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The All-Union Communist Party was dated from 1917-1991‚ the party was also from Russia. The party arose from the Bolshevik side of the RSDWP. The Bolsheviks in 1903 were led by Vladimir Lenin. In 1917 the Bolsheviks broke away from the Menshevik side of the RSDWP. In 1918 the Bolsheviks became the ruling party of Russia so they changed their name to the All-Russian Communist Party. After the founding of the U.S.S.R. in 1925 they changed their name to The All-Union Communist Party. Then finally
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The Problems facing Alexander III in 1881 When Alexander became Tsar‚ Russia was in crisis following the assassination of Alexander II. Supreme political authority was still in the hands of the Tsar‚ but there were immense challenges facing Alexander III as he suddenly became Tsar of the world’s largest country‚ covering a quarter of the world’s land surface. Although known as the ‘Russian’ Empire‚ it compromised a large number of ethnic groups‚ with the Russians making up only half the population
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to provide land and food to the peasants and also the failure to pull Russia out of World War One caused chaos throughout Russia once more. The rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks saw their authority being quickly introduced with some major decisions they had made. Pulling Russia out of World War One had a strong negative influence on Russia‚ but Lenin insisted it was best for the country. The Civil war saw Lenin’s failed War Communism policy and saw the rise of the New Economic Policy (NEP) that reignited
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By 1917‚ most Russians had lost faith in the leadership ability of Czar Nicholas II. Government corruption was rampant‚ the Russian economy remained backward‚ and Nicholas repeatedly dissolved the Duma‚ the Russian parliament established after the 1905 revolution‚ when it opposed his will. However‚ the immediate cause of the February Revolution--the first phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917--was Russia’s disastrous involvement in World War I (1914-18). Militarily‚ imperial Russia was no match
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There was a variety of causes that allowed the Bolsheviks to take control in October 1917‚ such as not allowing any of their members to join the provisional government‚ or the fact that the were lead by Lenin and Trotsky‚ two of the most intelligent men in Russia at the time. But the main factor that gave the Bolsheviks the most powerful argument against both the Tsarist System and the Provisional Government was the fact that the Russian people were crying out for an end to the war‚ and this is what
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context in which they address the conflict; Machiavelli does so in giving advice to the leader of a nation while Marx concerns himself with the relationship between owners of production and laborers. Moreover‚ I intend to compare the actions of Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin with the beliefs of Marx and Machiavelli in an attempt to identify which belief system each identified with during their reign in Soviet Russia. It is common knowledge that when ruling
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fought for its independence from the 200- year rule of the Czar. The Czar fell in 1917‚ but by the end of the year‚ Vladimir Lenin had the motive to reclaim all previously Czar-ruled land. He began the decline into four years
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Animal Farm‚ written by George Orwell in 1945‚ portrays the Russian Revolution by using animals on a farm as symbols of political figures‚ such as Lenin and Stalin‚ and historical events as well. Orwell often wrote books such as Animal farm so that he can reflect and share his concern on the political and social circumstances of his day@. After the animals were treated brutally‚ they decided to revolt and rule the farm on their own. This resulted in them being in the hands of Napoleon‚ who was one
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campaigned known as the Red Terror. The Red Terror was a campaign of mass killings‚ torture‚ and oppression against people who did not agree with the Bolshevik ruling‚ the anti-Bolsheviks. It was initiated due to a Socialist Revolutionary attack on Lenin and other Soviet leaders. It is estimated that between 10‚000 and one and a half million people were killed during the Red Terror. It is said that the Russian Civil War officially began in June of 1918‚ a few months before the Red Terror was established
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