The abdication led Russia to change significantly with immediate consequences such as political turmoil, short term consequences such as the revolution and long term consequences such as Stalin ruling of Russia. ... As society started to change in Russia, Nicholas' autocracy government became outdated. ... Many Russians did not like a German leading Russia and Nicholas become more unpopular amongst his people. ... As shown above Tsar Nicholas II was not a popular form of government among Russia. ... Lenin wanted to get back to Russia to start another revolution and became allied with the...

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As a result, in the first 6 months leadership conflict and differing visions shaped Russian history only to a small extent, whilst Lenin's direction and leadership played a more important role. ... Whilst it was kept under control be Lenin, his death, created a power struggle, whereby its results ultimately shaped Russian history. ... Along with their removal, Stalin manipulated party ideology to suit with both the atmosphere and time of the country, gaining him popular support, whilst shaping Russian history. Ultimately the leadership conflicts aroused from differing vision for the fu...

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His symbolism illustrates what life was like during the Russian Revolution. ... Orwell uses symbolism to compare his characters to religion and the founders of the revolution, propaganda and the working class, and the leaders after the rebellions, to allow the readers to understand the history of the Russian Revolution. ... Moses, a talkative raven, represents the Russian Orthodox Church. ... George Orwell uses Moses to show the disappearance and reappearance of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Russian Revolution. ... George Orwell's symbolism gives readers a visionary history...

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The plot of Animal Farm follows the Russian Revolution. This is achieved by corresponding events in the novel to the actual events in Russian history. During the Russian revolution, Russian leader Joseph Stalin used secret police to 'get rid' of anyone who threatened his power. ... However, this is not the only event that corresponded between the novel and Russian history. ... " During the Russian Revolution, Russia suffered a similar event which resulted in a famine. ...

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Even the minor characters of the story symbolize relevance with Russian history. ... Orwell pushes his allegorical narrative from past history to future prophecy. ... All this is an allegory to Russian Revolution. ... The statement can not only be used to describe the story of animals, but the events that occur during Russian history. ... By using irony and satire, he has formed a masterpiece of allegory, to which we can relate back to the history of Russian Revolution. ...

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He is considered one of the greatest villains in history. ... Stalin greatly reformed Russia, and advanced Russia at the expense of the common citizens. ... Stalin did improve Russia's industrial system, but he had a negative effect on Russian society. ... Stalin's reforms of Russia modernized and advanced Russia, but at the expense of the common Russian citizens. ... He did greatly advance Russia, and made Russia a world power, but he killed millions and caused many terrible things, including one of the greatest famines in Russian history. ...

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However, the events in Animal Farm are allegorical to Soviet Russian politics from 1919-1953. ... For example, common aspects in both the novel and history were the purges, the five-year plans, and warfare. ... However, a weakness of the plan was that the plans favored heavy industry, there fore starving the Russian people. ... Just as in history though, the animals noted that, "they were generally hungry," (129). ... A last parallel between novel and history is their regard for war. ...

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He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the most ruthless, regimes in history. ... A History of Russia. ... Early Russia - The Russie. ... The Fall of the Russian Monarchy. ... Russian Revolution of 1917. ...

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He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the most ruthless, regimes in history. ... ("Russian Revolution," Grolier ). ... A History of Russia. ... Early Russia - The Russie. ... "Russian Revolution of 1917." ...

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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. ... This, obviously, is a reference to Stalin, who murdered many of his own people in order to maintain his dictatorship of Russia. ... If the working class thinks that history is on the side of their dictator, they are less likely to question dictator practices. ... From a symbolic point of view, the windmill represents the enormous transformation projects undertook in Soviet Russia after the Russian Revolution. ... Orwell uses his characters not on...

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In the history of mankind there are countless men whose names have been synonymous with power, greed and above all, evil Joseph Stalin or Iosef Vissanionvich Dzhugaskvilli would become one of these men. Joseph was born December 21 1879 in Gori, Georgia, Russia. ... Joseph spoke only Georgian until he was 8, when he learned to speak Russian. ... The grim time that Stalin's advisors advised him about came about in June of 1941 , Hitler's armies swept across the mother land , Joseph Stalin for the first time went over the radio asking the Russian people to fight the German armie...

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After this day, the people of Russia had developed a very cold image and misunderstanding image for the Czar. ... The Manifesto was a major step for the Russian people. ... Stage 4 Russia was later split into many parties. ... History as a process in which human freedom is always being extended. ... This had ceiled the election votes, and made Stalin the new ruler of Russia. ...

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Georgians possessed their own culture and language which was very different from the official Russian language of the empire, and the young Stalin only began learning Russian when he was nine years old. ... It is reported that in his last years his ability to speak Russian deteriorated and he spoke only Georgian. The one institution that Stalin's birthplace shared with the larger Russian Empire was the Orthodox Church which Georgia actually converted more than 500 years before Russia. ... Marxism was known as the scientific socialism or better known as Communism which stated that human h...

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On the third of April 1917, with Lenin's return to Russia, he announced a republic for Soviet of Workers, Poor Peasants and Peasants" Deputies, and his "April Theses" - his plans for the future. ... As Lenin said, "History will not forgive us if we do not take power now to delay is a crime." ... The final straw, the Kornilov affair practically led to the Provisional government serving Russia to the Bolsheviks on a golden platter. General Kornilov attempted to cleanse the Provisional Government of socialist elements by attempting to march the Russian Army into Petrograd. Kerensky probably...

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Stalin wanted to modernize Russia making it an advanced industrial country he had to cover agriculture as well as industry and wanted to bring peasants under state control. ... " Russia was to become a self-sufficient country. ... As for Stalin, agriculture could now play its part in the modernization of Russia. ... Slogans, songs, pictures and stories about him filled newspapers, cinemas, radios and school books where he wanted to be called the, "father of Russia." The names of his rivals were then removed from official histories of the revolution. ...

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His brutal dictatorship was one of the bloodiest in history. ... He would read literature written by Karl Marx, a German political philosopher, and soon he would join the revolution called Russian Marxism. ... During the first world war, moral was low in the Russian Army. ... The Czar Nicholas II knew his time was up and fled Russia a few days later, ending a 300 year old legacy. ... He would of course have history rewritten giving him a bigger role when he becomes dictator. ...

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The struggle to succeed Lenin was a turning point of the Russian revolution. ... The main contestants for the leadership in this crisis were Stalin and Trotsky who developed an ideological and political clash that was about to change the direction of the Russian history. ... In other representations Trotsky is said to be the one who first maintained that the power must be held exclusively by the Bolsheviks thus highlighting the problems of interpreting history. ... Also the C.C decided not to publish the Testament so must Russians never got to know what Lenin really thought about Stalin. In f...

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I enjoyed reading Animal Farm. Orwell's creative writing style draws you into the book and it's hard to stop reading. I also enjoyed the characters of the book. As the book progresses and the characters as presented to the reader. The Animals have many similarities to important political figures. ...

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Hitler, one of the most commonly and widely known dictators in the world's history, would never have gained the support he did without his great speaking abilities. ... Animal Farm is most famous as a stinging critique of the history and rhetoric of the Russian Revolution. ... Stalin's tyrannical rule and eventual abandonment of the founding principles of the Russian Revolution are represented by the pigs' turn to violent government and the adoption of human traits and behaviors, the trappings of their original oppressors. ...

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