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. ... The idealized figure, the worker in whom the intelligentsia placed their hopes, carried a toughness and relentlessness that was necessary for the revolution. ... "As good Marxists, the Bolsheviks nationalized banking and credit very quickly after the October Revolution. ... He strays between complete polar op...

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The Cold War begins with the end of the Second World War (WWII) in 1945, when the world was left crippled and needed to be reconstructed in some manner. ... The Americans supported Capitalism, which meant minimum interference of state in economy, competition and individual reward, and the right of voting, variety of political parties and freedom of speech and press among others (liberal democracy). ... The Soviets justify their expansionism in accordance with their Marxist theory which advocated the need to spread revolution throughout the world. ... This was written before Karl Marx's Da...

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Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His father was a shoemaker with a penchant for drunkenness, who left Gori when Stalin was young to seek employment in the city of Tiflis. Thus Joseph's...

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The Tsar who defeated the French Empire was profoundly influenced by their domestic and foreign affairs, leading his vision of Russia to enhance and protect the revolutionary ideals of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. ... On the contrary, Paul objected to European views and was disgusted with the French Revolution and everything associated with it, such as the censorship of reading material, fashions, and music. ... She and the Russian people closely watched the events in of the French Revolution and celebrated when news was heard of the fall of the Bastille. ... Alexander symboliz...

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Petersburg) upon hearing that the February Revolution had brought about the abdication of the Tsar and the installation of the Provincial Government. ... After Lenin's return several months later, Stalin's influence rapidly declined (due to his failure to completely agree with all of Lenin's positions, including his advocacy of an "armed revolution" to overthrow the Provisional Government). ... Although Stalin apparently had no role in the October Revolution itself, he was shortly thereafter appointed, by Lenin, to the position of People's Commissar for Nationalities withi...

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Common law is the type Americans are familiar with, and it is based on the collected court rulings of each and every case heard throughout the history of the United States. ... OPIC and MIGA provide insurance for overseas investments to protect them against nationalization, insurrections or revolutions. ...

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