Centralism refers to the unified discipline throughout the party: top-level official party decisions are binding on party organization and members. According to the Communist party constitution, any sort of small group activity within the party is punishable considered as the violation of organizational discipline. ... They are responsible to observe the inner-party discipline of democratic centralism. ...

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I enjoyed reading Animal Farm. Orwell's creative writing style draws you into the book and it's hard to stop reading. I also enjoyed the characters of the book. As the book progresses and the characters as presented to the reader. The Animals have many similarities to important political figures. ...

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This clear discrepancy between reality and the attitude of animals suggests that the latter have evolved into self-controlled beings that have opted for self-discipline as a survival mechanism in the new political regime. ... The poem "Comrade Napoleon" along with the "Seven Commandments" indicate the vital role religion and literature can play as ideological state apparatuses in disciplining the masses. ...

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Consumer desires were ignored, tight labor discipline was enforced, and living standards were depressed, so that the largest possible share of Hungary's resources could be used to develop an industrial base. ... The highly centralize panning process often led to inefficiencies, while strict discipline and low living standards led to poor labor performance and popular discontent. ...

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Both, industrialisation as well as collectivisation were two polices introduced by Stalin with the aim of modernising the USSR. Although these did aim to improve the way the USSR ran and improve living conditions these both processes had their negative impacts. So I think we can not state they were ...

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Alexander Kerensky was the eventual Prime Minister of Russia and leader of the Provisional Government. Kerensky played a vital role in Russia's history as he was a crucial contributor to the revolutionary situation in October of 1917. He contributed to the October 1917 revolution through his cont...

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Propaganda is a strategy of communication which influences an audience, largely, through emotional appeal. Several dictators have used propaganda during wars in order to dehumanize the enemy. The Soviet propaganda promoted Marxist and Leninist ideology in order to promote the Communist Party and its...

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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 drive towards totalitarianism and also the steps that allowed him to assume this position. From his youth Stalin decided upon the kind of regime he ultimately wished to put in force within Russia. This began when he assumed the name Stalin "man of steel" and it was this vision of him that drove him...

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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. ...

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The radical shifts in policies towards the economic, social and political landscape of the Soviet Union from 1917-1924 can be mainly attributed to the Bolshevik party's desire to seize, consolidate and sustain power in the face of internal and external opposition. Although egalitarian Marxist ideol...

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Economic Reforms cause Russia's Decline Throughout the years there have been many leaders and regimes in Russia. There had been a period of one ruling empires (tsars). Next, leading toward a massive revolution to instate communism. Communism was the idea of the government by the people and helpin...

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Yehuda Bauer defines Jewish resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe as "any group action consciously taken in opposition to known or surmised laws, actions, or intentions directed against the Jews by the Germans and their supporters." However, many argue that passive resistance, even when done by a singl...

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THE AUTHOR Staline (1978-1953) by Jean Jacques Marie was published by Librio biographie in 1995. The author, Jean-Jacques Marie, is a Russian historian. He was born in 1937, he studied at the "lycée Louis-le-grand-. He was graduated in Russian studies at "école nationale des langues orientales-. ...

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Revolutions begin as a protest against tyranny, but end by creating a state far more powerful than the one that they replace. Discuss with reference to France and Russia. The French revolution was the catalyst that ended the system of monarchy and aristocratic privilege and brought about the...

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Before any state can ascend to the status of superpower a shared philosophy, or general direction, must first be established. In this paper I plan to compare and contrast the ideologies behind the political and economic practice of Vladimir Ilich Lenin and Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. The similar...

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A Plan of the Investigation How did Stalin rise to power through his struggles with Zinoviev, Kamenov, and Trotsky? After Lenin was no longer a candidate for power, Stalin was capable of stepping up and taking control. At the beginning, his only real threat came from Trotsky. Soon, however...

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The conduct of international politics in the last 50 years clearly shows us that it is states that are the heart of international relations. Discuss the accuracy of this statement using neo-realistic based international relation theories and highlight the problems that such an approach faces. The neo-realist theory in International Relations is often simplistically defined as a state-centric theory, specially if considered relatively to other theories. So, the assumption that I am going to focus on - that states are the heart of International Relations - is apparently the basis of th...

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Lenin first defined the economic organisation of 1918-20 as "war" communism. This was in his pamphlet "The Tax in Kind" (1921). In this pamphlet he described it as follows: " a peculiar war communism was forced on us by extreme want, ruin and war it was not, and could not be, a policy that correspon...

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Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov was born 1896 in a small village of Strelkova south of Moscow, Kaluga Province, and like an immense majority of the peasant population his family were desperately poor. He lived in an old house, in the middle of the village, with one room and two windows, he also was ab...

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They were attracted to Lenin's discipline, his firm leadership of the party, his simple slogans and undoubtedly his belief in immediate action to bring down the Tsarist regime rather than waiting...

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Communism in the Eastern Europe was a tragedy. It was condemned because the leaders misused it. It was lack of support from other nations, and there was no efficient solution to save the economy from its downfall. However, it was Gorbachev's reformation that truly brought Communism in Eastern Europ...

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Introduction Charlie Chaplin, the English comic actor, filmmaker and composer was one of the biggest stars of the silent film era. Appearing in short films just as the Great War was getting started, he would be one of the world's biggest stars by the time it ended. In the ensuing decades he starred ...

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Background Information Leon Trotsky is indeed a man that has a lot of impact on the Russian history. He was born in the 19th century, specifically in the year 1879, in November 7th and his real name, Jewish name, was Lev Davidovich Bronshtein (Service, 2009). He is known for his various ranks that include revolutionary, theorist, politician, and a leader. His presence was a major push for the revolution that took place in the year 1917 and so his impact is still felt today since his ideas are indeed the basis that Trotskyism was formed, and this school of thought is said to be in opposition wi...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

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