The establishment of the secret police, the Okhrana was successful to an extent in preserving autocracy during 1855-1900 as they prevented earlier assassination attempts on the life of Tsar Alexander II but did not achieve complete control on revolutionary movements who used terror. ... However under the Soviet rule between 1917-1955, secret police institutions like that of the OGPU, NKVD, Cheka and Red army to an extent, were rather used to inflict terror on the Russian population to suppress opposition and preserve autocracy. ... Democracy was banned and a one-party police state was es...

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Nikolayev, the assassin was stopped by the police earlier in the neighborhood and even though he was armed and had Kirov's daily movements on paper in his pocket, he was mysteriously released. ... Nikolayev was secretly tried and executed on December 29, 1934. ...

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The entire Petrograd garrison and the police, joined the revolution by February 27, and by the following day, Petrograd fell into the hands of the revolutionaries. ... In 1936, Stalin gave a new constitution to the U.S.S.R, which provided for such features as a secret ballot and universal adult franchise. 12.3 Consequences and Significance of the Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution is regarded as one of the most remarkable events in human history since it set up a new way of living and thinking. ...

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Stalin and Stalinism Stalinism is an everyday term for the political and economic system implemented by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. This system is an extreme case of totalitarianism. The foundations of Stalin's theory were: socialism in one country, and aggravation of the class struggle al...

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The struggle to succeed Lenin was a turning point of the Russian revolution. Lenin's death in 1924 gave way to a fierce struggle for power developed among the members of the Politburo (the ruling body of the Communist Party which decided its policies) who had to choose which of them should take his...

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