The Devils is a story of revolution and religion. It is commentary on both socialism and the infant Russian Nihilist movement. ... In some way he saw the direction Russia was heading before it knew it was heading that way, predicting some of the events and policies of Communist Russia. In the early 20th century Russia before the Revolution of 1917, there were many prophecies such as these concerning the coming of atheism to Russia. ... Russia is the first country to experience the Communist yoke and wake up to survive it; despite the continued reign of Communist tyranny in Russia, atheism...

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With the coming of the 20th century, socialism began to take hold in Russia. ... However, as in all successful revolutions, the leaders begin with idealist principles that are forced to change to more practical doctrines because of realism. ... Under Lenin, the Bolshevik revolution was an attempt to change the government of Russia to that of Marxism, or communism. ... "As good Marxists, the Bolsheviks nationalized banking and credit very quickly after the October Revolution. ... He strays between complete polar opposites, at times swept up in his idealist outlook for Russia and America, while...

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Napoleon, the leader of the revolution was granted an immense amount of praise and power. ... The revolution also forced the rich to become wealthier. ... The French embellished diversity while the Russians er1adicated it. ... The Russians were the first experimentation of communism, but failed on many accounts. One would include the fact that Russia never did follow the recipe left by Marx. ...

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" He appealed to workers of the central powers to conduct their own revolution and while his pleas did not go unanswered they caused little result. ... In this period the Bolsheviks began to work together with other socialists and other countries as the expected world revolution had not occurred and would not for many years. ... Russia's foreign minister Litvinov claimed the league must be kept strong and focused on the idea of collective security. ... It was a result of Russia's lack of warfare material and an army that needed to be increased as well as Britain's insistenc...

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However, Lenin's April thesis presents Marxist ideology, as he strongly emphasizes Russia's readiness for revolution as a result of WWI. ... Not only was the revolution un-Marxist in character, as David Christian discusses, it was meticulously carried out by a small group of trained revolutionaries to initiate secure control of Russia – the Military Revolutionary Committee led by Trotsky. Therefore, the validation of the October revolution in Lenin's April thesis reinforces the ideological flexibility of the Bolsheviks. ... Lenin realized that Russia was too fragile to f...

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However, George Orwell used Animal Farm as a way of portraying a far more significant event - The Russian Revolution of 1917. ... This idea conveys the way in which human nature takes it course and also shows the vicious cycle that a revolution such as the Russian one entails. It is therefore clear to us as the reader that Orwell used Animal Farm as an allegory of the Russian Revolution and as a result many of the characters described are in actual fact symbolising real characters that played a part in the make up of the Russian Revolution. ... It is evident that Napoleons" characteristics r...

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Valdamir Ilyich Lenin was a socialist who lived from 1870 to 1924; he was a Russian Revolutionary, the founder of Bolshevism and the major force behind the Revolution of October 1917. ... Lenin knew the proletariat needed to be led to revolution in order for social revolution to occur. ... The Russian revolution was seen as setting the stage for greater social revolution in the West. ... Lenin used and implemented many of Carl Marx ideas when he was working towards the revolution in Russia. ... The ideas that Lenin brought to Russia and to the Marxist theory were huge reasons as to why Rus...

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The Pattern of Revolution Stage 1 There were few people who spoke out and shared their thoughts on revolution. ... Lenin later goes on to play a major role in the revolution. ... The Manifesto was a major step for the Russian people. ... Stage 4 Russia was later split into many parties. ... Lenin was determined to make this revolution a successful one. ...

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This new group, known as the Bolsheviks, eventually became the ruling power in Russia. ... Lenin knew that the majority of the Russian population was peasants and used their darkening situation as the Bolsheviks basis for revolution. ... By advocating a revolution of behalf of the workers he took charge of peasantry land issues, promised an end to the food shortages, and resolved to end the military conflict between Russia and Germany. ... In an attempt to gain momentum for Lenin's movement, Trotsky convinced Lenin to name the revolution in favor of the soviets. ... Eventually, the Bolshe...

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He shaped a series of alliances and counter-alliances; one of the most important was with Russia. ... Bismarck negotiated the exceptional Austria-Hungary alliance of 1879 which was "the first formal alliance between two Great Powers concluded in peace-time since the outbreak of the French revolution and the end of the ancien régime set a rigid pattern which shaped international relations until the First World War." (2) Bismarck then negotiated the Three Emperor's Alliance (Austria, Germany, and Russia) in 1881. ... When the Three Emperor's Alliance broke down, Bismarck negoti...

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Lenin's N.E.P had bought some advances to Russia but the Soviet Union was still very backwards in comparison to the rest of Europe. ... The proletariat was seen as the backbone of the revolution and so to continue the revolution the proletariat had to be increased. ... These concerned were expressed at both high and low levels and the five-year plans were seen as both a revolution from above and a revolution from below. ... The Nepmen were prime targets, but Kulaks, the richer farmers, and bourgeois experts were seen as contrary to the claim of revolution. ... By giving them new, structur...

