Until Lenin arrived in April, Stalin and Lev Kamenev dominated all party decisions. ... When Lenin arrived back in Petrograd from his exile in Switzerland, on April 3, 1917, he strongly criticized Stalin for printing both of these opinions and demanded an immediate reversal in policy. Nevertheless, Stalin was re-elected to the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party on April 27, 1917. ... Svetlana had eight children (five with Morozov; thus, more than half of Sta...

• Word Count: 7507
• Approx Pages: 30
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Once in power, Stalin began a drive to industrialize and modernize the Soviet Union, with a Five-Year Plan (1927-32) based on Marxist principles championing government control of the economy. ... Meanwhile, members of Stalin's loyal, personally appointed Politburo were beginning to wonder if their leader, who had guided them through the turmoil of collectivization and the Five-Year Plan, could now also prove effective in a relatively peaceful era. ...

• Word Count: 5151
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Known by the common person as an American defeat, the Vietnam War has scarred our country with past mistakes but necessary lessons learned. Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. We failed to accomplish the goals we created in the beginning. We wanted to help ensure that South Vietnam had a separate, independent, and noncommunist government. Not only were the Vietnamese affected but the American citizens her at home. ...

• Word Count: 4657
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

Forty-six other nations from every region of the world joined these five central powers in signing, and together they became the founding members of the United Nations. ... However, it branches all across the world. ...

• Word Count: 5612
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School