school was bullied as a child‚ Joseph Stalin grew up to be a bully himself” (Klehr). These events in Stalin’s childhood dramatically influenced the later events as an adult. Joseph Stalin had caused social injustice in Russia through two wars‚ during the Great Purge‚ and in the Russian government. Joseph Stalin used social injustice during World War II and during the Cold War. During World War II‚ Stalin killed many different groups of people. According to Klehr‚ “Stalin was unpredictable in his killings
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was certainly a turning point in Russian history. Many events led to the revolution‚ which actually consisted of two revolutions‚ the March Revolution and the November Revolution. By the end of the revolution‚ it was deemed successful. The Bolsheviks had successfully taken over Petrograd and within a short time controlled Russia. “Power had passed from the moderates to a small band of dedicated extremists with a vision of an entirely changed society.” (Findley-Rothney
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their rightful place on the Russian throne‚ a revolt of which your father and I chose to keep secret from you and your siblings. The letters from members of the Constitutional Democratic Party had been piling up‚ each one mentioning a plan to rid Russia of the Bolsheviks. The revolt had finally come in 1917 at the hands of General Lavr Kornilov with a mission to end the revolution and bring our family‚ primarily Nicholas‚ back to Russia to rule as czar. Devastatingly‚ Lenin and the Bolsheviks had won
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should have. Stalin started the Great Purges and used gulags as fear tactics to keep control‚ and his militancy cost money that could have been used elsewhere. These fear tactics left Russian politics paralyzed‚ even after the mass industrialization and urbanization of the country. Additionally‚ the money coming in from industrializing only went to further Stalin’s military exploits and even more industrialization. This industrialization could have aided the economy‚ but because Stalin focused so much
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socialists and Lenin but failed. Unconsciously‚ Kornilov brought back the Bolshevicks on the scene of the Russian Revolution. The picture of Kornilov‚ shows him in front of his army ready to attack Petrograde as the photograph was taken in summer 1917. He looks determined but his army looks small and quite weak compared to the Bolshevik’s troops and the Kerensky’s troops. The fact that the Bolsheviks helped Kerensky only restored the Bolsheviks as patriots in the eyes of the Russians and enabled them
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to power‚ Trotsky became the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs and published the secret treaties previously signed by the Triple Entente that detailed plans for post-war reallocation of colonies and redrawing state borders. White Army propaganda poster depicting Trotsky as Satan‚ and portraying a xenophobic depiction of the Bolsheviks’ Asian supporters as mass murderers. The caption reads‚ "Peace and Liberty in Sovdepiya". Bolshevik propaganda portrait from 1918 depicting Trotsky as a modern-day
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change in the Soviet Union. Russia‚ before the revolution was very behind in industrialization and politics. However‚ things began to change once Vladimir Lenin took over. During the Russian Revolution of 1917‚ complete equality for women was proclaimed. Shortly after Lenin’s rule there was a fight for power between Trotsky and Stalin. In the end‚ Stalin prevailed and earned leadership of the Soviet Union during the mid-1920s. However‚ once Stalin came to power‚ the lives of the society changed
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Joseph Stalin The Twentieth century was a very important time for the whole world. Empires rose and fell and the modern world was shaped. One of the most influential men of the century‚ if not the most‚ was Joseph Stalin. His legacy continues to frighten and inspire even 60 years after his death. Joseph Stalin was born on December 18th‚ 1879. Surprisingly‚ Stalin wasn’t Russian but was actually born in a small town in Georgia and born with the name Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvilizaq. As a child
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Monarchy rule and formed the Soviet Union. As a result of the Russian Revolution‚ the civilization of Russia adjusted to a new civilization. The Russian Revolution was an overall success by changing Russia’s Monarchy into a communist state‚ changing into a socialist economy from a capitalist economy‚ and changed the socio-economic classes. Before the Russian Revolution Russia had a Monarch named Tsar Nicholas the II‚ but after the Russian Revolution‚ Russia turned into a communist state. Tsar Nicholas the
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Karl Marx was communism’s most zealous intellectual advocate. His comprehensive writings on the subject laid the foundation for later political leaders‚ notably V. I. Lenin and Mao Tse-tung‚ to impose communism on more than twenty countries. Marx was born in Trier‚ Prussia (now Germany)‚ in 1818. He studied philosophy at universities in Bonn and Berlin‚ earning his doctorate in Jena at the age of twenty-three. His early radicalism‚ first as a member of the Young Hegelians‚ then as editor of a newspaper
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