The Bolsheviks were antagonising the peasants and requisitioned so much grain that it caused thousands of peasants to die of hunger. ... Given Lenin's passionate desire for revolution and to implement socialism it may be argued that at the time Lenin and other Bolsheviks believed that they were establishing socialism. ... War communism led to a terrible famine throughout Russia, but Lenin started that he would rather the whole nation die oh hunger than allow free trade of grain. ... Lenin refused to compromise his view of communism even if it meant that millions were going to die. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Zinoviev made no secret of his own desire to succeed Lenin and the fact that he sided with Stalin is an indication that he feared Trotsky more than Stalin. ... When Lenin died on 21 January 1924, Stalin, not knowing about Lenin's criticisms in his testament, led the mourning and made a serious of speeches declaring eternal loyalty to Lenin's ideas: "Lenin commanded us to keep the unity of the Party as the apple of our eye". ...

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As a result, in 1938 the House of Representatives created the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), led by Martin Dies (Oshinsky 46). ... In 1950 McCarthy gave a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, which gained the attention he desired (Rovere 6). ...

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After the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles was established. Germany was greatly affected by this because under the treaty, they were to follow some major changes financially, politically, militarily and territorially. Because of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany accepted the War Guilt Claus...

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Roosevelt's stance at the Yalta Conference can be explained by what he said to Francis Spellman, archbishop of Boston, in September of 1943, "There is no point to oppose the desires of Stalin, because he has the power to get them anyhow. ... He died not truly knowing the consequences of what he had actually done. ...

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On December 25, 1991, the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russia. As the world watched in amazement, the most successful communist country, the USSR, collapsed and disintegrated into...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Assignment The developments initiated by Stalin between 1928 and 1940 all had the effect of increasing the role of the state in Soviet society. Discuss. Response In order to assess how Stalin attained and upheld complete power in the 1930's it is necessary to examine the factors which led his driv...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate