Orwell intended to criticize the communist regime he saw sweeping through Russia and spreading to Europe and even the United States. Though he agreed with many Marxist values, Orwell couldn't really accept the communist understanding of socialism because he saw many similarities between the communist governments and the previous tzarist regimes in old Russia. ... In Animal farm Orwell uses his symbolic farm to represent the communist system. ...

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With the leadership of Lenin and his supporters, such as Trotsky, the Bolsheviks were successful in creating a new communist state, even in the face of its own civil war in 1918. ... Trotsky's Red Guards, an exceptionally well trained private army devoted to the Bolshevik revolution, played a crucial part in the seizure and maintenance of power in the newly named Communist government. ... Eventually, the Bolshevik revolution was completely successful in creating a new Russian communist state. ...

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He perceived the significance of social and cultural changes, remarking that "Our communist work among the masses of women, and our political work in general, involves considerable educational work among the men.... This decision created a divide within the Bolshevik party, as it wasn't true to a communist scaffold; Lenin said to go ahead they must "step back", despite the fact that it was a, communist system. ...

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In 1917 after the overthrowing or the Russian czar Stalin was able to return where as a result of the February and October revolutions he was named Commissar of nationality affairs of the communist party. 1918 was Stalin's time to shine as a military power, he served as a general of the red army in a civil war which lasted for 3 years, Lenin then appointed him commissar of the workers and peasants. In 1922 Lenin gave Stalin the position of General secretary of the central committee of the communist party, This position gave Stalin the power to appoint people were loyal to him key jobs...

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One is that it was an attempt to put communist ideology into practice, a view that originated in the nineteen twenties. ... This last stage was called communism by Marx and the Bolsheviks began to call themselves communists after the civil war. ... It seems that they were desperate to create what could call a communist state. ... Left Communists criticized the employment of these experts in industrial committees and believed that they were dangerously bureaucratizing the administration of the national e...

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The Bolshevik party (renamed Communist Party in 1919) attempted to come to terms with the reality of power over a period of conflict during which they were forced to resort to authoritarian measures. ...

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Despite the obvious communist incentives of the revolutionary thought such as the abolition of redemption payments, such economic policies only brought Russia into " a state of ruin" as Lenin claimed. ... The originally communistic goals of the revolution when implemented caused great economic problems such as famine, so capitalistic policies had to be introduced to fix up the problems that they caused with their Marxist principles. ...

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In his rise to power, Stalin held a number of senior administrative posts within the Soviet government and party apparatus, becoming in April 1922 general secretay of the ruling Communist Party, a post which he subsequently built up into the most powerful in the country. ...

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