General causes of the Russian Revolution Poverty In order to understand Trotsky's role in the Russian revolution in the year 1917, perhaps an insight into the causes of the Russian revolution would shed light upon some of the reasons as to why he was a major player in the fight. ... Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution swept through the Russian empire in the late 19th century where the country developed and implemented iron works and factories, including all the elements that the industrial society does exhibit today. ... The Russian revolution fell heavily on the government c...

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Assembling an entirely new government, the Bolsheviks gave free reign to the Russian avant-garde to create a new culture and thus a new society through art. ... The old art groups existing before the Revolution have lost their meaning The day of revolution, the moment of revolution, is the day of heroism, the moment of heroism-and now we must reveal our artistic experiences in the monumental forms of the style of heroic realism (Bowlt 266-267). To the artists, the Revolution a was time to wipe out the old and put in the new. ... Through eyes of the avant-garde the Revolution presented a...

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Instead, the young Stalin became a devoted advocate for Marxist revolution. ... During this period, the Social Democrats split into two factions, the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Lenin, and the Mensheviks. Stalin joined the more radical Bolsheviks, and by the time World War I arrived, in 1914, he had attended a number of Party Congresses and risen high in Lenin's favor, who appointed him to the Bolshevik Central Committee. ... In 1917, the Russian Revolution toppled the Tsarist government. ... The following year, another group of old Bolsheviks were subjected to the same treatmen...

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In December 1905 Stalin and Lenin met for the first time, at a Bolshevik conference in Finland. ... Petersburg) upon hearing that the February Revolution had brought about the abdication of the Tsar and the installation of the Provincial Government. ... Nevertheless, Stalin was re-elected to the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party on April 27, 1917. After a Bolshevik-sponsored insurrection in July, Lenin went into hiding and Trotsky was arrested, leaving Stalin and Yakob Sverdlov (another prominent Bolshevik) temporarily in charge of the Bolsheviks. ... Although Stalin apparently had...

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A true Anarchist: The Life of Emma Goldman Introduction To explain how Anarchism influenced everyday life for Jews in Amerika and especially the citizens of New York's Lower East Side, the ideas and visions of Anarchism's leaders must be thoroughly analyzed. To this end I would like to outline the lives of two of Anarchism's most important spokespeople who greatly influenced the Anarchist movement in America - Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. The reason why I chose these two people - especially Emma Goldman - is to be found in the extraordinary impression their liv...

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Internationaly the European situation was a stressor, the Great War had only just ended and the revolution in Russia was still occurring. ... The One Big Union had been inspired by the Russian Revolution and with a solid socialist leadership was quickly able to claim the majority of the western Canadian and Northern Ontario labor movement within its ranks. ... When the Bolshevik's victory in Russia was complete these complaints grew more common. ... The example of the Russian Revolution, the brave new worlds and peaceful utopias of wartime oratory and idealism, had bred in many an un...

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Conflict and mistrust between the West and the Soviet Union is possible to trace as far back as 1917 when the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia led to the creation of the world's first communist state. ... Western allies during the First World War sent in arms and troops to support the White army to defeat the Bolsheviks. ... The official ideology of the USSR stated the inevitability of conflict with western capitalist states and class struggle would lead to a world revolution. ... It was agreed that Russia should get Polish territory east of the Curzon line, land taken from Bolshevik Russ...

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The industrial revolution was drove by social changes as Europe moved from an agricultural based economy to a capitalist urban one. ... Another reason for the Industrial Revolution is the significant increase in population. ... This industrial revolution was triggered by the discovery of the steam engine, various spinning machines, and other mechanical devices. ... There were some other consequences of the industrial revolution; free competition. ... Communism advocates revolution. ...

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In all these actions, the model of the Russian Revolution, although it was only vaguely understood, encouraged the development of local radicalism. ... Neither party preached revolution, yet both urged wide-ranging social and economic reforms. The rising radical tide, especially seen against the backdrop of the Bolshevik revolution, worried other social groups. ...

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