War communism was the policy pursued by The Bolshevik party during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1920, until Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy. During the civil war Lenin had geared the economy towards the war against the opposition forces, the various strands of the divided "Whites". ... Major agricultural regions were occupied by the white armies during the Civil War, intensifying the food problem further. ... Another important aspect of war communism was the red terror, carried out by the Cheka. ... This was evident in Stone Age groups when people had no concept of private prope...

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Workers soviets, unions and Zemstvo played an important role in the early development of Russia. ... The main threat to Lenin's new empire came in the form of the white movement, a movement from within, a movement from abroad, but in all cases a civil war. ... Service argues that Lenin during the Civil war was too quick to resort to the Cheka and Red army stating; "Lenin preferred to overdo the blows than to risk letting an opponent survive the assault"[5] this could be seen as especially significant when we re-examine Lenin's use of force during the Kronstadt mutiny, alth...

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Lenin can be seen as the backbone and driver in the events now referred to as the October revolution, where the Bolshevik's (Lenin's party) took over the Russian government in St Petersburg and were not only successful in seizing power but able to hang onto the position during a long civil war and thereafter. ... During the war and the years leading up to the February revolution Lenin found himself in neutral Switzerland. ... "Convert the imperialist war into a civil war... This was an important tactical move by Lenin. ... People were worried about the arrival of Kornilov's troo...

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At the time, Russia lagged economically behind European countries as a direct result of World War I from 1914-1918 and the Russian Civil War from 1917-1922. ... World War I and the Russian Civil War led to the establishment of a Communist government in Russia, which leveraged its tight control on the film industry in order to forge unity amongst all social classes. ... This treaty was fairly generous to Russia, since she was fighting a national civil war that was of higher priority. The Russian Civil War was fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the Anti-Bolshevik White Army. ... A firm Co...

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The similarities between the men are staggering: each followed the teachings of Socialism and Marxism, each had the tribulations of applying their methods during hostile resistance, war, economic collapse, and foreign invasion. ... Lenin, who was the more accomplished theorist and author of the two, outlined the major points of his work in his most important work: "What is to be Done." ... The culmination of this style of rule came with the formation of the Red Army, which staged a ruthless civil war against the opposition from 1918 to 1921. ... During this time the Russian economy was in ...

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The dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1980s is one of the most important events of modern history. ... On March 6th, 1996 thousands of Chechen fighters infiltrated Grozny during a 3 day surprise raid (Souleimanov). ... Another unsuccessful shot at independence following the Russian Civil War in 1920 just intensified the hostility of Chechnya towards Russia (Souleimanov). ... This theory explains the cause of civil war through two pinnacles; greed and grievance. ... Grievance argues that people rebel over issues of identity and suppression rather than economics. ...

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Later he was captured by the Russians to serve for the Red Army during the Russian Civil war of 1918. ... During the war Tito supported Yugoslavia's participation in the communist revolution. ... After the Russian Civil war Tito returned to Yugoslavia. ... Equality was important to the people, for most wanted to rid Yugoslavia of the old order. ... Tito's foreign policies were tested during the cold war. ...

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In a world of battling monsters, Canada seemed quiet during the constant dissension of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. ... During the end of 1940's through the 1980's, the world was hushed in fear of a battle brewing between the former war allies, United States and the Soviet Union. ... "During two years of life in Canada, I saw the evidence of what a free people can do. ... This spy ring was made up mostly of civil servants, scientists and a Member of Parliament. ... This event ignited the start of the Cold War. ...

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During his time as dictator he moved the Soviet Union to a world power, while starving and arresting his own people. ... During the first world war, moral was low in the Russian Army. ... From 1918 to 1920 civil war broke out between the Bolsheviks (know as the Reds) and the Counter Revolutionaries (know as the Whites). ... His job was to help decide on all emergency issues during the very difficult fist period of the civil war. ... Although the number of looses in the war are unclear, the Soviet Unions suffered the most loses of any country during World War II. ...

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They are in many ways the two extremes, Czechoslovakia - 'The Velvet Revolution' so named for being civil and without deaths. ... The government during communism was quite different from the present system. ... Such human rights provisions as states own constitutions, and international covenants on political, economic, civil, and cultural rights. ... The American war for independence can be dated back to times of the British victory in the French and Indian War. ... Moreover, the war generated substantial resenment towards the colonists among English leaders, who were not satisfied ...

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They are in many ways the two extremes, Czechoslovakia - 'The Velvet Revolution' so named for being civil and without deaths. ... The government during communism was quite different from the present system. ... Such human rights provisions as states own constitutions, and international covenants on political, economic, civil, and cultural rights. ... The American war for independence can be dated back to times of the British victory in the French and Indian War. ... Moreover, the war generated substantial resenment towards the colonists among English leaders, who were not satisfied ...

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During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry S. ... During World War II he headed the Senate war investigating committee, checking into waste and corruption and saving perhaps as much as 15 billion dollars (whitehouse.gov). ... The American people would not of been able to trust a man who regretted or second-guessed his actions in a time of crisis. ... One of the most important tactics to counter communist influence was the introduction of the Marshall Plan (Divine 670). ... Unfortunately, the lack of troop support from the Americans and lack of morale and leadership from the Nationalist le...

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Mayhem immediately arose on the Ole Miss campus, with uprisings resulting in two people dead, hundreds of people injured and countless other people detained, when the Kennedy administration summoned 31,000 National Guardsmen and supplementary federal forces to impose command. ... "Meredith attempted to register four times without success" (Civil Rights Movement). ... "Doyle also noted that two other factors were equally important: John F. ... During the University of Mississippi riots "two people were killed and many others injured in the ensuing chaos" (The Integratio...

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The Western powers supported the Anti-communists in the Russian Civil War proving that they wanted to fight against communism. ... The allies co-operated during the war, supplying each other with arms and attending conferences together, such as Yalta and Potsdam. ... During the last years of the Second World War, the Red Army was moving forward and leaving behind pro- communist governments. ... Speeches like these did cause nervousness during the Cold War, instead of only distrusting countries indirectly, like in World War II; the West was clearly saying that it did not trust the East. This ti...

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Another problem that had occurred before the reign of Gorbachev was in Afghanistan where Soviet troops had attacked to stop the civil war. ... The government hoped to spread out the communist ideology threw the war and to get access to the mineral oil reserves. ... The work was under to hard conditions, the people had nothing they could believe on and so the take hold of alcohol. ... Another important problem was the production of nuclear weapons and the arms race. ... The people in the Soviet Union where angered and discontented with their life and so they oftener became criminals. ...

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On the night of November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall-the most potent symbol of the cold war division of Europe-came down. ... The movement simply went underground, and the rebellious Poles organized their own civil society, separate from the Communist government and its edicts. ... As a result, Poland held its first competitive elections since before World War II, and in 1989, Solidarity formed the first non-Communist government within the Soviet bloc since 1948. ... The collapse of communism in East Central Europe and the Soviet Union marked the end of the cold war. ... On the other han...

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Stalin, Zinoviev and Kamenev were very successful since Trotsky fell ill during this time, and though he knew what was going on he had no energy to try to counteract the machinations of the trio. ... He was also in the Party's Orgburo, which ran all its organizational matters but most important of all, he was General Secretary of the Party, with the power to give his supporters posts at every level of the Party. ... Trotsky made public reports on his activities and published books and pamphlets, until this was causing Stalin as much worry as he might have caused them had he been left at ...

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