The dystopian novel "Animal Farm," published in August 1945, is an allegory of the Russian Revolution. The animals and the events in George Orwell's novel parallel the characters and incidents of the Russian Revolution. Orwell laments that the 1917 Russian Revolution resulted in a government more totalitarian and oppressive than the one it overthrew. ... In 1917, the Russian Revolution took place. ... George Orwell and other supporters of the Russian Revolution were disillusioned. ...

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George Orwell's, Animal Farm, was written to illustrate the events of the Marxist Revolution of 1917. He wrote this book during the time of the German attack against Russia. ... The animals in the story portrayed humans during the Marxist Revolution of 1917. ... The story, Animal Farm, and the events that occurred in the Russian Revolution directly parallel each other. ... In order to relate his opinion to his general audience without controversy, he chose to depict the events of the Russian Revolution in a round-a-bout way through a story of an animal rebellion. ...

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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-. ... The second chapter, Stalin in the revolution, explains the role that Stalin played in the revolution that started in February 1917 and the consequences of that revolution. ... The revolution of 1917 brought Stalin back to Petrograd, and resumed to his post of director of the journal Pravda. ... He wrote the book after having access to the Russian archives. ...

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Its characters and scenes depicts the people and events of the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... In the start of the story, the oppressor is Farmer Jones, which is the equivalent of Tsar Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia (Nicolas II) in the real world. ... This is similar to the cause of the Russian Revolution as Russia had lost the most amount of men during World War 1. ... In the Russian Revolution, Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin. ...

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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 returned to Russia for two years but the promised revolution did not happen as the Tsar made enough concessions to calm the people. Lenin went abroad again. 1917 was to finally see the revolution in Russia. In fact two revolutions occurred in this year. ...

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He became sort of a "rebel" in 1898 when he founded the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. When he participated in the Russian Revolution, it was a definite turning point for him in his life. ... After the Russian Revolution he was elected president of the St. ... When he eventually escaped, he soon became second in command after Lenin in 1917, and then in 1918 he was appointed People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs. ... He wrote many books and articles on the nature of the USSR, fascism, the process of revolution, and cultural issues. ...

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This led him to accuse supporters of Stalin as being "worms who crawl from the upturned soil of the manured revolution." This language did not endear him to the vast majority of the party, which had been bureaucratic since 1917. ... Trotsky was true to the Marxist doctrine by insisting that revolution must be permanent and spread across the world. ... Stalin suggested that Bolshevism should remain only in Russia, that Russia could save itself. With this argument Stalin evoked massive national pride, he showed himself to be the saviour of the Russian people, whilst Trotsky appeared anti-Russian...

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Joseph was born December 21 1879 in Gori, Georgia, Russia. ... Joseph spoke only Georgian until he was 8, when he learned to speak Russian. ... In 1917 after the overthrowing or the Russian czar Stalin was able to return where as a result of the February and October revolutions he was named Commissar of nationality affairs of the communist party. 1918 was Stalin's time to shine as a military power, he served as a general of the red army in a civil war which lasted for 3 years, Lenin then appointed him commissar of the workers and peasants. ... The grim time that Stalin's advisors...

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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. ...

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