Civil War (1918-1920) significantly altered the Bolsheviks structure of ruling- from a disorderly yet democratic system into a 'dictatorship of the Communist Party. Against Marxist ideologies, the Bolsheviks employed terrorist tactics, which consisted of the abolishment of soldiers' committees, the reestablishment of the death penalty and conscription, the reinstatement of social hierarchy and the reinstatement of Tsarists officers as 'military specialists', which anti-Communist historian Richard Pipes argues "exceeded in savagery anything known in the tsarist armies...

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The red army was the communists of the country. ... War breaks out and because of the communist forces, and the communists make the decision to engage in the "Long March.... After the battle they return to their civil war and in 1949 the communists secure victory and China becomes a communist country. ... In China the communists were forced to walk a 6,000 mile journey to succeed while in Russia, communists merely had to win the battle. Both countries battled nationalists and communists and the communists were successful on both sides. ...

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At first glance this may not be apparent to the average reader, but with a closer look each animal has a characteristic of a Communist leader. ... He changed each Communist leader into an animal, and the Soviet Union as a country into a country-side farm. Much controversy came from Orwell's interpretation of the Communist leaders as pigs, since pigs are regarded as filthy and unclean animals. ... Or in Orwell's eyes, Stalin acting as a Communist. ... It is easy to make the connection between Communist Soviet Union and the farm and how it is run by Napoleon once it is understood. ...

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A centralised party was, traditionally, against the Communist theory, as the idea of it being dominated by civil servants and paperwork did not appeal to the revolutionaries. ... Whilst in power Lenin had controlled the Communist Party with his forceful personality and original ideas, leaving no room for any other leader. ...

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Carl Marx created The Communist Manifesto which which called for a huge revolt. It ends with Carl marx's stating "let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. ... Many people believed that the communist manifesto provided the blue print for communism and changed the future of economics and political development. ... In 1922, the Communist Party's Central Committee elected Stalin as its general secretary. ...

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In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses characterization to symbolize certain figures and events of historical communist Russia, and conveys these aspects into a beast fable... In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses characterization to symbolize certain figures and events of historical communist Russia, and conveys these aspects into a beast fable. ...

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Lenin and the Russian revolution Introduction The Bolsheviks started off, in 1903, as the minority of the Social Democratic Party. As all anti-tsarist groups the party was illegal. The party was based upon the beliefs of Karl Marx, ...

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Orwell intended to criticize the communist regime he saw sweeping through Russia and spreading to Europe and even the United States. Though he agreed with many Marxist values, Orwell couldn't really accept the communist understanding of socialism because he saw many similarities between the communist governments and the previous tzarist regimes in old Russia. ... In Animal farm Orwell uses his symbolic farm to represent the communist system. ...

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Stalin also used the NKVD against leading communists. ... In December 1934, the popular Communist Party boss of Leninguard, Sergei Kirov, was coincidently killed in a car accident most likely arranged by Stalin. Nevertheless, he put the blame on several other leading communists. ... Moreover, of the 139 members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, 98 were arrested and shot. ...

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Like Lenin, Snowball wants the leadership of the farm to be a communist society, but he is in constant battle against a dictatorship. ... In the Russian Revolution, the communists seized control of all the industries, banks, and foreign trade. ...

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With the leadership of Lenin and his supporters, such as Trotsky, the Bolsheviks were successful in creating a new communist state, even in the face of its own civil war in 1918. ... Trotsky's Red Guards, an exceptionally well trained private army devoted to the Bolshevik revolution, played a crucial part in the seizure and maintenance of power in the newly named Communist government. ... Eventually, the Bolshevik revolution was completely successful in creating a new Russian communist state. ...

