country could take place. The broad aims of Lenin’s communism were to redistribute wealth among the Russian people and to support the Red Army with artillery and weapons. Lenin did not achieve his goals to establish communism in Russia. The agricultural and industrial sectors in Russian collapsed due to the unorganised nationalisation that took place. Communism also had bad social effects on the people of Russia. Although the Russian economy was going through a crisis‚ Lenin was still able to support and
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Throughout German history‚ there have been pivotal moments that had a critical impact on modern German democracy. During Germany’s existence‚ they have experienced devastating wars and regime changes. Even before the creation of a unified Germany in 1871‚ the nation experienced violent and devastating wars. And after the 30 years’ war‚ it was left as a pawn for stronger powers for the next two centuries. That was until German unification in 1871‚ did Germany finally rose to be a superpower in Europe
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How did the Bolsheviks consolidate (Make strong) their rule? Lenin led the Bolsheviks and Trotsky led the red army. When the Bolsheviks took power‚ they were a small unpopular government but Lenin in a very short time passed decrees‚ which satisfied the people and set up a strict secret police‚ which squashed opposition completely. Lenin used many methods to make his government strong but winning the people over certainly was a major factor as well as the fact that he was strong. Firstly
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both Mussolini and the Italian empire. Mussolini was intent on revising the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles and was very keen to show off Italy’s power. He felt that Italy had been hard done by at the end of world war one and sought to claim what he felt Italy deserved. Mussolini’s foreign policy clearly reflected his ambition to reinstate the Italian empire. Once Mussolini was made prime minister in 1922‚ he put together his foreign policy plans. Mussolini said‚ ’Foreign policy is the area
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disputed over the origins of World War I‚ who started it‚ who is to blame for the outbreak of the war? And there are no accurate answers to the questions. To support the statement "Germany was responsible for the outbreak of World War I" to a full extent is impossible. First of all the war was never a World War until much later (arguably not until us intervention in April 1917)‚ second there were many other factors and countries involved in the outbreak of World War I. First would be to analyse the
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a variety of political and economic motives. Generally‚ these powers benefited from these land acquisitions. However‚ Germany’s neo-imperialist experience was unlike that of the other powers. Within the colony of Namibia‚ located in South West Africa‚ the real advantages that Germany received were far outweighed by the disadvantages the German empire faced. Although Germany received elevated political status from occupying colonies‚ the economic and military efforts that were invested in maintaining
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To what extent did industrial development under Witte make Russia a more stable and prosperous country? Even thought there were problems with Witte’s approach to development is not to deny that Russia needed major reform. Its defeat by Western powers in the Crimean War (1853-1856)‚ lack of industrial development‚ poor infrastructure‚ left it much weaker than its competitors in Europe. As finance minister‚ Witte pushed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialisation and to get large foreign loans
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Why does Hamlet delay avenging his father’s death? Why Hamlet is not carry out immediately‚ thinking why he posed. It is a great question. Firstly Hamlet need to make sure that the ghost is a good spirit or a dad spirit and his story is good and to carry that it is a good reason to pose and delay his action of revenge. Hamlet has a doubt his perceptions of the ghost and its veracity ‚ the ghost introduces the idea of retribution justice into the play the idea that acts of sin must not go unpunished
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18th 1931‚ the Japanese had staged the Mukden Incident in which they had set off an explosion along the Southern railway‚ just outside the city of Mukden. The Japanese army claimed that this was an act of sabotage by the Chinese and had permission from the government to
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To what extent is the EU now a ‘superstate’? What obstacles are there to further European Integration? (45 mark) To some extent the EU has become a superstate due to federalist features that combine the member states of the European Union closer together. For Eurosceptic British who oppose the further integration between the states have defined the EU’s superstate to be a huge‚ centralized Brussels Bureaucracy limiting the sovereign authority of member states. This can be controversial as
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