The Russian Revolution The Russian revolution was caused by the continual breakdown of the governments in Russia and the incompetence and authoritarian views of its czars. ... The terrible defeat of Russia in the Crimean War in 1855 and 1856 exposed weaknesses of Russia's various organizations. The road to the Russian Revolution began with the end of the Crimean War in 1855. ... Had any one of those attempts at reform been genuine, history would have turned out quite differently; however, as we know, the Russian Revolution occurred in 1917. ... The worker population increased and R...

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As Russian wasn't Joseph's first language, he learnt it by the time he was nine. ... Stalin changed the whole world's perception of USSR and for the first time in history Russia was getting influence in Europe and was incorporated with a lot of European events. ...

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This essay will talk about the Revolution of 1917 that took place in Russia. ... The main causes of the Russian Revolution are deep in Russia's history. ... Russia's badly organized and unsuccessful participation in the World War I made the people hate the bad government even more. ... Russia's casulaties in World War I were greater than any other country has ever lost in a war. ... The Bolshevik Party was a radical group of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. ...

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According to Since the earliest beginnings of recorded history, societies have undergone fundamental change because different classes in society are in "constant opposition." ... After the Civil war, Russia was hit with a devastating famine. ... This power in Russia goes until Stalins untimely death in the 1950s. ... The Communist party has had a bad history of death since Lenin and Stalin. If another event of a Communist rise in a nation, many countries are against this rule for what has happened in history....

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By the end of 1917, nearly all of Russia was in soviet hands. ... He had pledged to end it, and the people of Russia expected him to keep his promise. ... Russia would lose 62 million people, 27% of farm land (including some of the best in Russia), 26% if railway lines and 74% or iron ore and coal reserves if they signed the treaty. ... They were the first free elections in Russian History. ... It would have the job of drawing up a new consitution for Russia. ...

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He listened to the priests and Bishops and met with Russia's wealthy upper class citizens. ... The writer who influenced revolutionary groups at the time of the Tsar was a German Philosopher called Karl Marx, who believed that history was a struggle between the different classes. ... Many peasants moved from the poverty in the country to the large towns where most of them became factory workers and by 1900 there were 2 million urban workers in Russia, they made up 4% of Russia's population. ... Russia covered over eight million square miles of the world in 1881, it covered a large ...

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As a result, in the first 6 months leadership conflict and differing visions shaped Russian history only to a small extent, whilst Lenin's direction and leadership played a more important role. ... Whilst it was kept under control be Lenin, his death, created a power struggle, whereby its results ultimately shaped Russian history. ... Along with their removal, Stalin manipulated party ideology to suit with both the atmosphere and time of the country, gaining him popular support, whilst shaping Russian history. Ultimately the leadership conflicts aroused from differing vision for the fu...

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His symbolism illustrates what life was like during the Russian Revolution. ... Orwell uses symbolism to compare his characters to religion and the founders of the revolution, propaganda and the working class, and the leaders after the rebellions, to allow the readers to understand the history of the Russian Revolution. ... Moses, a talkative raven, represents the Russian Orthodox Church. ... George Orwell uses Moses to show the disappearance and reappearance of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Russian Revolution. ... George Orwell's symbolism gives readers a visionary history...

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The plot of Animal Farm follows the Russian Revolution. This is achieved by corresponding events in the novel to the actual events in Russian history. During the Russian revolution, Russian leader Joseph Stalin used secret police to 'get rid' of anyone who threatened his power. ... However, this is not the only event that corresponded between the novel and Russian history. ... " During the Russian Revolution, Russia suffered a similar event which resulted in a famine. ...

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In this case, by using such a text type to embody his views on the Russian Revolution, George Orwell satirizes and represents individuals and events in history in his dystopian novel Animal Farm. ... Propaganda has been a major feature in history, as it is a vice used to inform people this propaganda and advertising stuff that people usually trust and listen to. ... In Soviet Russia Squealer represented the Pravda, the Soviet newspaper. ... Readers can infer that Frederick and his men represent German troops who turned against Russia and fought the Soviet Union for land. ... The allegory that...

