Consider this statement regarding the situation in Russia and, in doing so, comment on the attitudes of Lenin and of the Germans to events in Russia in 1917, the main reasons for the collapse of the Tsarist regime in Russia in 1917 and the role played by Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the revolutions in Russia in 1917. Lenin's attitudes to the events of Russia in 1917 were of eagerness to get back to Russia. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was v...

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"Discuss how the nature of the new society compared with the original goals of the revolution" In respect to the nature of the new society formed in Russia compared with the original revolutionary aims at the beginning of the century, many goals were left unrealized, and in fact the society of post-revolutionary Russia closely resembled that of the autocratic regime previously endured in Tsarist Russia. The definition of Russia's "new society" is troublesome, and it could be said that Russia's new society began after the 1917 revolution and ended in 1928, when Joseph Stalin came i...

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Consider this statement regarding the situation in Russia and, in doing so, comment on the attitudes of Lenin and of the Germans to events in Russia in 1917, the main reasons for the collapse of the Tsarist regime in Russia in 1917 and the role played by Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the revolutions in Russia in 1917. Lenin's attitudes to the events of Russia in 1917 were of eagerness to get back to Russia. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was v...

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Totalitarian Governments use the people in a total movement to achieve a goal. ... The Russian nation was in a state of distress. ... Russia was falling way behind the rest of the world, and with the death of Lenin they were looking for a new leader. ... Trotsky and Stalin were the two candidates for the take over Russia's government. ... Earlier, in the nation of Italy, totalitarianism had been introduced before the grounds had been laid in Russia. ...

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In 1918, Russia had its civil war. ... " Leader Vladmir Lenin led the Bolsheviks as they over through the government and gained power. After over throwing the government, the previous leaders who weren't executed, will attempt to regain power. ... In this war the Chinese, like the Russians, are battling nationalists and communism, or the government versus communists. The government in China is going to try to get rid of communists. ...

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The release of the Communist Manifesto (published in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels) on the Russian populace in the late 18th century was a catalyst for the violent, bloody Bolshevik revolution in 1917 – however the influence of the Manifesto, and by extension Marxism, is still hotly debated by historians and differing historiographical schools of thought. ... These historical ideas (in which the bias of political, social and class background should be considered), shared with historians such as Leon Trotsky, state that the Russian Revolution, and the beginnings of the workers ...

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"Declaration of the Rights of Man" and "Declaration of the Rights of Women" pleaded the government to allow all men and women, despite their class and ownership, the right to take part in what affected them through the government. Their idea was a democracy; a government controlled by the people rather than the person. ... The French embellished diversity while the Russians er1adicated it. ... The Russians were the first experimentation of communism, but failed on many accounts. One would include the fact that Russia never did follow the recipe left by Marx. ...

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The characters in Animal Farm favor the main personalities of the Russian Revolution. ... Leon Trotsky seized government buildings in Petrograd, and he arrested the members of the Provisional Government (Perry 661). ... The socialism displayed in Orwell's Animal Farm is equivalent to the Russian Revolution. ... The Russian revolution's key players are characterized in Animal Farm's main characters. Animal Farm's plot is similar to events that took place in the Russian Revolution. ...

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With the coming of the 20th century, socialism began to take hold in Russia. Russia's backward position relative to the West, its lack of arms, poor training, and corruption in the high levels of government and the army finally translated into unparalleled unrest with the Tsar Nicholas II. ... In October, the Provisional Government was itself overthrown by socialist radicals under Vladimir I. ... An ideal is "an ultimate object or aim of endeavor,"" one that politically is used to change the government of the country. Under Lenin, the Bolshevik revolution was an attempt to change the gov...

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The Chinese have so many problems similar to those of Russia. ... Chaos is the reason that the army is so directly involved with the nation's government. Also, similarly to Russia the army controls the parties. ... The government aids the industries so it is very rare for a business to go bankrupt. ... The president is given full authority over all branches of government to insure that Government runs smoothly. ...

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Bolshevik ideology primarily began to subside from its Marxist roots during the October revolution in 1917 in Petrograd, when the party first seized power from Kerensky's Provisional Government. ... However, Lenin's April thesis presents Marxist ideology, as he strongly emphasizes Russia's readiness for revolution as a result of WWI. ... The government continued with demolishing the old machinery of coercion, the legal system, the police, conscription, bureaucracy, and discipline in the Red Army. ... Lenin realized that Russia was too fragile to face war with Germany and w...

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They had completed a coup against the ever-unpopular capitalist government. ... When lenis had arrived he produced the April thesis, which listed 10 points that were all against the provisional government, Lenin had rejected the idea of the Provisional Government. These 10 points included the immediate end to the war, support for the provisional government would stop and the imperialist government would cease to exist. This thesis attacked the Provisional Government, however the Provisional government was going to be weak when it first started, this would be because the Russian people distrus...

