Peasants and workers revolted in an elemental and anarchic rebellion, ultimately turning a large-scale strike and bringing the government, economy, and all public services to a complete halt. ... In 1900, the Czar and his government had not decided how to treat its peasants. ... In the bottom of the peasant's heart, he or she carried a deep, imbedded bitterness and hatred for the government. ... They had acted as an effective government for a short period of time. After the revolution, Russia had...

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Instead, communist governments were established in all those countries, noncommunist political parties were suppressed, and genuinely democratic elections were never held. ... Neither leader had suspected that Stalin intended that all Popular Front governments in Europe would be taken over by communists. ... Churchill and Roosevelt had both agreed that they would work for the establishment of a new Polish government that represented the Polish people. ... He insisted on the communist dominated Polish Committee of National Liberation that had proclaimed itself the "provisional government of ...

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we answer: "We would propose peace to all the belligerents all the oppressed, and those who do not have equal rights And we would also raise in rebellion, the Socialist proletariat of Europe against their governments."1 Lenin believed that once a revolution occurred in Russia the notions would spread to the rest of Europe, with a Communist Russia at the helm. ... He continued to state that these groups were not harmful to the government but rather worked with them. ... In 1917 Lenin created the All-Russian Commission for Suppression of Counter-Revolution, or CHEKA (Russian acronym), to...

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Yet, Stalin, an uninspirational bureaucrat labelled "too rude" by Lenin and as "the grey blur" by Trotsky had complete control of the party and government by 1929. ... Revolutionary governments have no mechanism for promotion and so unmerited rises to power were possible. ... Stalin had obtained great power as the party General-Secretary, since he was the only link between the party and government he intimately knew the workings of both. ... Stalin suggested that Bolshevism should remain only in Russia, that Russia could save itself. With this argument Stalin evoked massive national pride, ...

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Lenin's N.E.P had bought some advances to Russia but the Soviet Union was still very backwards in comparison to the rest of Europe. ... In 1927, this was bought to the surface when the British government raided the Soviet trade mission in London. The Soviet government saw this and other signs as an indication of an anti-Communist conspiracy. Industrialisation was made out to be patriotic by the government and formed an essential pillar in Stalins cry for socialism in one country' theory which promoted building a strong and lasting socialist country. ... Stalin's drive for the f...

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This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and the president was forced to resign. (7) This served a warning to other countries against resisting the communist regime. ... In East Germany i...

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This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and the president was forced to resign. (7) This served a warning to other countries against resisting the communist regime. ... In East Germany i...

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This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and the president was forced to resign. (7) This served a warning to other countries against resisting the communist regime. ... In East Germany i...

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The consequences of these actions culminated in a series of alliances and treaties, partitioning the European powers into two groups: the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy; and the Triple Entente of Great Britain, France and Russia. ... Russia, flushed with the spirit of pan-Slavism, declared war on Austria. Germany, honoring its pact with Austria, declared war on Russia and her ally, France. ... Remarque also displays the feelings of confusion and contempt held by the soldiers, who feel as though they have been wronged not by the opposing forces, but by their own govern...

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Committee (1) Conspiracy to commit crimes alleged in other counts (United States) Committee (2) Crimes agents peace (England) Committee (3) War Crimes (France) Committee (4) Crimes agents humanity (Russia) The United States alleged that the Nazi party as a whole committed conspiracy to start an aggressive war, to commit crimes agents humanity (slave labor and the stealing of resources) and to cleanse the world of various ethnic groups. ... -As of 1937 plans were made for the conquest of Austria and Czechoslovakia contrary to what Hitler said Germany neither intends, nor wishes to interfere in...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a politica...

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With this and other publications revealing the alarming savagery taking place in the Congo: a "Congo Reform Association- was organized, King Leopold was forced turn over ownership of the Congo Free State to the Belgian government, and so culminated first major human rights movement of the 20th century. ... There are other minor characters such as the group of pilgrims, a Russian wanderer, and Kurtz's intended. ... The Russian wanderer is the main proponent of the grandeur of Kurtz. ...

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In the 1st 50 years of the 20th Century, it came to pass that revolutionary turmoil in the name of social progress brought humanity to the gates of destruction. Out of these flames of war arose several huge Political systems that bestrode the globe. One of these, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was founded on the ideals of social equality and sharing. Instead the people of the USSR had a nightmare unleashed on them unrivaled in the archives of human history. Only once in the passing of human fictional literature has the sensitive horror of this regime been displayed once, much l...

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John Aristotle Phillips is an Obscure Individual. He graduated from Princeton in 78', repeating his senior year. He transferred to Princeton for his sophomore year, and landed an exclusive spot on the academic probation. He got average grades, and was on the path to flunking out. Then he did somethi...

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BIOGRAPHY According to Life Magazine and several other sources, Thomas Edison was "the most influential figure of the millennium." Contrary to what is sometimes assumed, Thomas Edison was not born into poverty in a backwoods mid-western village. He was born, on Feb. 11, 1847, to middle-class paren...

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His plays are staged and studied by students to understand American life in Russia, P and, Iceland, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Czech Republic, and China to name a few (Griffin xi). ... Before being found guilty S ator McCarthy accused the Democratic administration of sheltering and helping Communists in the American government. ... The United States government called McCarthy's activities witch-hunts. ... Any government official who criticized his hearings was soon found to be defending himself against the charge of being involved in a Communist conspiracy. ... The Puritan government...

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