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    The Success of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 Part 1 Karl Marks was not Russian and he died 34 years before the Russian revolution, he was a German who spent most his life in England. He worked as a journalist but wrote books on history, religion, economics, society, and philosophy. Marx hated the system of capitalism because he thought that it was capitalism that had produced the problems of industry, poor living conditions and the social gap of the rich and

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    The Reasons for the Success of the Bolsheviks and the Outcomes for Their Success The Bolsheviks played quite a successful role in the October Revolution. There were many reasons that helped the Bolsheviks seize power and transform Russia into a modern socialist society namely, the weakness of the provisional government, Lenin’s great leadership, Trotsky’s control, and finally, the Bolsheviks’ successful propaganda. These acts shaped the Bolshevik Party and gained it social, political, and economic

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    Abstract In Paris, on December 10th, 1948, rising from the ashes of the events of World War II, the United Nation’s General Assembly adopted what is known as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document was drafted by several representatives with legal and cultural backgrounds from areas all over the world. Containing 30 articles, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights addresses, what then came to be, the basic rights that all humans are inherently entitled to. Prior to the UDHR,

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    human race is not proud of. Nicholas Salmanovitch Rubashov is the main character in Darkness at Noon. He is an old Bolshevik or communist, who works for the Communist Party. In the book, the Communist Party oppresses its members for not complying with its orders. In the book, Rubashov is on a foreign assignment in Belgium. There, he meets a German communist named Little Loewy whose party distribution runs an oil dock which gives oil to Italy. At that time, Rubashov’s country (the country is not named

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    The Success of the Bolsheviks in Gaining Power in Russia by 1922 In February 1917, the Bolshevik party was small and irrelevant. The leadership was abroad and there was little consistency of purpose among the party in Russia. However, by the summer of 1922, the Bolsheviks had become the dominant force, and a new communist state had emerged from their success. The purpose of this essay is to explain this transformation. The abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the

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    it that Stalin emerged as the new leader of the Soviet Union. In this essay I am going to explore the reasons to how and why this happened. Stalin held a very powerful and very important position, as the general secretary of the party. He was powerful enough to remove or appoint people to a post. He appointed people who supported him and removed people who were likely to

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    The Bolsheviks were an organization of professional revolutionaries. They were governed by quasi-military discipline and democratic centralism. The principle of democratic centralism became more centralized and less democratic over time. The beliefs and practices of the Bolsheviks are called Bolshevism. Vladimir Lenin was the founder of the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks were an important factor in the Russian Revolution. (“New World Encyclopedia” 1) Between March and May, 1903, Julius Martov

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    in solving the problems he faced? With the October revolution in 1917, Lenin managed to execute a successful coup d’état against the provisional government of Russia and with the death of the constituent assembly early 1918; Lenin and his Bolsheviks had finally control over Russia. However this was just the beginning of various problems he would be facing. This raised the debate on whether Lenin could deal with these problems or not. Many of the quarrels originated from the Tsar’s regime and

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    The year 1917 was a historic year in Russian history. It saw two revolutions, in February and in October. The February Revolution resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the suppression of the Romanov monarchy. In October, the Bolshevik Party took over the reins of government in the October Revolution, establishing the world’s first socialist state. There has been an intense debate regarding the role of key individuals - Alexander Kerensky and Vladimir Lenin - in the events of 1917, and

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    A totalitarian state, is a where the central government of a state does not tolerate any parties with opposing views and exercises complete dictatorial rule over all or most aspects of life. Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks, took many measures in an attempt to create a totalitarian state, including the dissolution of Constituent Assembly, the use of decrees and the establishment of a secret police group called the Cheka. However there were also some ways in which he failed to achieve full totalitarianism

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