His political tactics and revolutionary ideas gave rise to his somewhat meteoric fame. ... Lenin's emergence as a revolutionary leader was during the pre-condition phase of the revolution, in1903. ... "(1) Lenin's Bolshevik party attracted the support from professional revolutionaries from the provinces. ... While most socialists either supported or disputed the war, Lenin viewed the war as a tool for bringing the Tsarist regime to its knees. ... "Convert the imperialist war into a civil war...

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The party was based upon the beliefs of Karl Marx, a German writer and revolutionary, who believed a revolution could only be started within the workforce of the major cities. ... Lenin also made peace with the germans as he knew if war continued, the revolution wouldn't fully work. ... There was still widespread opposition and soon a civil war broke out. In this civil war the Bolsheviks were renamed the Reds. The reds had finally won the civil war and as a result overthrew the Germans. ...

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Terror was used to suppress counter- revolutionaries who would try and change the government once again. ... With Operation Barbarossa underway the war became a war of annihilation against the "Judaeo-Bolshevik" foe. ... By the end of the war between five and six million European Jews had been killed. ... The Cheka enforced the revolution and made sure that no counter- revolutionary action could take place "counter-revolutionaries were "to be shot on the spot . ... China soon came under threat from counter-revolutionaries backed by a foreign nation. ...

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In 1898 Stalin took his first step towards a revolutionary lifestyle when he joined a Marxist group in Tiflis. ... Stalin's first major revolutionary act was when he organised a May Day celebration where the Tsar's police began a crackdown on the organisers. ... The Mensheviks had a more traditional approach to Marxism, whilst the Bolsheviks had a more revolutionary approach. ... At the height of the Civil War, as a political commissar in the Red Army, he supervised military activities against the anti-revolutionary White forces. During the war between Russia and Poland, from 1920-...

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The Seminary was where Staling revolted the first time and began his revolutionary career as a part of Marxist group. ... The other party was the Bolsheviks, who promoted revolutionary ideas. ... While Stalin was doing a revolutionary movement for Lenin, he was again caught by the czar's police. ... Stalin showed USSR's true power, influence, and ability to come over adversity during the long trials of World War Two. ... Not only was Stalin fighting a winning war it was the first time USSR played an important and serious role in the way the war and world would turn out. ...

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Not all the soviets were run by Bolsheviks and, in the countryside, most peasants supported the Socialist Revolutionaries. ... To start with, Lenin's biggest problem was war. ... Trotsky, the Bolshevik negotiator, withdrew from negotiations stating there would be "neither war nor peace ", meaning that the Russians would not fight the Germans but would not sign the treaty either. ... The Socialist Revolutionaries (SRs), much to Lenin's horror, gained more seats in the Assembly than all the other parties put together (winning roughly 69%). ... He solved the two biggest problems in Russ...

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Then there were the smaller groups such as Social Revolutionaries, Cadets, and the Old Privileged Class. In 1918 a civil war came about between the Bolsheviks; who were titled the reds, and a group of parties such as Social Revolutionaries/Cadets/ and the Old Privileged Class; this group was titled the whites. ... Stalin and a Revolutionary named Trotsky were the two contenders for the new Government. ...

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Born into poverty as Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, Stalin became involved in revolutionary politics as a young man. Stalin joined up with the Bolshevik revolutionaries. ... At the start of World War II, Stalin formed an alliance with the German dictator Adolf Hitler. ... After a bloody war, Germany was defeated. ...

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In 1899 Stalin dropped out (other sources say he was expelled) of the Tbilisi Theological Seminary to become a full time revolutionary. ... The temporary government was put in place, sharing some power with the revolutionaries. ... From 1918 to 1920 civil war broke out between the Bolsheviks (know as the Reds) and the Counter Revolutionaries (know as the Whites). ... Joseph was also a war commander on several fronts. ... Although the number of looses in the war are unclear, the Soviet Unions suffered the most loses of any country during World War II. ...

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The entire Petrograd garrison and the police, joined the revolution by February 27, and by the following day, Petrograd fell into the hands of the revolutionaries. ... The latter which represented factory workers, social revolutionaries, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks was to guide the revolution. ... They formed the Military Revolutionary Committee under Leon Trotsky. ... The Revolution also enabled the Soviet Union to emerge from World War II as the second super power; the first being the U.S.A. ... Thus a war was declared between totalitarian dictatorship and democratic socialism, between Marx...