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His idea was to collectivize all the farms so that they could produce more and be owned by the government. ... The farmers that worked on these farms had to hand over a certian amount of the produce no matter what to the government. ... There land was stripped from them and turned over to the government and if anyone disagreed Stalin would have them killed. The peasants were forced to work on the farms and paid when they brought in there goods to the government. ... Many people were killed and this were tooken by the government, but this made the Country better and stronger. ...

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Petersburg where he registered for the bar as well as continued his efforts in opposition to not only the Tsarist government, but also the Narodniki, who were part of the Social Revolutionary Party which was also opposed to the Tsarist government for decades. ... As a result, police, courts, and laws will become unnecessary and government will disappear. ... In its place was a provisional government of Constitutional and Social Democrats. ... With cooperation from the German government who was convinced that Lenin would withdraw Russia from the war, Lenin made his way back to Russia. The...

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This new group, known as the Bolsheviks, eventually became the ruling power in Russia. ... As food shortages increased during the early 1900's in Russia support for the Tsar rapidly decreased. ... The provisional government attempted to continue the war effort. ... Also during this time, old revolutionary groups that had been suppressed under Tsarist Russia resurfaced under the weaker provisional government. ... These eighteen self-proclaimed governments were constantly challenging the Bolshevik government. ...

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The Manifesto was a major step for the Russian people. ... Stage 4 Russia was later split into many parties. ... The Bolsheviks then came together and overthrew the Government. On November 7th the All-Russian Congress of Soviets declared that the procedure was successful and the Provisional Government was no longer in power. ... Stalin and a Revolutionary named Trotsky were the two contenders for the new Government. ...

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Joseph Stalin, a Russian dictator, is the counterpart of Napoleon in the story. ... He was a cruel man and showed it by making the peasants of Russia suffer throughout his reign as Czar of Russia. ... While the people of Russia were dying in poverty, most of the officials and leaders of the Russian Communist Government were living the high life off of the deceasing lower class. ... Stalin's tyranny mirrored this almost perfectly, as hundreds of Russians died at the hands of Stalin's government officials for treason. Joseph Stalin was the worst man that Russia had ever seen...

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Orwell laments that the 1917 Russian Revolution resulted in a government more totalitarian and oppressive than the one it overthrew. Manor Farm represents Russia, and Old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon represent the prominent figures of the Russian Revolution namely Marx/ Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin respectively. ... In 1917, the Russian Revolution took place. This was when the government led by the Tsars was overthrown and Lenin and the Bolsheviks came to power. ... George Orwell and other supporters of the Russian Revolution were disillusioned. ...

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Vladimir Ulyanov Lenin Born on May 4, 1870 this son of a Russian nobleman was to have a great effect on the future of Russia and, the world. ... This event led to several uprisings in Russia. ... Lenin made a deal with the German's; if they could get him safely back to Russia, he would take power and pull Russia out of the war. ... The problems of the new government were enormous. ... The Russian Orthodox Church was disestablished. ...

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Last November, the Bolsheviks led a massive revolution against Kerensky's provisional government. ... Now, they have full control of the city and have established a new Communist government under Lenin. ... But lately, there had been major opposition to the Government's policies. For starters, people were appalled at how Kerensky kept Russia in the war, continuing to support our country in the hopes of establishing greater freedom and democracy. ... In his first months as leader, Lenin made a call to end the war and announced that the 540 million acres of the land was to be handed...

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As early as 1933 FDR recognized the Soviet government in Russia (the USSR). This was done by an assignment of debts claimed against and owed to the Soviet government by foreign, especially U.S. creditors and debtors, to the U.S. ... Whether one liked or disliked the form of government that country had, we still had to deal with that government. ...

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Communism is based around the government owning everything and the people having the right to the same things no matter what their status in society is. As soon as the government becomes corrupt communism falls apart and the system breaks down. ... North Vietnam, Russia, Cuba, As well as china are all or were all communist countries. Russia collapsed after the cold war because communism failed in their country and capitalism had seeped in. ... Even though he has no more ink, This is much like Russia's financial crisis. ...

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There have been countries that have tried this form of government. ... An example of a country that tried communism was Russia. When the country became communists, Russia began to crumble. ... This is true because not everyone wants to be apart of a communist government. ... All in all capitalism works best because it benefits the people and their government. ...

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The government we created made education appear as a doorway into helping sustain Russia and make it stronger. Citizens learned to build, fight, and create in hopes of making Russia a strong nation and a global competitor. ... The government and economic side of Marxism go hand in hand in that they both play off one another. ... If everyone was equal the government would be able to treat each person and give them the same rights. ... In most all cases Marxism eventually evolves into Communism after a revolution of the classes consumes the government, and installs a new government with reforma...

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Orwell intended to criticize the communist regime he saw sweeping through Russia and spreading to Europe and even the United States. Though he agreed with many Marxist values, Orwell couldn't really accept the communist understanding of socialism because he saw many similarities between the communist governments and the previous tzarist regimes in old Russia. ... The pigs and dogs take most of the power for themselves, thinking that they are the best proprietors of government. ... From a symbolic point of view, the windmill represents the enormous transformation projects undertook in So...

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