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    socialism within one country, and the hypocritical actions done by Stalin during his reign. Joseph Stalin was a man who craved power. Unlike Trotsky, Stalin gained his power through others, specifically through fear and alliances. After the death of Vladimir Lenin in

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    As Jesus Christ opens the second seal, it reveals a Red Horse and rider. This rider demonstrates a sense of harmony that is very distant to his country where a fuss is always brewing and can disrupt all most anywhere. Daniel declares the red rider is “like to a bear, as he raises up itself on one side, and he has three ribs [three horsemen] in his mouth between the teeth of it: and they say thus unto it, arise, devour much flesh” (Daniel 7:5) . He is a bear, less generous and stronger than the lion;

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    Naturally we as humans have the drive to be different, to stand out in a crowd. We like as humans like to express individuality, we like to say what we want and do as we please. We don’t like to be controlled or told what to do. Although these are nice thoughts to have, but reality of it is we don’t always receive that freedom. Time and time again our freedom, of expression, opinion and worship are taken away with in the blink of an eye. This type of event happens in all corners of the world, taken

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    Introduction “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. This quote by Lord Acton is telling us that with power comes great influence. If you let your influence overtake you, it will lead to corruption. If your influence and power grow too strong, it will lead to absolute corruption. This theme of power and corruption is very prominent in the novel Animal Farm. This quote by Lord Acton helps us to gain better insight into this theme. This essay will first provide historical

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    Summary, context of the era depicted, description of major social, economic, or cultural forces in the era and how the film addressed nature of the era: Doctor Zhivago for the most part was set during the time of World War I , spans the Russian revolution and civil war. It also moves through the “terror of the thirties”, where the main character Doctor Zhivago was able to survive through all of it, and ends in the mid-1940s (Howe, 2013). The movie starts and ends in the late 1940s to early1950s and

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    government, in one of the easiest coups in history, stepped aside leading to a socialist reform. Before the year ended, the extreme Bolshevik party seized control of the government. During the next four years, the leader of the Bolshevik party, Vladimir Lenin, set a twenty-five year goal for Russia to industrialize and reach communism. By 1922, Joseph Stalin took control of the government and began a

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    Animal Farm Essay

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    George Orwell includes a strong message in his novel Animal Farm that is easily recognizable. Orwell’s Animal Farm focuses on two primary problems that were not only prominent in his WWII society, but also posed as reoccurring issues in all societies past and present. Orwell’s novel delivers a strong political message about class structure and oppression from the patriarchal society through an allegory of a farm that closely resembles the Soviet Union. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

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    Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution impacted the Romanov dynasty in countless ways. Lenin was physically incapable of leading the masses already controlled by a powerful monarch. Therefore, when the war led to Nicholas II stepping down from his throne, Lenin was finally given a shot at controlling Russia. Hence, the Russo-Japanese war was incredibly significant to Lenin because it was the beginning of his soon to be domination of Russia. This was a significant event in Lenin's

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    by the Bolsheviks as a result of the October Revolution. The storming and capitulation of the Winter Palace on the night of the 7th to 8th of November marked the beginning of Soviet rule. Lenin was elected as the Chair of the Council of People’s Commissars by the Russian Congress of Soviets. In April 1917 Lenin published his April Thesis. This document outlined Lenin's aims for the future: to end the war; to give all power to the Soviet; to give all property and land to the people and worldwide revolution

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    Why Stalin Emerged as the Sole Leader of the U.S.S.R. and Not Trotsky Trotsky was a leading Bolshevik and played a pivotal role in the revolution, persuading Lenin to delay the revolution until the Bolshevik’s had a much stronger place in the country. He also was crucial to the civil war, as he organised the troops and motivated them. Stalin on the other hand was in charge of all the dull jobs within the Bolshevik party and In Lenin’s last Testament, he was referred

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