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which could tap into almost any message they wanted. The information was usually about planned meetings, latest appointments and etc. The Britain shared collected intelligence with the Allies, and thus, created a well-informed network of messages. Cheka raids taught British to be careful and constantly relocate their bases for security

To what extent was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II the key turning point in Russia’s political development 1856-1964? From 1856 onwards the aim of turning Russia from a once agrarian, illiterate and backwards country and into a political superpower was set. A multitude of developments began with Nicholas II being a catalyst of change for the Russian people. Writers of Marxist Russia such as Joan Hasler1 however believe that the Tsars abdication merely prevented revolution happening for a few

Provisional Government in Petrograd and established the Russian SFSR, eventually shifting the capital to Moscow in 1918. The Bolsheviks appointed themselves as leaders of various government ministries and seized control of the countryside, establishing the Cheka to quash dissent. To end Russia’s participation in the First World War, the Bolshevik leaders signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in March

overthrown by that same working class. The crisis had undermined the loyalty of the villages, the towns and finally sections of the army.” There is clear evidence as this when peasants refused to co-operate in producing food, and in February 1921, the Cheka reported 118 separate peasant uprisings alone. In addition, there

The Rise of Communism in Russia "Unless we accept the claim that LeninÕs coup dՎtat gave birth to an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind, we must recognize in todayÕs Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians -- the only empire that survived into the mid 1980's" (Luttwak, 1). In their Communist Manifesto of 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels applied the term communism to a final stage of socialism in which all class differences would disappear

How far do you agree that Trotsky’s leadership of the Red Army was responsible for the survival of the Bolshevik government? (30 marks) There were many factors that contributed to the survival of the Bolshevik Government, ranging from Trotsky’s leadership of the Red Army to the failings of the Bolsheviks’ rivals for power. This essay shows that the main reason for the Bolsheviks’ continued survival through the period was not Trotsky’s great leadership of the Red Army, but the opposition’s mistakes

The French Revolution and the Russian Revolution were both very different movements from what history had seen before. The French Revolution was powered by enlightenment ideals and even though the revolution became more radical as it progressed, it still held some of those principles. On the other hand, the Russian Revolution was powered by communist ideals, which was a relatively new concept. Both of these revolutions had leaders that were intelligent, periods of instability, and eventually led

in order to spread the idea of communism. As he was the organizer of this revolution and the person who led the Bolshevik take over of Russia in 1917 he became the first leader of Russia in communist regime. Later on he introduced 'Cheka' and other forms

The Cold War introduced many new things to the world. The possibility of nuclear war, the internet, advanced technology, space programs, etc. But one of the more well-known advances would have to be spies and espionage. Espionage was used before the Cold War but the war increased the popularity of espionage. It was portrayed as romantic and exciting, but the reality wasn’t romantic. It was a dangerous job; if you were caught you would be tortured for information or killed with little to no hope of

plan to have the American government buy these crops to use in the Russian relief effort, thus bolstering America’s agricultural economy while helping the starving people of Russia. The ARA was very successful in their efforts for a time until the Cheka began undercover investigations into the administration. Lenin suspected Hoover and the ARA of spreading