All in all, it is a very complex matter with the interests of at least three parties at stake. One party wants Ukraine to remain united and under control of a strong Kiev government. The second party wants to maintain a strong influence in most Ukraine or to annex the maximum territory possible if all other options fail. There are also calls from a third party like in the case of Crimea in which different regions become autonomous from Kiev and form their own governments. ...

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Lenin's role within the Bolshevik party was essential for the consolidation of power. ... Lenin had guaranteed a conclusion to the war, and it was on March third, 1918, the treaty had been signed. ... The successes of Bolshevik ideology and economical reforms, elevated Lenin to be the most important member of the Bolshevik Party. Lenin's forward modernist thinking, and ability to successfully transmit his ideology, is what gained him and the Bolshevik party the immense support they received. Although there were other leaders within the party that were of critical towards the Bolshevi...

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Stage 3 The "October Manifesto" is a perfect example of the third stage of Revolution. ... Stage 4 Russia was later split into many parties. ... In 1918 a civil war came about between the Bolsheviks; who were titled the reds, and a group of parties such as Social Revolutionaries/Cadets/ and the Old Privileged Class; this group was titled the whites. ...

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These historical ideas (in which the bias of political, social and class background should be considered), shared with historians such as Leon Trotsky, state that the Russian Revolution, and the beginnings of the workers class dismantling '‎the party that leans upon the workers but serves the bourgeoisie' was an inevitable and significant event, and was handled expertly by the Bolshevik's. ... Pipes believed that the Bolshevik's success in the October coup was heavily influenced by chance, arguing that 'the ease which the Bolsheviks [succeeded] has persuaded hist...

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17 March 1918 Most Highly Esteemed Sir, I write to you with an update on the current situation in Petrograd. Last November, the Bolsheviks led a massive revolution against Kerensky's provisional government. From my office, I witn...

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He was the third child of Ilya Nikolaievich Ulyanov and Maria Alexandrovna Blank Ulyanov. ... Petersburg where he registered for the bar as well as continued his efforts in opposition to not only the Tsarist government, but also the Narodniki, who were part of the Social Revolutionary Party which was also opposed to the Tsarist government for decades. ... In this book, he carefully outlines his concept of political action and completely rejects the Western role of a democratic political party working within the framework of parliamentary democracy. It was around this time that he began to a...

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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. ... Faced with widespread political discontent in 1917, the Bolshevik's established the Extraordinary Commission (or CHEKA) to watch over suspected counter-revolutionaries, officials of the old regime, and members of opposition political parties. ... The Okhrana had also performed the will of the ruling regime, and had violently suppressed both the peasant uprisings of 1905-6 and the opposition political part...

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The third chapter, the general secretary, covers the life of Stalin between 1921 and 1926. Stalin was elected in 1922, general secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union. ... In 1912, Lenin created the central comity of the Bolshevik party. ... In 1922, Stalin became the general secretary of the communist party, a post which was not considered particularly significant at the time but nevertheless became the base from which he launched his bid for supreme power. ...

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The second Duma of 1907 was also dismissed, but the third Duma (1907-12) and fourth (1912-17) both lived out their 5 year terms because they were mainly represented of the gentry and not the peasants and national minorities. Later in post-revolutionary Russia Lenin and the Bolshevik party launched the slogan of "peace, bread and land" to gain increased support for the Bolsheviks. ...

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