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In 1917 a great revolution would collapse Russia’s monarchy and extend the color of red throughout the world. During this time, Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin were instrumental in causing the grand collapse of the Russian government and the reformation into a communist state. The Russian revolution changed the world when it happened and I believe it changed the people of Europe after it occurred. The Russian Revolution actually has two important parts to it the February Revolution (March 1917)

The question of whether or not Stalinism was a logical continuation of Leninism is a difficult one. Stalinism did take significantly more drastic measures than Leninism did. There were differences in policy. But in spite of these, Stalinism still found its basis in Leninism. Even Trotsky, a friend of Lenin and a staunch opponent of Stalin, grudgingly admits that "Stalinism did issue from Bolshevism" (Trotsky). Stalin's policy of socialism in one country, his use of terror to eliminate opposition

George Monbiot (1963) is an investigative journalist, ecologist and book Authors, he is also known for being a columnist for The Guardian, in which the text studied first appeared in October, 2014. Monbiot declares that we are living in the Age of loneliness. We were social creatures from the start as he describes us as mammal bees that works together and depend entirely on each other. On the other hand, huge change appeared in our way of living. The age we are entering, in which we exist apart

HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS BOLSHEVIK ECONOMIC POLICY DURING THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR FOR THE SOVIET UNION? The Bolshevik Economic Policy during the Civil War was significant for the Soviet Union as it helped to win the war and was the first implementation of Communist ideology anywhere. In addition, it affected many people, led to the Tambov Revolt and the Kronstadt Mutiny and had long-term political consequences. The Bolsheviks’ aim was to dismantle the outdated structure of Tsarist regime and create a new

Lenin VS Mussolini The communist and the fascist ideology present at the two extreme ends on the political spectrum, yet the two apparently different political systems shared many intrinsic similarities. Mussolini and Lenin, they were both worth comparison in that they used somewhat similar but still distinct methods to run their countries. Form a historical point of view, Lenin was more successful, for the reason that his economy and agriculture program was more useful to people, some violence and

Ruta Sepetys is the author for Between the Shades of Gray, a novel that captures the truth of Siberian camps and the annexation of the Balkans by Stalin. Ruta Sepetys got the idea to write this fictional story when she visited her family in Lithuania and got the chance to discover more about her heritage. She got very fascinated about her family’s struggle to keep memories of her grandparents because of the annexation of Lithuania to the USSR. This conflict urged her to find out more about the

those who spoke out against the party. Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini each had their own secret police. Hitler's were called storm troopers (SA), used to arrange violence to eliminate Hitler's enemies. Stalin used the GPU (the new version of the Cheka) for intimidation and torture to make enemies of the state give false confessions of crimes against the state or party, and consequently condemned to prison or death. Mussolini's secret police were called the Fasci, who took an oath of

B6: Russia in Revolution, 1914-1924 What impact did the First World War have on Russia? The war was greeted with more celebrations than in any other country in Europe. The Russians were so keen to get at the Germans that they actually had armies advancing into Germany after only two weeks. This took the Germans by surprise. The Germans had to move reinforcements from France to help their armies in the east. But many Russian units were poorly prepared. They did not have enough rifles

After the Tsar regime was overthrown in 1917, Russia experienced further discontent as its people carried out revolution and civil war (Modern World History: Russia 1905-41). From these occurrences, Russia then became the first communist state in the world. The Bolsheviks had become the ruling party after taking over the Provisional Government in the revolution of November 1917. Vladimir Lenin had been the leader of this party. There was a bitter civil war between the Communists who were the Reds

TIMELINE – 1914 • June - July: General Strikes in St. Petersburg. • July 19th: Germany declares war on Russia, causing a brief sense of patriotic union amongst the Russian nation and a downturn in striking. • July 30th: The All Russian Zemstvo Union for the Relief of Sick and Wounded Soldiers is created with Lvov as president. • August - November: Russia suffers heavy defeats and a large shortage of supplies, including food and munitions. • August 18th: St. Petersburg is renamed Petrograd