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However not only liberals got their ideas from the French Revolution, as Woolf states . The Socialist [second] International was formed in 1889, in honour of the centenary of the French Revolution . ... In the case of Russia, the revolution of 1917 achieved its aims of a socialist republic. Although in the case of Russia huge change took place, in Western Europe change was unlikely to occur as it was much more stable politically than the East. ... While the French Revolution brought enlightenment many people were still loyal to their country's leaders- including, in places like Engla...

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It was here that Marx could observe a revolution by the working class against an oppressive elite group. ... The document is divided into four sections with prefaces for several editions that ranged from Germany, Russia and England. ... After the Manifesto appeared, revolutions occurred in France and Germany, and the Belgian government, fearful of a revolution there, banished Marx. ... Marxism had its main impact in Europe's slower developing countries, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Poland, and Russia. ... Many feel that Marx had got it wrong by predicting eminent revolution, but revoluti...

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Another interpretation is that it was an emergency measure to deal with the economic crisis caused by war, revolution and civil war (Malle 1985). ... The agricultural production in Russia declined since the outset of the First World War, and those who had food, hoarded it. ... It was always the Bolsheviks" aim to overthrow the Tsarist regime and abolish the class system that existed within Russia. ... Given Lenin's passionate desire for revolution and to implement socialism it may be argued that at the time Lenin and other Bolsheviks believed that they were establishing socialism. ... Pip...

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The government we created made education appear as a doorway into helping sustain Russia and make it stronger. Citizens learned to build, fight, and create in hopes of making Russia a strong nation and a global competitor. ... In most all cases Marxism eventually evolves into Communism after a revolution of the classes consumes the government, and installs a new government with reformations. ... It is the best form of government to relieve class distinctions and prevent future revolutions because the proletariat rules society. ...

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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. ... Pigs which might represent the communist party, Stalin's friends as well perhaps, as the Duma ( or Russian parliament). ... What is more, Boxer, together with Clover are used to represent the proletariat in the Russian society. ...

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This in turn eliminates the need for a revolution. ... The elimination of a revolution comes from how he was raised, His family was on that did not belief in revolutions. ... That end would be achieved through revolution. ... Two most known countries influenced by communism are Russia and China. ... Karl Marx has experienced many changes by Industrial Revolution, as he spent big part of his life in England. ...

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It is astonishing that surrounded by the turmoil that was Russia in the early 20th century Lenin actually survived for so long. ... Lenin saw himself not simply as representing the Russian working class but the whole of the international proletariat. ... Lenin firmly believed that revolution was imminent in Germany and thus when he was required to sign the dictat in the treaty of Brest-Litovsk he did not have a single problem. ... This was largely due to the lack of authority over the Russian economy. Russia was in turmoil, there was serious social unrest and due to Lenin's lack of planni...

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These Russian immigrants identified with the Bolshevik revolution in Mother Russia because of their similar lives of poverty and squalor. ... Nationalist Americans called for the stop of the Bolshevik Revolution that was taking place in America. ... One of the first assignments of this agency was to raid The Union of Russian Workers in New York. ... On December 27, around 250 deportees sailed for Russia from New York ion the U.S.S. ...

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"The Communist revolution is the most radical rupture with traditional property relations; no wonder that its development involves the most radical rupture with traditional ideas" (Marx, 29). ... After the French Revolution, feudalism was overthrown and replaced by free trade, which birthed a new class known as the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie are millionaires who profit from a technological wave, beginning with the Industrial Revolution, at the expense of laborers, known as proletariats. ... Several countries began to undergo communist changes, such as Russia, China, and Cuba. ...

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After the revolution, private property would be abolished and capital would be controlled by collectives of workers who would own the means of production. ... Since the early 1990s, Russia and other states in the former Soviet Union have attempted to privatize ownership. ... However, it appears that these measures may have failed in Russia: Shortages once again loom, and many people want to see a transformation to socialist form of economy. ...

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After the revolution, private property would be abolished and capital would be controlled by collectives of workers who would own the means of production. ... Since the early 1990s, Russia and other states in the former Soviet Union have attempted to privatize ownership. ... However, it appears that these measures may have failed in Russia: Shortages once again loom, and many people want to see a transformation to socialist form of economy. ...

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Therefore, the only way in which Italy would change politically was in the form of a revolution. ... Revolution? ... The alternatives to the system and candidates for revolution were rising up and gaining support. ... It seemed the conditions were right for revolution, but no one could carry out one successfully. ... Socialists saw the revolution in Russia and were inspired by it. ...

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Karl Heinrich Marx Karl Marx was the founder of marxism. He wrote many books and pamphlets on Marxism and the government. Marxism consists of three inter -related ideas: a philosophical view of man, a theory of history, and an economic and political program. Karl Marx was born on may 5, 1818, ...

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Fascism in Europe started to progress within several nations at almost same time - right after the World War I; countries that were involved the most occurred series of brilliantly victorious revolutions. But it's only in Russia, that proletariat was able to take all power in its hands and not only create but also maintain a worker's state. ...

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