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However, the events in Animal Farm are allegorical to Soviet Russian politics from 1919-1953. ... For example, common aspects in both the novel and history were the purges, the five-year plans, and warfare. ... However, a weakness of the plan was that the plans favored heavy industry, there fore starving the Russian people. ... Just as in history though, the animals noted that, "they were generally hungry," (129). ... A last parallel between novel and history is their regard for war. ...

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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. ... This, obviously, is a reference to Stalin, who murdered many of his own people in order to maintain his dictatorship of Russia. ... If the working class thinks that history is on the side of their dictator, they are less likely to question dictator practices. ... From a symbolic point of view, the windmill represents the enormous transformation projects undertook in Soviet Russia after the Russian Revolution. ... Orwell uses his characters not on...

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With the coming of the 20th century, socialism began to take hold in Russia. ... Lenin was a Marxist revolutionary with the desire to create a socialist Russia. ... Idealism was thrown away by realism in Russia as Lenin failed to convince the whole of Russia of his policies, meeting much resistance in a country already exhausted from World War I. It was no surprise that Marxism appealed to much of the educated in Russia at the turn of the century. ... As his life comes to an end, largely because of the sacrifices he has made for his idealism, Reed is aware that his life had accomplished lit...

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Alexander Kerensky was the eventual Prime Minister of Russia and leader of the Provisional Government. Kerensky played a vital role in Russia's history as he was a crucial contributor to the revolutionary situation in October of 1917. ... Firstly, as Alexander Kerensky became Russia's leader, he decided to uphold Russia's war efforts in World War 1, a patriotic decision made at a time where morale and patriotism were lacking. ... The offensive despite a strong start and initial success against the weaker Austrian army, was eventually crushed by a German counter attack, leavin...

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After this day, the people of Russia had developed a very cold image and misunderstanding image for the Czar. ... The Manifesto was a major step for the Russian people. ... Stage 4 Russia was later split into many parties. ... History as a process in which human freedom is always being extended. ... This had ceiled the election votes, and made Stalin the new ruler of Russia. ...

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The author, Jean-Jacques Marie, is a Russian historian. ... He was graduated in Russian studies at "école nationale des langues orientales-. ... In the beginning of the book, a short preface is given to us in order to demonstrate us the importance, for the history, of the archives of Russia that became accessible after the collapse of the U.R.S.S. During years the history of Stalin and the U.R.S.S was given from limited documents. ... He wrote the book after having access to the Russian archives. ...

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It is astonishing that surrounded by the turmoil that was Russia in the early 20th century Lenin actually survived for so long. ... Lenin saw himself not simply as representing the Russian working class but the whole of the international proletariat. ... This was an integral part of his philosophy as he was partly a Marxist and thus saw history as the evidence of a never ending class struggle. ... This was largely due to the lack of authority over the Russian economy. Russia was in turmoil, there was serious social unrest and due to Lenin's lack of planning he had not devised a serious ec...

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He wrote this book during the time of the German attack against Russia. ... Snowball clearly depicted Leon Trotsky in Animal Farm, through Snowball's actions, Trotsky's factual history, and a comparison of the two characters will justify the thesis. ... The three guided soviet policy, promising workers and soldiers food, abundant land, and an end to Russia's involvement in the war. ... He was a visionary thinker, and hoped to carry out his friend, Lenins', vision and transform Russia into an industrial inspiration. ... The story, Animal Farm, and the events that occurred i...

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After the revolution in Russia in 1917 (when the Soviets gained power from the cruel Czars) the control of power in Russia was taken from the slim minority by the workers (for which Communism freed) to make life better and to keep the terrors of WWI from happening again. ... Democracy, the greatest psychological war the human race has ever faced (almost bringing the species to extinction), and it gets less than 50 pages in a 900 page American History book. ...

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I enjoyed reading Animal Farm. Orwell's creative writing style draws you into the book and it's hard to stop reading. I also enjoyed the characters of the book. As the book progresses and the characters as presented to the reader. The Animals have many similarities to important political figures. ...

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Marx's main analysis of the world viewed economic growth as a "motor of history" (Hobden and Wyn Jones, 2008, p.146). ... Marx's theory has been shown to be correct by such events like the October Revolution that occurred in Russia in 1917. ...

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