Under his "rule" the Soviet Union underwent radical changes in it's economic doctrines adopting a mixed economy which was termed the New Economic Policy also referred to as NEP, this economy called for some private ownership of the means of production, but the majority of industry was made property of the people, which meant the majority of the means of production was controlled by the government. ... During this period, and in fact throughout the majority of the Communist rule, censorship and the subordination of interest groups such as trade unions was imposed to stop dissension and i...

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According to 1998's recoded documentation, Turkmenistan has been under a dictatorship rule since the brake from the former Soviet Union. ... The majority of the population of Turkmen is not met with the basic needs of life such as, food, water, and also without the political rights of; freedom of assembly, opportunity for public debate and political opportunities....

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The Bolshevik party quickly changed from a small, irrelevant party to a highly disciplined party that was successful in gaining support from these people which resulted in an eventual majority in the Petrograd Soviet in a few short months. Lenin knew that the majority of the Russian population was peasants and used their darkening situation as the Bolsheviks basis for revolution. ... This, too, contributed to the sudden majority the Bolsheviks achieved at the congress of soviets in November of 1917, which gave Lenin new control of the government. ... Second, the Bolsheviks promise of a new ...

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This resulted in social implications of serfdom and feudalism as the majority of the Russian empire was subsistence farmers. ... The majority of the oppression was a product of the economic problems and political problems facing the Russian empire. Firstly, the inefficient usage of productivity was caused by the majority of the country being subsistence farmers. ... However, the reform did not solve the majority of the social problems in the country. ... The lack of political freedom via democracy or a parliament caused situations whereby violence and protests were the only ways to oppose the ...

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This was still somehow an uni-lateral motion as the vast majority of troops was American and the rest was mainly from NATO-friendly countries. ... However, the decision was transferred to the General Assembly knowing that the West would have the majority's support. ... This was ruled intolerable by the latter, so a plan was schemed where Israel was to launch an attack on the Canal Zone and the French and British were to send "protective" forces to the area of conflict. ... The UNEF was nevertheless subject to strict rules to assure its independence. ...

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Ironically, the imperial system of rule tried to preserve autocracy through reform, whereas it is clear that the soviet system relied completely on terror to preserve authority. ... Under the rule of Lenin and the Bolshevik party, 1917 "1923 the forces of reaction were successful in preserving a dictatorship with the use of terror as a main instrument. Putting into consideration the circumstances in which the Bolsheviks seized power, it could be debated that intense terror was not needed to rule the state; the party had a majority of the votes. ... The irony lies in the fact that a revolu...

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Inner party rule decision making are based on the principle of democratic centralism. ... The vast majority of officials in political structures are Communist Party members in the hierarchy of basic-level party organizations. ... Rule by Law: the principle of "rule of law" is the protection of individual rights by limitation on arbitrary state power, but it doesn't make sense in traditional communist ideology because law is a weapon of the state to use in exercising dictatorship. ... Legal Reforms: started in 1978 to investigate the issue around the Cultural Revolution were a hi...

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Under Lenin's rule, the Soviet Union underwent radical changes in its economic doctrines by adopting a mixed economy, known as the New Economic Policy (Harris). ... After Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin came to power and effectively he ruled as a totalitarian dictator. ... March 1985 marks a turning point in the Communist rule in Russia. ... Yeltsin was given powers to rule by decree in economic matters (Harris). ... A majority of voters expressed confidence in Yeltsin in a referendum held on April 1993, but they rejected a proposal for early parliamentary elections. ...

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By the start of 1917, the Tsarist rule was confronting intense issues, mainly due to his naive autocracy, "The fundamental cause of the Russian revolution was the incompatibility of the Tsarist state, with the demands of the modern state"1; the peasants were requesting land; the proletariat needed higher wages and better working conditions; the bourgeoisie needed political changes to make Russia a genuine majority ruled government; and each of the three classes were demanding an end to the war. ...

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It is a federal semi-presidential republic which is currently ruled by Vladimir Putin. ... The majority of state projects were privatized among great controversy and later became owned by insiders for far less than they were worth. For example, a director of a factory during the Soviet rule would often become the owner of the same firm. ...

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Both Soviet and Chinese troops would conduct patrols on many of the small islands (the majority of these islands were disputed territory between the two sides) and small skirmishes would occur. ... In Sun Tzu's Art of War first chapter, entitled Laying Plans, the eighteenth rule is as follows: all warfare is based on deception (Cantrell, 2003). ...

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By the end of 1942 Germany occupied an area containing 40% of the Russian population, and the majority of its coal manufacturing. ... In this chaotic time Stalin's totalitarian "rule by decree" was impractical and he allowed greater freedom and autonomy in the lower echelons. ...

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The Azeris are Muslim, the overwhelming majority of which is Shiite, although there are few Sunnis in the North. ... Later, while Xenophon conquered and ruled this region, armenians were known as a separate ethnic and political group and were share Archaeminid Empire. ... Historically, they ruled their certain fatherlands and were periodically oppressed by different powerful Empires. ...

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The peasants in this society, who were the majority, would work the land and live in much worse conditions than the land owners. ... Under proletariat rule foods, goods and services would be distributed fairly and with no shortage of such things there would be no need to regulate society. ... Lenin had always wanted single party rule, which meant that the aggressive Bolshevik party leader would be prepared for conflict in order to achieve this goal. ...

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Lack of Government Representation The Romanov family, also referred to as the royal family, had ruled over the empire for a minimum of three centuries and in the nineteenth century, the ruler was known as Tsar (Fiehn, Corin & School's History Project, 2011). The royal family has ruled and did not have any form of representation among the people considering that Tsar easily ignored the Duma, a body that was elected in the year 1905. ... Many historians claim that Tsar (Nicholas II) did not possess the knack to rule but Figes claims that Nicholas II was a determined ruler even though he di...

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Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister of Russia started to be more and more powerful collecting the majority of it and mainly because of that Russia started to regain its stable and strong position.10 Subsequent summits only confirms that. ... Spanger describes the situation when Dick Chaney (USA vice-president) accused Russia of breaking democracy rules as well as energetical blackmail. ...

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China became a part of the Soviet and Eurasian geopolitics under the communist rule. ... Success of China can be explained by its specific conditions of development and its challenges: - Territory of the country has limited resources - Population potential is very high - Costs of labor force are extremely low - Chinese market is the biggest in Eurasia - High level of technological development - Increasing of military power Also, Majority or rural population in China is busy in livestock farming and tillage. ...

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The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of the Eastern European Soviet Block countries intended to organize against the perceived threat from the NATO alliance. The Eastern Block members were: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, the former USSR and the former Czechoslovakia. All the Communist countries of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia were included. The treaty was drafted by Kkrushchev in 1955 and signed in Warsaw on May 14,1955. The members of the Warsaw Pact were to defend each other if one was attacked. ...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

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Proposal Type of study -Overlooking contrasting approaches to a historical personality, issue or event -How has history been constructed and recorded over time? -Why have the approaches to the construction of history changed over time? This essay was originally to deal with debates regarding Soviet Russian history. This sphere of interest became more specific and eventually led to a study of inconsistencies regarding historical justifications of Khrushchev's dismissal of war hero Marshall Zhukov. However, while a variety of sources were available regarding his Western counterpa...

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