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    The Success of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in October 1917 The Bolshevik seizure of power or coup de’tat of October 25th, 1917 was a culmination of both internal and external failure to satisfy the needs of an oppressed Russian society. In contrast to the spontaneous revolts earlier in 1917, the Bolshevik revolution was ‘a carefully planned plot carried out by ‘professional’ revolutionaries.’[1] The victory of the Marxist Lenin’s Bolsheviks was due to the failure

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    The Bolsheviks, a Russian social democracy movement overthrew the temporary government. The Marxis t leadership of the Russian Social Democrats took revolutionary steps toward socialism. This revolution alone leads d irectly to a socialist regime. In this Russian Revolution of 1917, The Bolsheviks revolutionary leadership was under Vladamir Lenin who was a member of the middle class and was once a political prisoner in Siberia who was exiled from 1900-1917. Lenin believed the development of Russian

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    was a great event that happened in the early 1900s. It changed the world for better. The Bolsheviks, or Red Russians were the majority fraction of the population, they were peasants, workers, and soldiers. The Mensheviks, also known as the White Russians were the minority fraction lead by Julius Martov. The two groups split and had a dispute about the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Lenin. He was first expelled from Kazan Imperial University for protesting

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    changes for Russian were one of the key effects of the revolution. Bolsheviks became the leader of the country, leading to the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the first communism country ever have on earth in 1922. Before that, the Bolsheviks government of Soviet Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Power in March 1918 to withdraw from World War I under Lenin’s order. He believed that a world revolution would yet to be occurring by adopting from the success of

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    (pg. 457) The Bolsheviks had complete control of the revolution. They left the army in control of the alcohol, and they got drunk. Later, the army men sold liquor to civilians, and the civilians destroyed the community. Gorkii noted that the violence was not about a revolt, instead it was more like wild animals taking over. (pg. 458) Gorkii realized that violence was taking over and the children were making fun of people getting killed. What are we teaching the children who will be in control of

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    1. Introduction. Architecture should not be separated from the political and social life of human-beings. On the contrary, “throughout the history, architects have always been involved to some extent in politics, and have a nearly always sought positions of power and influence’’. Communist ideology in the Soviet Union had a huge impact on the architectural development of many modern nations: Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria

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    Revolution provides some of the most dynamic and complex parts of history. New countries and governing systems arise from revolution, and these changes not only affect said countries, but also the rest of the world. In the case of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution, the political changes that occurred sent the rest of the world into panic, as they sensed a dangerous threat to their political and social systems. With social and political issues tracing back to 1891, the conditions of Russia in 1917

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    massive political and social changes in Russia. The Russian Revolution swept the imperial Romanov family from the throne. The new government was the socialist communist party headed by Vladimir Lenin. Tied to this political change was the art movement known as Russian Constructivism. Constructivism was the most influential modern art movement to flourish in Russia. It developed just as the Bolsheviks came to power in the October Revolution of 1917. Constructivism reflected the ideas of many Russian

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    The Bolshevik Revolution and its Relation to Crime and Punishment The novel, Crime and Punishment, written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky follows an ex-student, Raskolnikov, through his mental struggles in great psychological detail after he commits murder without reason. Raskolnikov’s mental instability is a parallel to Russia’s long history of unstable and poorly designed government systems. To better understand the events that led up to radical and Slavophile movements in Russia, and to better understand

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    The Marxists in Russia divided into two different political parties: The Mensheviks and Bolsheviks. Lenin led the Bolsheviks, they believed that the only way Russia would prevail was if it where to be governed by a small elite core of revolutionaries. February of 1917, workers gave protesting another try and actually had the soldiers side with them. The Tsar

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