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He joined the Social Democratic party in 1901, and became a full-time revolutionary soon after that (The Unquiet 89). ... He also served as co-editor of a revolutionary newspaper for a while. ... Stalin's early years were those of a typical revolutionary or political activist. ... Stalin did well in WWII, managing to beat back Hitler after losing badly against him early in the war. Stalin made every major decision during the war, and completely controlled the Russian war effort. ...

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He joined the Social Democratic party in 1901, and became a full-time revolutionary soon after that (The Unquiet 89). ... He also served as co-editor of a revolutionary newspaper for a while. ... Stalin's early years were those of a typical revolutionary or political activist. ... Stalin did well in WWII, managing to beat back Hitler after losing badly against him early in the war. Stalin made every major decision during the war, and completely controlled the Russian war effort. ...

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At this time Stalin had already left behind his religious beliefs and called himself an atheist, just as was required for his revolutionary status and persona. ... Stalin was very involved in revolutionary movement at this point in his life, which made it difficult for his wife to see him often. He referred to himself as a revolutionary but in reality he was just someone who organized ways to get money for their movement, and was more of a fund-raiser8. ... In 1908 Koba was arrested and exiled to Siberia for his revolutionary activity. ... She was sixteen years old when Stalin returned from ex...

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Adding to this he was the brother of dead revolutionary and found many doors closed to him. ... When Lenin returned to Russia he carried with him illegal pamphlets, he wanted to start up a revolutionary paper. ... He refused to take Russia out a war in which they were suffering severe losses and causing brutal hardship at home. ... The war with Germany was ended immediately. ... There was opposition and this led to a civil war in 1918 between the Mensheviks (Whites) and the Bolsheviks (Reds). ...

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The Russia Revolution In the middle of the First World War a very beat up Russia wanted out. ... For they knew that if he succeeded in coming to power in Russia he would take Russia out of the war. When Lenin was building up the Bolsheviks lots of people started to look at them more seriously. he exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky, who arrived in Petrograd in May from America, agreed with Lenin's policy and joined the Bolshevik Party. ... This was a very smart move by Lenin because he knew that the Germans were going to lose the war so once the allies won he would re-claim the land. ...

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Soldiers returning back from the war against Japan rebelled. ... People wanted Russia to stop the war. ... With Petrograd in the hands of revolutionaries, Nicholas had no choice but to abdicate the throne. ... When the Revolution was reignited in 1917, the Revolutionaries had more support than the tsar and the determination to accomplish their goals. ... Lenin quickly pulled Russia out of World War I. ...

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In the forth chapter, the civil wars of Stalin, the period from 1927 to 1939 is covered. ... In 1941, Stalin became a man of war; he was elected generalissism and president of the state comity of the defense. ... There, he initiates himself in secret, to the revolutionary and Marxism ideas. ... He will take the nickname "koba-, stop working and start an illegal professional revolutionary militant life. ...

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Animal Farm is an allegory through which George Orwell demonstrates the psychological foundation of revolution, its processes and the irony of displacement of an oppressive regime by the new revolutionary order. ... In Animal Farm, the Battle of Cowshed represents the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. ... It is therefore accurate to state that Animal Farm is an allegory, as it has more than one meaning, through which George Orwell demonstrates the psychological foundation of revolution (the basis of revolution), its processes (the events that occur thereafter), and the irony (opp...

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Due to over ambitious wars and extravagant spending on courts, Louis XVI and his predecessor had successfully bankrupted France. The Seven Years War economically drained the country and her losses were considerable in human and territorial terms. ... The revolution was virtually over by this time but France was still at war with Europe and was subject to many intended coups. ... In Russia, many experienced revolutionaries set about spreading their message to the people. ... During the Civil War Lenin proclaimed to one doubter, "Do you really think we will be victorious without using ...

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These classes represent the "oppressor and oppressed", and the struggle between them eventually results either in "a revolutionary reconstitution of society at large (Marxist.net.) ... In trying to do this; a so-called, Bread war broke out with several kulaks, wealthy, rural landowners who were against the communist party during the revolution, revolts throughout Russia. After the Civil war, Russia was hit with a devastating famine. ...

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He would die before World War I. ... Stalin escaped but he lost his job and became a professional revolutionary. ... Armed uprisings broke out and grew into civil war. ... The Bolsheviks won the civil war in 1920. They then began to rebuild the war-torn country. ...

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The main contributor was that he had been an active Bolshevik and a full time revolutionary since 1905, and had been the President of the Bolshevik conference in 1907; therefore he knew the details of the party's policies. ... 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. ...

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