This was different from Marx's originally intention to have a state rule without ruler. ... This illustrated the weak point of the communist rule in East Germany. The removed of the Berlin Wall in 1990 symbolized the end of the Communist rule in the land. ... Lenin made himself the dictator and uses terror as his chief instrument to rule over Russia. ... Stalin had his own secret police to arrest people who disobey these rules. ...

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This resulted in social implications of serfdom and feudalism as the majority of the Russian empire was subsistence farmers. ... The majority of the oppression was a product of the economic problems and political problems facing the Russian empire. Firstly, the inefficient usage of productivity was caused by the majority of the country being subsistence farmers. ... However, the reform did not solve the majority of the social problems in the country. ... The lack of political freedom via democracy or a parliament caused situations whereby violence and protests were the only ways to oppose the ...

• Word Count: 1299
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ironically, the imperial system of rule tried to preserve autocracy through reform, whereas it is clear that the soviet system relied completely on terror to preserve authority. ... Under the rule of Lenin and the Bolshevik party, 1917 "1923 the forces of reaction were successful in preserving a dictatorship with the use of terror as a main instrument. Putting into consideration the circumstances in which the Bolsheviks seized power, it could be debated that intense terror was not needed to rule the state; the party had a majority of the votes. ... The irony lies in the fact that a revolu...

• Word Count: 1853
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This would undermine Tito's rule and result in Yugoslavia becoming a Soviet satellite. ... Tito believed in equal opportunity stating, "We have to prove that there cannot be a majority and a minority. Socialism rejects minority and majority. It demands equality between minority and majority, but then there is no majority, no minority, only one nation."" ...

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Under Lenin's rule, the Soviet Union underwent radical changes in its economic doctrines by adopting a mixed economy, known as the New Economic Policy (Harris). ... After Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin came to power and effectively he ruled as a totalitarian dictator. ... March 1985 marks a turning point in the Communist rule in Russia. ... Yeltsin was given powers to rule by decree in economic matters (Harris). ... A majority of voters expressed confidence in Yeltsin in a referendum held on April 1993, but they rejected a proposal for early parliamentary elections. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Stalin's oppressive rule was legitimized by the "imprimatur of Lenin's creation and succession." ... Lenin's Bolshevik ("Majority" in Russian) party was formed in 1903 with the objective of a stagiest societal evolution of Europe and Russia in the gradual progression from feudalism, to capitalism, to socialism, and to eventual communism. ... The Party would never forget that it had taken power as an enlightened minority acting on behalf of a majority ignorant of its best interests. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Stalin's oppressive rule was legitimized by the "imprimatur of Lenin's creation and succession." ... Lenin's Bolshevik ("Majority" in Russian) party was formed in 1903 with the objective of a stagiest societal evolution of Europe and Russia in the gradual progression from feudalism, to capitalism, to socialism, and to eventual communism. ... The Party would never forget that it had taken power as an enlightened minority acting on behalf of a majority ignorant of its best interests. ...

• Word Count: 1533
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

The French monarch and King Louis XVI allies was also a threat as people feared that the King would return to his original power and rule France under a constitutional monarch. ... To better equip the French army, leader of the Jacobins Robespierre ruled by decree. ... Likewise in Russia, the majority of Russians no longer wanted Russia to be involved in war except the Provisional Government continued Russia's effort in the war. ...

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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...

• Word Count: 1763
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• Grade Level: High School

Both Soviet and Chinese troops would conduct patrols on many of the small islands (the majority of these islands were disputed territory between the two sides) and small skirmishes would occur. ... In Sun Tzu's Art of War first chapter, entitled Laying Plans, the eighteenth rule is as follows: all warfare is based on deception (Cantrell, 2003). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By the end of 1942 Germany occupied an area containing 40% of the Russian population, and the majority of its coal manufacturing. ... In this chaotic time Stalin's totalitarian "rule by decree" was impractical and he allowed greater freedom and autonomy in the lower echelons. ...

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The peasants in this society, who were the majority, would work the land and live in much worse conditions than the land owners. ... Under proletariat rule foods, goods and services would be distributed fairly and with no shortage of such things there would be no need to regulate society. ... Lenin had always wanted single party rule, which meant that the aggressive Bolshevik party leader would be prepared for conflict in order to achieve this goal. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Stalin Josef Stalin was the communist leader of Russia from about 1929 to his death in 1953. He is considered one of the greatest villains in history. He killed many millions of people, most of whom were guilty of no crime other than being of a certain religion or social class. Stalin greatly ref...

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Stalin Josef Stalin was the communist leader of Russia from about 1929 to his death in 1953. He is considered one of the greatest villains in history. He killed many millions of people, most of whom were guilty of no crime other than being of a certain religion or social class. Stalin greatly ref...

• Word Count: 1682
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• Grade Level: High School

China became a part of the Soviet and Eurasian geopolitics under the communist rule. ... Success of China can be explained by its specific conditions of development and its challenges: - Territory of the country has limited resources - Population potential is very high - Costs of labor force are extremely low - Chinese market is the biggest in Eurasia - High level of technological development - Increasing of military power Also, Majority or rural population in China is busy in livestock farming and tillage. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

University-wide administration imposed numerous rules designed to keep politics off of all the University campuses.  ... Immediately after the revolution Sadaam Hussein of Iraq, with the support of the U.S and a majority of the international community, invaded Iran in a war that lasted for over 8 years. ...

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The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of the Eastern European Soviet Block countries intended to organize against the perceived threat from the NATO alliance. The Eastern Block members were: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, the former USSR and the former Czechoslovakia. All the Communist countries of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia were included. The treaty was drafted by Kkrushchev in 1955 and signed in Warsaw on May 14,1955. The members of the Warsaw Pact were to defend each other if one was attacked. ...

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The struggle to succeed Lenin was a turning point of the Russian revolution. Lenin's death in 1924 gave way to a fierce struggle for power developed among the members of the Politburo (the ruling body of the Communist Party which decided its policies) who had to choose which of them should take his...

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