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    Vsevolod Meyerhold and Vladimir Mayakovsky are two legendary names in the realm of Russian and international art frequently associated with the most turbulent period in Russian history‚ the beginning of the twentieth century‚ during which Russian society underwent a profound social and political change. This period (1900 – 1930) saw the October Revolution‚ the First World War‚ the Russian Civil War‚ and the beginnings of Stalinism. It is precisely during these times of turmoil that Russian Avant-garde

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    Bolshevik Revolution

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    Bolsheviks in Petrograd. World War I was the key factor that ignited the Bolshevik revolution‚ because it gave momentum to Lenin’s movement‚ it partly caused an economic calamity in Russia‚ and the downturn of the war pushed the Russians into revolution. Vladimir Lenin‚ the leader of the Bolshevik party during the revolution and possibly the most prominent communist visionaries of the 20th century‚ had gained support for his ideology through World War I. In 1916‚ Lenin wrote Imperialism‚ the Highest Stage

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    Stalin

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    Amongst the Bolshevik revolutionaries who took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917‚ Stalin was appointed general secretary of the party’s Central Committee in 1922. He subsequently managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Vladimir Lenin through suppressing Lenin’s criticisms (in the postscript of his testament) and expanding the functions of his role‚ all the while eliminating any opposition. He remained general secretary until the post was abolished in 1952‚ concurrently serving

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    Analyse the rise to power of either Hitler‚ Stalin or Mao. [20] Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR after it’s first leader Vladimir Lenin died. Stalin’s rise to power was violent and ruthless‚ however the result was just what he wanted to achieve. In this essay I will analyse the rise to power of Joseph Stalin as well as look at the steps‚ which he took towards becoming a totalitarian leader of the USSR. Joseph Stalin was studying to be a priest but he was expelled for his revolutionary

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    Party – who believed that the industrial workers were the only revolutionary class. In the February Revolution of 1917‚ Tsar Alexander II was overthrown‚ effectively ending the three-hundred-year-old Romanov Dynasty. During the February Revolution‚ Vladimir Lenin had been living in exile in Switzerland – and the Bolsheviks were largely not involved in this event. Following the overthrow of the tsarist regime‚ however‚ Lenin returned to Russia and began his effort to place Russia under Bolshevik control

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    present-day Russia identified itself as the Soviet Union and Ukraine was the Ukrainian SSR. Before Stalin’s rule‚ Ukraine had already fought for its independence from the 200- year rule of the Czar. The Czar fell in 1917‚ but by the end of the year‚ Vladimir Lenin had the motive to reclaim all previously Czar-ruled land. He began the decline into four years

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    Royal Romanov Family

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    In 1918‚ the assassination of the Royal Romanov Family brought to an end a three hundred yearlong rule of the Dynasty. It eliminated the hereditary monarchy that Russia had lived under for hundreds of years. Despite the Romanov’s many attempts of reformations that had positive but mostly negative effects on the Russian empire‚ the royal family were witness to many assassinations‚ but the monarchy was never at risk of being eliminated. However‚ the Dynasty saw its last Tsar‚ namely Nicholas II‚ and

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    Leon Trotsky

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    Maria Gonzalez Mr. Wyse Honors English 3A 8 May 2012 Leon Trotsky: The Exiled Leon Trotsky was most acknowledged as Vladimir Lenin’s “assistant.” Trotsky was also known as Joseph Stalin’s archenemy. They disliked each other so much that when Stalin won over Trotsky‚ Stalin forced Trotsky into exiled. Trotsky was a great thinker‚ speaker‚ but not a great leader‚ since he let someone else lead him. Lev Davidovich Bronstein‚ which later was changed to Leon Trotsky‚ was born in Yanokva‚ Ukraine

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    Abstract The research question for the following investigation is: Was Joseph Stalin’s rise to power in 1924 the result of a calculated plan or a stroke of luck? The investigation was undertaken by first obtaining research materials such as books‚ academic journals and scholarly articles. The online database website questia was utilized to obtain relevant academic journals and scholarly articles while local libraries were visited to obtain the books and biographical materials. The first component

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    Kgb History

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    The K.G.B./Secret Police K.G.B agents hide in plain sight. They’re like leaves in a forest. This Russian secret police force act as watchdogs over their Russian higher-ups. The K.G.B.‚ known as the C.I.A.’s counterpart‚ dates all the back to 1917 and have grown to be the largest foreign intelligence service in the world. Origins and History of the K.G.B. The origins of the K.G.B. go as far back as one-hundred years ago to 1917. One-hundred years ago what is known as the K.G.B. now was known as CHEKA

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