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Other examples included public gestures such as Lenin’s famous order to the Penza Cheka to hang at least a hundred men, saying “and make sure that the hanging takes place in full view of the people.” Therefore, creating a law based on

Describing Lenin " A cruel tyrant, bloodthirsty and ruthless in his determination to seize and hold on to power" " He devoted his whole life to the interests of working people and to the building of a better society." Which of these two descriptions of Lenin do you think is closes to the truth. After several uprisings, demonstrations and a coup attempt, finally by mid

governments to sway the politics and the vote of the people. They used brutal methods to eliminate the government’s enemies. The first secret police was the Cheka, established by Vladimir Lenin after the October Revolution in 1917. They aided the Bolshevik government in Tsar Nikolay Aleksandrovich and his family’s execution. In 1921, the Cheka was held responsible for over 140,000 executions. The KGB, established in 1954, was one of the most durable of a series of secret agencies. By the end of the

1917–24? This essay shall address the issue of how the far the brutality of Bolshevik Regime ensured the maintaining of it’s power between the years of 1917-24. This essay shall explore topics concerning the ‘Dictatorship Of The Proletariat’, The Cheka, War Communism, The Red Terror and other potential reasons for the Bolsheviks remaining in power. This essay shall also explore the various views put forth by various Historians such as Robert Conquest and Richard Pipes. The Dictatorship of the Proletariat

I sent 120,000 Russians to help in administrative works or having CHEKA agents making sure they were obeying our laws. These were hardly a hinderance as I think I helped them to familiarise themselves with Communism. You know who hindered ARA’s progress, David Kinne. He was not fit to battle the famine, when he cannot even battle his own addiction. What poor decisions the ARA made. In the Winter of 1921, Eiduk the leader of my CHEKA agents planned to expose his weakness. So, he gave him alcohol and

Riley 4/20/24 History Lenin Final. Vladimir Lenin was a cruel tyrant. His use of the red terror and the Cheka were the main reasons for this cruelty. Vladimir Lenin was a cruel tyrant because of the Red Terror. The Red Terror was a period in Russia in which Lenin sought to suppress the masses by execution. In the article, “Lenin vs History”, it is claimed that Lenin once said, “Let there be floods of blood of the bourgeoisie - more blood, as much as possible”(HVL). (The bourgeoisie being the working

To define how Stalin’s methods in removing opposition is effective, compared to tsarist and other communist leaders, his methods of suppression alongside the tsars and other communists are assessed to see how successful they were in defeating opposition without evoking further opposition in their regimes. Therefore, Stalin’s reforms of collectivisation, Five-Year-Plans, Gulags, and labour camps etc. have been successful in appeasing opposition with his increased and radicalized input of terror compared

country, protection of important national facilities, and guarding leaders of the communist party. However, between the years of 1917 and 1954, the KGB was given a variety of different names. Before the KGB, first came the Cheka. KGB eventually evolved into the Cheka in 1954. The Cheka was established in December 1917 by Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, it was a forerunner of the KGB. It was the name of Russia's first secret police after the rule of the Tsar's.

Karol Regula Global IV Ms. Shuman Period VII April 13, 2015 TITLE Vladimir Lenin played a significant role in the replacement of the monarchical Russian Empire with the ‘people-governed’ Soviet Union. Driven to act by the desperate situation present in Russia under the rule of Czar Nicholas II, he fought for the victory of the Marxist ideals. Despite being opposed and even exiled, Lenin managed to rise to the head of the Bolshevik party and secure his position as the head of the government. He used

Lenin’s, “Red Terror,” and the Cheka force made him a cruel tyrant. Valadmire Lenin’s, “Red Terror” made him a cruel tyrant. In the article, “Lenin vs History”, it states, The aim of the Terror was described by one of Lenin's foot soldiers as being "Kill our enemies in scores of hundreds... For the blood of Lenin... let there be floods of blood of the bourgeoisie - more blood, as much as possible.” Essentially, the Red Terror was a movement instigated by Lenin to silence anyone that opposed him,