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Animal Farm: Russian Revolution

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Animal Farm is based on the Russian Revolution and many of the examples in the book relate to the reality of the rebellion. In 1917, an October revolution happened when Lenin launched an attack against their provisional government with the Bolsheviks. This is similar to the Battle of the Cowshed due to the attack on their farmer and driving him out. Also in 1917 is the beginning of the Labor camps in which the Bolshevik were seen as bad and an enemy to the revolution and in return, they had forced labor as punishment. This relates to the hard labor of the animals working on the farm while the pigs were more behind the scene and enforced it all. In 1923, theirs a drift between Stalin and Trotsky based mainly on their vastly different mindsets.

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