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In 1917 after the overthrowing or the Russian czar Stalin was able to return where as a result of the February and October revolutions he was named Commissar of nationality affairs of the communist party. 1918 was Stalin's time to shine as a military power, he served as a general of the red army in a civil war which lasted for 3 years, Lenin then appointed him commissar of the workers and peasants. In 1922 Lenin gave Stalin the position of General secretary of the central committee of the communist party, This position gave Stalin the power to appoint people were loyal to him key jobs...

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One is that it was an attempt to put communist ideology into practice, a view that originated in the nineteen twenties. ... This last stage was called communism by Marx and the Bolsheviks began to call themselves communists after the civil war. ... It seems that they were desperate to create what could call a communist state. ... Left Communists criticized the employment of these experts in industrial committees and believed that they were dangerously bureaucratizing the administration of the national e...

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Another fully communist person in the Novel is Old Major, old Major represents Karl Marx who gave the Russian people the idea of communism, he did this through his remarkable speeches to the Russian people. ...

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The Bolshevik party (renamed Communist Party in 1919) attempted to come to terms with the reality of power over a period of conflict during which they were forced to resort to authoritarian measures. ...

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George Orwell wrote a book called " Animal Farm", in 1945. It's a book very similar to the time period of Stalin. The Animals on the farm are based on communist party leaders and the broad spectrum of the Soviet People, who were affected by Joseph Stalin. George Orwell created many characters in hi...

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Stalin's Regime Totalitarianism is defined as of or being a political system in which those in power have complete control and do not allow people freely to oppose them. Joseph Stalin, infamous for his campaigns of terror, was totalitarian dictator of the USSR from 1941 until his death is 195...

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Animal Farm, George Orwell's novel about a group of animals who run their own farm, may appear to be nothing more than a "fairy story" at first glance. However, the events in Animal Farm are allegorical to Soviet Russian politics from 1919-1953. Specifically, many aspects of the plot of the novel ...

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Stalin claimed that the old left opposition with a "Leningrad Opposition center" was conspiring against him and the communist party and that Kirov murder was connected to this. ... The communist party monitored the Soviet Unions painters, writers, poets, painters, and made sure that they all supported the government. ...

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Despite the obvious communist incentives of the revolutionary thought such as the abolition of redemption payments, such economic policies only brought Russia into " a state of ruin" as Lenin claimed. ... The originally communistic goals of the revolution when implemented caused great economic problems such as famine, so capitalistic policies had to be introduced to fix up the problems that they caused with their Marxist principles. ...

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The party, led by a small vanguard, began implementing communist (Leninist) ideologies whilst gaining popular support amongst the population, by succeeding their campaign slogan, peace bread and land for example. ... Moreover, Lenin's early popular communist measures were changed which in turn was accepted by the party including the removal of worker rights, and the re-institution of conscription and army hierarchy. ...

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Lenin's death in 1924 gave way to a fierce struggle for power developed among the members of the Politburo (the ruling body of the Communist Party which decided its policies) who had to choose which of them should take his place. ... Zinoviev raked up all the old disagreements of Trotsky with Lenin, while Kamenev explained to the young communists that Trotsky had been a Menshevik (opposing to Bolsheviks) for several years "and once a Menshevik, always a Menshevik". ... Lenin wrote in his Testament: "Comrade Stalin having become Secretary [of the Communist Party] has unlimited authority ...

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The Russia Revolution In the middle of the First World War a very beat up Russia wanted out. There was much frustration in the Russian people. They were hungry poor and wanted peace. There ruler the Tsar was much hated and the people wanted a new order in Russia. One group that was not the very la...

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Wednesday, 11th June 2003 The symbolism in Animal Farm Animal Farm has been described as a satire on the Russian revolution , as a result, many symbolisms can be found in this book. However, Orwell also associates certain real characters with the characters of the book. This is proved by...

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Power corrupts, and the human nature to want power is why communism does not work. Although not likely intentional, George Orwell, in his novel Animal Farm, portrays events in Russia during the revolution. By looking at the actions of the pigs, Orwell shows that a communist system does not work. T...

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