Such human rights provisions as states own constitutions, and international covenants on political, economic, civil, and cultural rights. ... The establishment of a democratic political and social structure, the rule of law, the set-up of new political parties, and a pluralist parliamentary system are but a few of the exacting tasks that have been met. ... It had a great impact on the British Empire. ... All these factors combined to persuade many English leaders that the colonies needed a major reorganization and that the central authority should be in London. The English leaders set in moti...

• Word Count: 1918
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Such human rights provisions as states own constitutions, and international covenants on political, economic, civil, and cultural rights. ... The establishment of a democratic political and social structure, the rule of law, the set-up of new political parties, and a pluralist parliamentary system are but a few of the exacting tasks that have been met. ... It had a great impact on the British Empire. ... All these factors combined to persuade many English leaders that the colonies needed a major reorganization and that the central authority should be in London. The English leaders set in moti...

• Word Count: 1818
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The Liberals were a law-abiding, non-violent revolutionary group. ... They wanted a system of government that was democratic, such as the one used in Britain, this meant an elected parliament shared power with the monarch. ... As no other royals could take the throne Russia became a republic, this meant that they were not governed by a monarch but by an elected leader. ... During this time the leader of the Bolsheviks, Lenin, was exiled to Switzerland as he disagreed with the revolutionaries who supported and co-operated with the Provisional Government. ... All of these leaders fighting for ...

• Word Count: 2288
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During the final year of the war, the British premier, Winston S. Churchill, attended several crucial summits, and in October 1944, he visited Moscow for having talks with the Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. ... The meeting between Churchill and Stalin implies that both the leaders were concerned and looked forward to what could happen when Germany was defeated. ... Even when Churchill lost in the general election in Britain in July 1945, Britain's foreign policies were not changed towards Soviet Union. ... However, for all its disrepute, it should not be acknowledged that the 'p...

• Word Count: 1594
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sir Arthur Nicholson, the British Ambassador to Russia in 1906 described Nicholas as, "the gentle but uneducated emperor- who "is weak on every point except his own autocracy."" ... The Okhrana was an organisation that was founded to combat political left wing revolutionary activity and terrorism. ... The Black Hundreds organised massacres of revolutionaries with the unauthorised consent of the Tsar. ... (Rasputin) Many rumours, such as the Empress was in league with the Germans were started and in 1916, a liberal leader accused the Tsarina of being a German agent in one of his speeches...

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Using the Industrial Revolution of Great Britain as a example, Stalin caused a agricultural revolution by his process of collectivization, which created collective farms owned by the government and farmed by peasants. ... Also, Germany proposed a network of bilateral trade agreements that was designed to somewhat unite a politically divided Europe. ... While Stalin revitalized Russia, Hitler revived Germany and then sought to economically control all of Europe, which shows how Hitler was a more ambitious and greater leader. ... He furthered Lenin's work by forcing the Russian populat...

• Word Count: 2251
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nicholas, like many past and future Russian leaders, wanted to expand his country's territory. ... With Petrograd in the hands of revolutionaries, Nicholas had no choice but to abdicate the throne. ... Vladimir Illych Ulanov, the Bolshevik leader who had changed his last name to Lenin, was in charge of his political party. ... Many different political groups in these Soviets fought for power. ... All other political parties were forbidden. ...

• Word Count: 1936
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School