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    The Russian Revolution and related major historical events is the context of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”‚ originally published in 1945. An allegorical novella and a work of political satire that is more critical of totalitarianism regimes than it is of ideologies such as communism‚ it has a plot which is a figurative representation of real life events of the Russian Revolution. As these events unfold‚ the Tsarist autocracy of the Russian Empire is overthrown and leads to a transfer of power: the

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    The Russian revolution was a series of events that changed the political and social way of life that had been in place in Russia for a long time. It all started in March of 1917 when the police found resistance from hungry protestors in the Russian capital of Petrograd. The protest became violent when the people formed mobs and destroyed several police stations. After many deadly confrontations‚ the resistance became victorious when much of the military defected and joined the cause. Ruler Czar

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    The Russian Civil War Basic Work Rough Draft Intro The primary cause of the Russian Civil War was the breach between the Bolsheviks and non-Bolsheviks. This breach was caused by a number of events‚ one of them being the Russian Revolution‚ which occurred throughout 1917. The Russian Revolution consisted of two parts‚ the first part being the February Revolution‚ where Tsar Nicholas II was forced out of his position and the Russian monarchy was replaced by a provisional government. Most Russians

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    Comparison Essay Empire-building in both the Spanish and Russian empires occurred during the New Imperialism Age; while both empires were politically and socially different‚ both desired to expand to further their economies and strengthen their international role. While Spain conquered territories across the Atlantic Ocean in the New World‚ Russia began expanding east is search of a warm-water port and farmable land. Both exhibited strict Christian monarchies‚ the effects of which were visible in

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    History  Revolutions  Exam  Notes:     RUSSIAN  REVOLUTION   Emily  Spiezia           UNIT  3  &  4     2012   Emily  Spiezia  12Green  2012  Exam  Notes   LIFE  UNDER  TSARISM     •  "The  Russian  working  class  is  burdened  by  a  double  yoke;  it  is.......  robbed  by  the  capitalists  and  landlords‚  and  to   prevent

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    1905 Russian Revolution   At the beginning of the 20th century the Russian industrial employee worked on average an 11 hour day (10 hours on Saturday). Conditions in the factories were extremely harsh and little concern was shown for the workers’ health and safety. Attempts by workers to form trade unions were resisted by the factory owners and in 1903‚ a priest‚ Father Georgi Gapon‚ formed the Assembly of Russian Workers. Within a year it had over 9‚000 members. 1904 was a particularly bad year

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    Within the period 1894-2005‚ Lenin has been the most significant leader of Russia and the USSR. How valid is this statement? It can be argued that Lenin was the most significant leader of Russia and the USSR due to his revolutionary ideas‚ such as the implementation of socialist reforms‚ his New Economic Policy in 1921 and the transformation of the Bolshevik faction to the Communist Part of the Soviet Union leading to a huge Marxist-Leninist movement in the USSR. However‚ when assessing the ‘significance’

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    Nicholas II Nicholas II will always be remembered in Russian history because he was the last tsar to rule Russia‚ caused many downfalls to come to Russia‚ and that he was killed because of his actions. Because of his poor choices when ruling Russia‚ he would eventually be overthrown or killed due to his rash decisions. Nikolay Aleksandrovich‚ or better known as Nicholas II‚ was born May 18‚ 1868. On May 26‚ 1896 succeeding his father in Moscow‚ Nicholas was crowned tsar of Russia. Nicholas was

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    Richard Palomo Personal Perception of Organized Crime When I hear organized crime I think of the mafia. I would personally describe organized crime as a mafia hit. I would define it as a group of people who actually organize and plan out their crime. They figure out all the details including person‚ time‚ and place before committing the crime. I believe any crime can be organized not just mafia hits. Drugs cartels are another thing that comes to mind when I think about organized crime. Drug cartel

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    influences that profoundly affected the Russian consciousness. As the people embraced Orthodoxy it developed a uniquely Russian flavor and rooted deep in the fertile Russian soul. Orthodoxy had a major impact on politics‚ art‚ and nearly every other aspect of Russia’s culture. Orthodoxy helped forge Russia’s world view and defined her place in the world. The church affected the thought patterns and motivations of a whole culture and changed the way Russians thought about themselves and the ways that

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