To what extent did the Tsarist and Soviet regimes rely on terror and repression to maintain order and control between1855-1964? From the reign of Alexander the lll terror and repression has been widely used as a mean of control. Under the Tsar they were not used as much as their successors but they were used especially with Alexander lll with Russification (Okhrana)‚ and the counter reforms also with Nicholas ll (Okhrana) with bloody Sunday. Under the leadership of Lenin repression and terror persisted
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Over the past 45 years‚ the British Invasion had a huge impact on American culture including music and art. The original members of the Beatles were John Lennon‚ Paul McCartney‚ George Harrison‚ and Pete Best. This greatest band had their small beginning‚ it started on October 9‚ 1940‚ John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool‚ England. He was raised by his aunt Mimi after his parents got a divorce. He formed his first band in 1956 known as “The Quarrymen”. He soon met Paul through one of his friends
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Explain why the Arab invasions of 710 and 711 were so successful. In answering this question we must first appreciate the difficulty historians face in discovering the real truth of the early Arab invasions‚ a fact well demonstrated in the varying estimates of Arab invasion forces (ranging from 1‚700-9000 in current publications). Scant contemporary evidence exists beyond a short narrative present in a Spanish chronicle of 754‚ a vital surviving Islamic administrative document of the time‚ and
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How far can the decline of Soviet power in Eastern Europe be blamed on the Solidarity movement? I think that the Solidarity movement played a key role in the collapse of the Soviet Union‚ because it not only influenced the biggest country in the Eastern Block‚ (Poland which shared a long border with the USSR and previously served as a corridor for attack on the Soviet Union)‚ it also managed to attain over 10 million members and supporters nationwide. Since the Solidarity movement or Solidarity
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An Analysis of the Moscow Show Trials and Stalin’s Soviet Union The soviet show trials were the manifestation of totalitarianism. Show trials are a public display of many key features typically found in a totalitarian dictatorship. Unlike a court room trial where debate and the introduction of evidence is definitive in a case’s outcome‚ the defendant is already considered guilty of a crime by the state‚ has no legal rights and is purposely humiliated and ridiculed in order to undermine their
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Also‚ the deal symbolized the Non-Aggression Pact between Hitler and Stalin prior to World War II. This pact was then broken by Hitler when he invaded the Soviet Union. The breaking of the pact is similar to Frederick giving false notes to Napoleon. Pilkington symbolizes all the allies of the World War II except the Soviet Union. Like the Soviet Union before World War II‚ Animal Farm wasn’t sure who their allies would be. But after losing the relationship with Frederick (Germany)‚ Napoleon
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To what extent was the GDR controlled by the Soviet Union in the years to 1961? The German Democratic Republic was formed from what once was the Soviet Zone of Germany. After the tensions of the cold war became too hostile for all participants Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany and were renamed the GDR for the East and the FRG for the West. The GDR was formed in October 1949 and was governed by the SED‚ a political party made up of the Communist Party and the Socialist Party.
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1922‚ it became the first country to make itself a socialist and build their own communist party. Soon after‚ the Soviet Union turned into a communist government. The destruction that the Soviet regime went on to create‚ got Americans on their heels and forced them to rethink their foreign policy‚ in turn‚ causing American foreign policy to change. Initially‚ in the late 1950s‚ the Soviet Union was stronger than ever. It had a strong military that was just as powered as that of the US and developed
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To what extent was the Cuban missile crisis a factor in Nikita Khrushchev being deposed as leader of the Soviet Union? 1018-133 HL Contemporary History Word Count: 1978 Table of Contents Criterion A: Plan of Investigation pg. 3 Criterion B: Summary of Evidence pg.4-5 Criterion C: Evaluation of Sources
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Why relations between the USA and Soviet Union changed in the years 1943-1947 Relations between the USA and Soviet Union underwent dramatic change in the years 1943-47. This is clearly demonstrated by the fact that they had gone from allies during the Second World War to a rivalry which went onto dominate the latter part of the twentieth century and world politics‚ in a period known as the Cold War. This essay therefore hopes to analyse the key reasons that led to this breakdown in relations by
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