The Bolshevik dictatorship established after the October Revolution was very quickly faced with numerous monumental crises. ... By the middle of 1918 these various groups held more than two-thirds of Russian soil, and threatened to take control of the central regions currently under Bolshevik control. ... In October 1917 the Bolsheviks inherited an economy on the brink of collapse. ... Conclusions on the Russian revolution vary greatly in their point of view. ... The Bolshevik's, whilst formed in a grounding of traditional Marxism, gradually changed their ideas to suit the Russian...

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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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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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate