Why was the Tsar overthrown in February 1917? Was it the work of revolutionaries like Lenin and Trotsky? Certainly not - they were mostly either in prison or in exile. Lenin had said in 1916 that he feared he would not live to see a revolution in Russia! Was it the War? The war certainly had a serious impact on all aspects of Russian society. Defeats undermined the army‚ and economic problems alienated much of the population. Lack of food and fuel in the cruel winter of 1916-1917 certainly
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extent was the rise to power of Stalin due to personal appeal and ability”? Lenin died in January 1924 and Stalin emerged to power in 1929. Stalin has been described as a “grey blur” that rose to power. It’s quite hard to pin point the main reasons how Stalin got to power. Some historians may say that Stalin was lucky that he got to power and he benefited off events such as Lenin’s death and that his rival’s weaknesses such as Trotsky who was considered likely successor to Lenin‚ but Trotsky lacked
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Assess the reasons why tsar Nicholas II was able to survive the 1905 revolution. In October of 1905‚ a united resistance was formed in affiliation with the ambition to overthrow Nicholas II‚ Tsar of Russia. This united opposition‚ which still stands as one of the biggest anarchistic events in Romanov history‚ transpired shortly after the events of the ‘bloody Sunday’ massacre. Nicholas managed to retain his thrown throughout the revolution; many factors assisted in this sustainment‚ including
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without a high school education and even college hours‚ so why would society care to hold anyone back from getting an education? Prisoners are having a hard time receiving education in the prison system today. No one seems to care or support prisoners in the challenging process it takes to change their lives. County
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Joseph Stalin dominated the soviet scene to a degree unequaled in the United States by Truman or even Roosevelt. Stalin was born in the Russian empire’s southern province of Georgia in 1879. He began studying for the priesthood but was thrown out of seminary for revolutionary activity and some believe because of laziness. After the 1917 Bolshevik revolution he climbed to prominence in the new ruling communist party thanks to his administrative skills and adroit political maneuvering and building
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How was Stalin able to Establish a Totalitarian Regime People believe that the reason why Stalin rose to power was because of his clever political strategy and the way he worked with the civilians to gain their support. Soon they realised that Stalin was now in control of the way everybody thinks and wiping out hundreds of people everyday. This essay will briefly explain how Stalin was able to succeed during the New Economic Policy debate and rise into authority‚ how he managed to establish his
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the years 1924 – 1929? Following Lenin’s untimely death in 1924‚ the Communist Leadership in Russia was thrown into disarray. Months of ideological confusion‚ full of proposals of ideas for the future of socialism‚ brought about potential contenders for party leadership and amongst these was Stalin. Through the next 5 year period‚ a great power struggle occurred between the contenders‚ but Stalin eventually emerged successful as the new leader of the USSR. Stalin’s position as General Secretary and
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the early 1930’s when Joseph Stalin became the dictator of Russia. Stalin had a five year plan come into action where the members of the communist party carried out his requests to the villagers to join the collective farm in the thought of industrializing Russia. The collective farm affected the farmers who owned agricultural land. The farmers were persuaded to join the collective farm with the thought of having an easier way to care for their land‚ but in reality it was a force collectivization. The
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Revolution‚ Leon Trotsky. They have many similarities like the fact that they were both exiled from the country or farm and were attacked by the tyrant that came after them. There are many similarities and differences between the two. The similarities outweigh the differences because Animal Farm was based off of the Russian Revolution. They both supported a revolution before it even happened. Snowball taught the principles of Animalism and that a Rebellion was inevitable(Orwell‚ 16). Trotsky did a very
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dealt with absolute poverty. In this case Hitler and Stalin come to mind‚ both Hitler and Stalin have helped their countries get out poverty. After Germany lost the first World War 1914-18‚ then were given a treaty from the winning allies‚ France‚ United Kingdom and the United States called the ‘Treaty of Versailles’. This Treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for causing the World World I.
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