As society started to change in Russia, Nicholas' autocracy government became outdated. ... These opposition groups gave the people of Russia a choice of government from the Tsar's and his ruling. ... As shown above Tsar Nicholas II was not a popular form of government among Russia. ... Until elections could be held the Provisional Government was to govern Russia, this was only for a short time or until they later won the election. ... In June 1917 the Provisional Government ordered Russian armies to make an attack on Austria, this failed and turned into a retreat. ...

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LENIN"S ROLE IN THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. ... In 1917 after emerging as premier of the Soviet Government his fame and fortune grew overnight. ... They saw the advantage of letting Bolshevik's and other socialists go back to Russia and make trouble for the newly in place provisional government. On the 27 March they left on a German train, funded by the German government for Russia. ... It was at this time that circumstances for the Provisional government worsened. ...

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Russian Revolution began with the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in 1917. The Government was then taken over in the absence of the Czar by a group of bankers, lawyers, industrialists and capitalists. ... The main goal of the Bolsheviks was to set up a government for the proletariat, or working class. The Provisional Government finally fell when thousands of Red Guards(armed workers) stormed the Winter Palace at the signal from the battleship Aurora and overran it, sealing the Provisional Government's fate. Lenin immediately began his attempt to construct a ...

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The Russian Civil War lasted from October 1917 to October 1922. ... For one, they had many different groups with different ideas on how Russia should be ruled. ... The government is tottering. ... However, the Russian condition became worse, workers in the factories stalled their production, stole goods from the factories, and threatened all of Russia with starvation In response, Lenin, in response, created a Labor Committee. ... " This ended the Russian Civil War. ...

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In Russia, there were many food shortages which caused the people to demonstrate and then the Russian soldiers refused to suppress them and the leaders demanded that Nicholas transfer his power to parliamentary government because everything was getting out of control. Soviet workers and soldiers formed a special committee and established a government. ... Many lessons can be learned by reading Animal Farm that can help countries and governments around the world from making mistakes in wielding their power against their people. If a population is suppressed and not allowed ...

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In Russia, there were many food shortages which caused the people to demonstrate and then the Russian soldiers refused to suppress them and the leaders demanded that Nicholas transfer his power to parliamentary government because everything was getting out of control. Soviet workers and soldiers formed a special committee and established a government. ... Many lessons can be learned by reading Animal Farm that can help countries and governments around the world from making mistakes in wielding their power against their people. If a population is suppressed and not allowed to accumulate things ...

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The weakness of the Provisional government is a particularly important factor. The name of it, the provisional government, already suggests the government being temporary in nature. ... The final straw, the Kornilov affair practically led to the Provisional government serving Russia to the Bolsheviks on a golden platter. General Kornilov attempted to cleanse the Provisional Government of socialist elements by attempting to march the Russian Army into Petrograd. Kerensky probably panicked, and as a result released the Bolsheviks from jail in hope that the Red Army would help fight the Russian A...

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Georgia was an independent country until the Russian Tsars conquered it. ... The students could have no privacy and were spied on by the Russian Orthodox monks. ... After the takeover of the government, Stalin became a member of the new government's Soviet of People's Commissars, heading the Commissariat for Nationality Affairs. ... During this time, Stalin re-married a Nadezhda Alliluyeva in 1918 and moved to Moscow because of his job in the government. ... He had started off as a young revolutionist, aiming for a better government and a better life. ...

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Soviet Jews raised great hope for future friendship and cooperation with the government . ... 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. In the October Revolution of 1917, Lenin succeeded in establishing the Soviet Government, and after the 1920 Bolshevik victory in the Civil War, he gained his party political isolation, "effectively limiting the Soviet Government to only one political party,"...

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Soviet Jews raised great hope for future friendship and cooperation with the government . ... 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. In the October Revolution of 1917, Lenin succeeded in establishing the Soviet Government, and after the 1920 Bolshevik victory in the Civil War, he gained his party political isolation, "effectively limiting the Soviet Government to only one political party,"...

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Kerensky's Provisional Government in the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... He was political commisaar of the Soviet Army during the Russian Civil War and Polish-Soviet War. ... Later, his government reversed most of Stalin's deportations although it was not until 1991 that the Tatars, Meskhs and Volga Germans were allowed to return to their homelands. ... Both men desperately wanted Russia to catch up to the western European states. Both succeeded to an extent, turning Russia temporarily into Europe's leading power. ...

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Stalin greatly reformed Russia, and advanced Russia at the expense of the common citizens. ... He established communist governments in each of these countries, each of which was completely loyal to him. ... Stalin left a great mark on Russia. ... Stalin did improve Russia's industrial system, but he had a negative effect on Russian society. ... Stalin's reforms of Russia modernized and advanced Russia, but at the expense of the common Russian citizens. ...

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Stalin greatly reformed Russia, and advanced Russia at the expense of the common citizens. ... He established communist governments in each of these countries, each of which was completely loyal to him. ... Stalin left a great mark on Russia. ... Stalin did improve Russia's industrial system, but he had a negative effect on Russian society. ... Stalin's reforms of Russia modernized and advanced Russia, but at the expense of the common Russian citizens. ...

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Even the minor characters of the story symbolize relevance with Russian history. ... All this is an allegory to Russian Revolution. All of the characters of the farm have a special role in Russian Revolution. The farm itself represents Russia, with its poor conditions and unjust leaders. ... Similarly, this foundation also occurred in Russian Revolution. ...

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During the first world war, moral was low in the Russian Army. ... The Czar Nicholas II knew his time was up and fled Russia a few days later, ending a 300 year old legacy. The temporary government was put in place, sharing some power with the revolutionaries. Lenin the leader of the Bolshevik party, started to rally the people, and by October, they had seized power of the government. ... One of Stalin's first moves as leader of the Soviet Union was to replace Lenin's New Economic Policy with a series of government controlled five year plans. ...

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The struggle to succeed Lenin was a turning point of the Russian revolution. ... The Rightists (Bukharin, Tomsky and Rykov) believed that the government must continue Lenin's New Economic Policy for at least the next twenty years. ... Also the C.C decided not to publish the Testament so must Russians never got to know what Lenin really thought about Stalin. In fact, once Stalin was established as dictator he used propaganda to misled the Russian people that he was Lenin's choice as his successor. ... Stalin believed that the USSR must always come first in the government's plans...

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Kirov was Russian who was very popular, a very well spoken and sociable person and a possible rival to Stalin's position. ... How exactly were the innocent Russians picked up and taken to their deaths prison or deported too far off places? ... The communist party monitored the Soviet Unions painters, writers, poets, painters, and made sure that they all supported the government. ... Still today Russians such as Dmitry Likhachev live in fear of a return to the past due to Stalin's inhumane actions. ...

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His comment implies that the information the public receives can, and frequently is, skewed by the government. ... Animal Farm is most famous as a stinging critique of the history and rhetoric of the Russian Revolution. ... Stalin's tyrannical rule and eventual abandonment of the founding principles of the Russian Revolution are represented by the pigs' turn to violent government and the adoption of human traits and behaviors, the trappings of their original oppressors. ...

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