He quit the seminary before graduation, in order to be a full-time revolutionary. ... In 1902 he was arrested by the police, under the charge of revolutionary activities, and he was imprisoned for eighteen months in Baku. ... Such pseudonyms were quite common among the Russian revolutionaries of that period; Lenin often published under the name "Tulin" (note that even the names "Lenin" and "Stalin" were political pseudonyms). ... Until the last years of the czarist Russia, Stalin was more an up-and -coming follower than a leader. ... Petersburg) in order to stop a White offensive from Es...

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During the final year of the war, the British premier, Winston S. Churchill, attended several crucial summits, and in October 1944, he visited Moscow for having talks with the Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. ... The meeting between Churchill and Stalin implies that both the leaders were concerned and looked forward to what could happen when Germany was defeated. ... Even when Churchill lost in the general election in Britain in July 1945, Britain's foreign policies were not changed towards Soviet Union. ... However, for all its disrepute, it should not be acknowledged that the 'p...

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After leaving the Seminary in 1899, he joined the Social Democrats, Russia's Marxist political party, and became a professional revolutionary. ... As Hitler rose to power in Germany, Stalin first contemplated forming a defensive alliance with Britain and France against the Nazis. ... Even during the war, he made inflexible demands of his new allies, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain and President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States. ... Meanwhile, members of Stalin's loyal, personally appointed Politburo were beginning to wonder if their leader, who had guided them thr...

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He is known for his various ranks that include revolutionary, theorist, politician, and a leader. ... When young, Leon joined many revolutionary groups and ended up in great troubles. ... Politicized Workforce The urban workforce that fed the government was growing politically and so the political aspect was growing to be an issue that was led to the Russian revolution. ... Political instability that had resulted from the politicizing of the workforce was among the major drives that fostered the Russian revolution into being. ... The political culture of these individuals was growing rapidly ...

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The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a social and political uprising against the government of the Tsar, manifested largely through strikes leading to production grinding to a halt. ... Tsar Nicholas II was not a strong and wise leader that Russia needed and his unwillingness to show change, maintaining Tsarism was the only resolute principle that that the Tsar had. This is reflected by Sir Arthur Nicholson, the British Ambassador to Russia in 1906 describing Nicholas as 'the gentle but uneducated Emperor, weak on every point except his own autocracy.' ... Two major political parties ...

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Using the Industrial Revolution of Great Britain as a example, Stalin caused a agricultural revolution by his process of collectivization, which created collective farms owned by the government and farmed by peasants. ... Also, Germany proposed a network of bilateral trade agreements that was designed to somewhat unite a politically divided Europe. ... While Stalin revitalized Russia, Hitler revived Germany and then sought to economically control all of Europe, which shows how Hitler was a more ambitious and greater leader. ... He furthered Lenin's work by forcing the Russian populat...

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There were many problems; both political and economic, facing the Soviet Union in 1928 and the decision to launch the five-year plans must have been influenced in part by these. ... Memories of help given to the counter revolutionaries during the civil war only helped to highlight the potential disputes. In 1927, this was bought to the surface when the British government raided the Soviet trade mission in London. ... However, the economic reasons were secondary to the political needs of the communism. ... To do this Stalin had to secure more power, because to reunite the party, it needed a lea...

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