Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. ... The five-year plans presented an opportunity to Stalin to glorify him at the foundations of the communist party. ... The N.E.P had created a large amount of friction within the party at all levels and this was beginning to cause problems for the USSR. ... It is true that the plans bought huge amounts of glory to Stalin as well as securing his ultimate power within the party, but this glory was justified by the revitalising effects of industrialisation on the soviet people and the communist ...

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Stalin's revolutionary career began in 1899, when he joined the Social-Democratic party as a propagandist among Tbilisi railroad workers. ... Unlike the intellectual party members, his contribution to the cause was practical, not theoretical. ... Stalin edited briefly the new party newspaper, Pravda (Truth) and at Lenin's erge wrote his first major work, Marxism and the Nationality Question. ... Until Lenin arrived in April, Stalin and Lev Kamenev dominated all party decisions. ... Nevertheless, Stalin was re-elected to the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party on April 27, 19...

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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 i...

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Introduction The recent adoption of the anti-gay propaganda law and annexation of Crimea have put Russia back into the international spotlight. A possible explanation for its controversial policy decisions could be the fact that the country is characterized by an undemocratic political system. After the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet-Union, many former Soviet satellite states changed into a democratic regime. Also for Russia there was good hope that the country would finally embrace democracy after 70 years of communism. Democracy is mostly seen by Western scholars as,...

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Meanwhile in recent news, Russian inequality reaches a new record high for having the greatest gap between the super rich and the poor, greater than any other major country in the world. ... In April 2005, Russia reported the completion of bilateral negotiations on goods with a total of 29 WTO members, which represents 50% of members of the Working Party and 87% of total Russian imports. ... The Working Party Chairman Ambassador Jóhannesson feels Russia will help strengthen the multilateral trading system and enhance global economic cooperation. ...

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Introduction The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. The powerful interaction and fusion between politics and economics that characterized the state socialist system created a situation that was unique for the successor states of the Soviet Union. T...

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RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY AVANT-GARDE The avant-garde way of life prospered in Russia directly following the Revolution of 1917, generating one of the most awe-inspiring art movements of the twentieth century. Assembling an entirely new government, the Bolsheviks gave free reign to the Russian avan...

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The net private capital outflow was $7.7 billion in the third quarter of the year and the bank estimated it would reach $8.6 billion for the full year, and that it is not directly related to the arrest of Khodorkovsky. ... Membership in a religious organization and membership in the Communist Party did not go together. ...

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