. LECTURER: MR GODWYN AGBUDE. QUESTION: DISCUSS ANY OF THIS REVOLUTION. 1. RUSSIA REVOLUTION. 2. CUBA REVOLUTION. 3. ENGLISH REVOLUTION. INTRODUCTION One of the most significant single events in modern world history is undoubtedly the Russian Revolution of 1917. It cannot be compared to any revolution (preceding or following
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Junior Year SL IB History Notes Paper 1 * Based on the Prescribed Subjects * Communism & Crisis * Arab Israeli Conflict * Peacemaking – Peacekeeping * Themes * Wilson & 14 Points * Terms of the Paris Peace Treaties * Geo-Political Economic & Mandate Impact in Europe * The Conferences (Washington‚ London‚ Geneva‚ etc.) * Provisions of all the Treaties * Principles & Threats to Collective Security * Ruhr Crisis
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had the strongest Revolutionary record amongst all of his opponents. His leadership of the Red Army allowed the communists to seize power in the October Revolution‚ enhancing his reputation‚ despite being labeled a traitor when he sided with the Mensheviks in 1903. However‚ he was noted as ‘arrogant’ in Lenin’s testament and managed to gain many enemies within the party as he felt there was no need to endear himself to his colleagues and he therefore displayed little respect towards them. This made
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Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution of 1917 involved the collapse of an empire under Tsar Nicholas II and the rise of Marxian socialism under Lenin and his Bolsheviks that sparked the beginning of a new era in Russia. The February Revolution began on March 8‚ 1917‚ when demonstrators clamoring for bread took to the streets in the Russian capital of Petrograd. Supported by huge crowds of striking industrial workers‚ the protesters clashed with police stations. On March
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Who was the loser of the Franco-Prussian war in 1871? | France | France was forced to pay an indemnity and give up what portion of its territories? | Alsace-Lorraine | What was traditionally the weakest of the Great Powers? | Prussia-Germany | After 1871‚ Bismarck repeatedly referred to Germany as a _______ power. | Satisfied | What was the “sick man of Europe”? | Ottoman Empire | The three Emperor’s league linked what 3 monarchs? | Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia | What made up the
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LENIN Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century‚ who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917‚ and was the architect and first head of the USSR. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was born in Simbirsk on the Volga River on 22 April 1870 into a well-educated family. He excelled at school and went on to study law. At university‚ he was exposed to radical thinking‚ and his views were also influenced by the execution of his elder brother
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It is easier to quantify a historical figure’s achievements not by showing what he changed‚ but rather by showing what the world would be like if he had not been there. If Vladimir Lenin had not been born‚ there would be no Cold War‚ no Soviet Union and Russia might still be ruled by a Tsar. However‚ Lenin was not simply a catalyst in the many changes Russia faced; he was a most volatile reactant in the chemistry of Russian and world politics. Breaking the barrier between attaining both economic
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union. However‚ it is this intellect and self-assurance in his ideals that meant he was isolated for so many years. After the Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party in 1903‚ he sided with neither the Bolsheviks nor the Mensheviks and wrote for both sides.
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1. Russian Populism The Populist movement resulted from Alexander II’s Great Reforms. The purpose of the reforms was to take Russia into the future. 2. Lenin’s Imperialism: the Highest State of Capitalism describes the function of financial capital in generating profits from imperial colonialism‚ as the final stage of capitalist development to ensure greater profits 3. People’s Will (Narodnaia Volia) a newspaper published by the People’s Will revolutionary
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Socially‚ Russia was under the state of hierarchy‚ where it was divided into social classes. At this point in Russia’s history‚ Russia was ruled under the Tsarist Autocracy where the Tsar‚ only governed Russia and made all the decisions. Under him came the “civil servants”. At the top were ministers in charge of the government departments‚ and the bottom was made up of the minor ministers like customs inspectors and office clerks. They were usually underpaid‚ therefore‚ took constant bribes. All
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