Born Vladimir Ilich Ulanov in 1870‚ Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party‚ leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution‚ and the architect‚ builder‚ and first head of the Soviet Union. Lenin spent the years leading up to the 1917 revolution in exile‚ within Russia and abroad. The Bolshevik’s quickly consolidated power; privatizing all aspects of the Soviet economy‚ cracking down on dissent through the Cheka‚ or secret police and instituting the Red Terror‚ aimed at destroying monarchist
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History Samantha Fisher 13B February 21‚ 2012 Mr. Allen Essay on the Russian Revolution The Russo-Japanese War lasted from 1904 to 1905‚ and arose from both Japan and Russia’s desire for expansion and dominance in Korea and Manchuria. Russia suffered many great defeats in this war‚ against a nation that was considered inferior and was not one of the Great Powers. This humiliated the people of Russia‚ and caused them to lose confidence in Tsar Nicholas II‚ as well as causing great
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and influencing them to believe in him. On the other hand although leadership played a big role the incompetence of the Provisional government also did. The Provisional government was weak and unstable as it was a coalition between the Liberals‚ Mensheviks and
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Report on the situation of Russia in 1903 Russia is a vast empire and is crumbling piece by piece due to many different things happening in the country. The empire is falling bit by bit due to the backward industry and bad leadership. Reasons that will be explained in this report for this bad situation are an inefficient and corrupt government‚ the conditions of peasants‚ the contrast between the rich and the poor‚ conditions of workers and threats from opposition groups. All of these things are
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named because Russia used the Julian calendar at the time‚ in which it took place in February. Nicholas was forced to abdicate‚ and the tsarist government that had ruled Russia for centuries was over. The Socialist Revolutionary Party‚ or the Mensheviks‚ set up the Provisional Government as the new government. However‚ the Petrograd Soviet of Soldiers and Workers also sprang up‚ and people began to speak of a dual-power system. The soviet was a group of officials elected by the workers and farmers
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Animal Farm .She betrays Animal Farm‚ when she decides to abandon the farm and work for another human. Mollie is a flat and static character. • Benjamin= The gloomy‚ intelligent donkey and the oldest animal on the Animal Farm; Benjamin represents the Mensheviks in the Soviet Union. Benjamin is neutral about both the pig leaders and about the Rebellion. He has a strong pessimistic life when it comes to life. Benjamin is a flat and static
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the merger of a ton of socialist countries in Eastern Europe and North Asia that all collectivized into one incredibly centralized state. The Communist Party took over in the October Revolution of 1917 led by Vladimir Lenin fighting against the Mensheviks. They established themselves as the sole ruling party of the Soviet Union‚ and placed their headquarters in Moscow‚ Russia. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991‚ and released its centralized communist grip on all of its satellite countries‚ which
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far as March during the February/March revolution of 1917. In March of 1917 in Russia‚ The Tsar‚ Nicholas II had little choice. The Great War (as it was known as at that time) had turned into a disaster‚ conditions at home were horrible‚ and the Menshevik government had forced Nicholas to abdicate He did this for himself and his son and gave the power to his brother. His brother gave up the power the next day because the country was in such disarray. After that‚ the Provisional Government took power
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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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The Life and Times of Vladimir Lenin The Russian Revolution‚ we know how it began‚ why it began‚ and the outcome of it. We know that without it Russia would have not become to powerhouse that it was during World War II and beyond (and without it might have been completely taken over by the Nazis). However‚ unlike the French Revolution which had no clear leader or originator of the revolution at the very beginning of Russia’s toppling of the monarchy and rise of Communism was one man: Vladimir
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