"Discuss how the nature of the new society compared with the original goals of the revolution" In respect to the nature of the new society formed in Russia compared with the original revolutionary aims at the beginning of the century, many goals were left unrealized, and in fact the society of post-revolutionary Russia closely resembled that of the autocratic regime previously endured in Tsarist Russia. The definition of Russia's "new society" is troublesome, and it could be said that Russia's new society began after the 1917 revolution and ended in 1928, when Joseph Stalin came i...

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Assignment: Analyze the causes of the first revolution in Russia in 1917. ... Source 2 - Curtiss, John Shelton - "The Russian Revolutions of 1917" (New York: D. ... Source 3 - Goldston, Robert - "The Russian Revolution" (Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1966. ... However, the people of Russia had finally awoken from their inactivity. ... Indeed, he was in close terms with various monarchs, such as King George V of Britain and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. ...

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He killed many thousands innocent people and exiled hundreds more. ... Killing or exiling thousands of millions of people for simple mistakes. ... As Russian wasn't Joseph's first language, he learnt it by the time he was nine. ... To kick start the industrial and agricultural revolution he made the Five Year Plan. ... Even though USSR and Germany were on peace terms, he knew that an attack was inevitable. ...

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At the time when Bolsheviks took the power in Russia during the Revolution of 1917, the nation was still occupied with the First World War. ... In the revolution of 1917 the left Socialites Revolutionaries formed the government and had more support than Bolsheviks, wanted to appeal to Russian people by becoming free fighters against aggressors. They considered this as the most ideal method of causing communist revolution in the West. ... He commanded that the adversary terms must be acknowledged ("The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk." par. 3). ... In this case the concept of self-determination had hug...

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While Stalin focused almost purely on building Russia as an important world power, he was sacrificing both the liberties and lives of millions of Russian people. ... Russia had advanced as slightly more hopeful economic power but Stalin had seriously halted Russia's advance in terms of living standards. ... Propaganda was extensively used to instil pride and a series of goals among the working people in the towns. ... Although they do not relate directly to Russia's advance the purges represent the final end of any civil liberties held by the Russian people. ... Russia most certai...

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The poor performance in the war was soon realised by the Russian as not being in the same level as the Eastern Europe in terms of modernisation. ... Furthermore the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 and the Bolshevik Revolution made Russia's situation worse, as 1/3 of the population was lost in the unasked war and only to be left more vulnerable by the Russian civil war 1918-1923. Even though the revolution weakened Russia's industrial powers, the civil war was the final knock to the already weak Tsarist Russia and a clear path for some serious modernization. ... In a democratic countri...

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