LENIN"S ROLE IN THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. ... Such a leader was critical to the pre-condition phase, where parties were forming, discontent was mounting in Russia, and someone as powerful and convincing as Lenin had the opportunity to drive a revolution. ... "(6) The news that Russia was in a state of revolution in 1917 caught Lenin by surprise... "This first stage of the revolution born of war will neither be the last, nor confined to Russia." ... He stayed underground and wrote "State and Revolution" an anarchist pamphlet that reflected precisely the Russian revolutionary process...

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The abdication led Russia to change significantly with immediate consequences such as political turmoil, short term consequences such as the revolution and long term consequences such as Stalin ruling of Russia. ... Many Russians did not like a German leading Russia and Nicholas become more unpopular amongst his people. ... The Bolsheviks believed that the revolution should be lead by a small group of dedicated and skilled revolutionaries, they would lead the party and make all the decisions. ... Lenin wanted to get back to Russia to start another revolution and became allied with the German...

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The novel, though, was actually meant by Orwell to be a satire of Russia during its revolutionary period from the Czar Nicholas II to Trotsky and Stalin. ... HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Russian Revolution began with the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in 1917. ... Lenin immediately began his attempt to construct a socialist government in Russia according to the philosophy of Karl Marx. ... STORY The story begins when an old boar named Old Major insights revolution against Farmer Jones with the animals through the stirring speech he gave before he died. ... The animals then finally realized...

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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. ... "In not more than a month's time terror will assume very violent forms, after the example of the great French Revolution; the guillotine... will be ready for our enemies... that remarkable invention of the French Revolution which makes man shorter by a head." ... However, the Russian condition became worse, workers in the factories stalled their production, stole goods from the factories, and threatened all of Russia with starv...

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All this is an allegory to Russian Revolution. All of the characters of the farm have a special role in Russian Revolution. ... Similarly, this foundation also occurred in Russian Revolution. ... In Animal Farm, the Battle of Cowshed represents the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. ... By using this statement, realized is the relationship between Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution. ...

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This comparison will be shown by using the symbolism that is in the book with similarities found in the Russian Revolution. ... Propaganda is another item that was used in the Russian revolution. ... The last event that was similar in the book and in Russia was the animal rebellion on the farm and the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... Russian Revolution, Grolier npa). ... Russian Revolution of 1917. ...

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This comparison will be shown by using the symbolism that is in the book with similarities found in the Russian Revolution. ... Propaganda is another item that was used in the Russian revolution. ... The last event that was similar in the book and in Russia was the animal rebellion on the farm and the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... ("Russian Revolution," Grolier ). ... "Russian Revolution of 1917." ...

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Through sheer force of personality alone, Lenin was able to push forward the revolution. ... 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 Army. ... The end of the revolution does not indicate the end of all troubles. ...

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Modern World History Joseph Stalin led the Socialist Soviet Union in the "Revolution from Above," a movement to centralize the government and transform society without popular participation . ... 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. ... Stalin appealed to that "Great Russian chauvinism" and to the Bolsheviks and many citizens who retained a fervent Communist idealism . ... The dis...

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Modern World History Joseph Stalin led the Socialist Soviet Union in the "Revolution from Above," a movement to centralize the government and transform society without popular participation . ... 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. ... Stalin appealed to that "Great Russian chauvinism" and to the Bolsheviks and many citizens who retained a fervent Communist idealism . ... The disa...

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He would read literature written by Karl Marx, a German political philosopher, and soon he would join the revolution called Russian Marxism. ... He would hold protests, and continue to network with other members of the revolution. ... During the first world war, moral was low in the Russian Army. ... Stalin didn't really have much to do with the revolution, he wrote a few editorials for a popular Russian newspaper, but his contributions where minimal at best. ... Besides an Industrial Revolution Stalin set out to fix the lagging agricultural production in his five year plans. ...

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Another interpretation is that it was an emergency measure to deal with the economic crisis caused by war, revolution and civil war (Malle 1985). ... The agricultural production in Russia declined since the outset of the First World War, and those who had food, hoarded it. ... It was always the Bolsheviks" aim to overthrow the Tsarist regime and abolish the class system that existed within Russia. ... Given Lenin's passionate desire for revolution and to implement socialism it may be argued that at the time Lenin and other Bolsheviks believed that they were establishing socialism. ... Pip...

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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. ... During this period, Stalin advanced the policy of building socialism in one country, in contrast to Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution. ... 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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Georgia was an independent country until the Russian Tsars conquered it. ... His name was Koba and he hated the Russians and avenged their crimes against the Georgians. ... The students could have no privacy and were spied on by the Russian Orthodox monks. ... The Russian Revolution began and Stalin organised many strikes and demonstrations. ... This cycle of arrests, exiles and escapes went on for the next several years leading up to the Russian Revolution in 1917. ...

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Stalin greatly reformed Russia, and advanced Russia at the expense of the common citizens. ... Stalin left a great mark on Russia. ... Stalin did improve Russia's industrial system, but he had a negative effect on Russian society. ... Russia was lagging behind the rest of the world in that they had not had a formal Industrial Revolution. ... 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. ... Stalin left a great mark on Russia. ... Stalin did improve Russia's industrial system, but he had a negative effect on Russian society. ... Russia was lagging behind the rest of the world in that they had not had a formal Industrial Revolution. ... Stalin's reforms of Russia modernized and advanced Russia, but at the expense of the common Russian citizens. ...

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The struggle to succeed Lenin was a turning point of the Russian revolution. ... The main contestants for the leadership in this crisis were Stalin and Trotsky who developed an ideological and political clash that was about to change the direction of the Russian history. ... 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. ...

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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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