The poem "Comrade Napoleon" along with the "Seven Commandments" indicate the vital role religion and literature can play as ideological state apparatuses in disciplining the masses. ... Through his narrative, Orwell emphasizes the similarities between the animal farm and Russia in the 20 century to unveil the duplicity of both the fictional leader Napoleon and the historical leader Stalin. ... Accordingly, Stalin claimed the right to establish a powerful and oppressive state to protect the revolution from any attempt to restore the old regime of the bourgeoisie in Russia. Similarly to the anim...

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For the Russian Campaign in 1812, Napoleon took 14,000 troops from the Kingdom of Holland, which ended in disaster, with only a small number of the initial troops from Holland returning. ... This then led to the Dutch welcoming the methods of the Prussians and Russians, rather than following French rule. By doing this, Napoleon would fail as being seen as a liberator following the arrival of Prussian and Russian rule in 1813. ... In order to gain troops, Napoleon made vague promises of potential independence for Poland away from Austria, Prussia and Russia. ... For the 1812 campaign in which t...

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