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• Following the Second World War, complications arose centering on the shifting of international power. The Soviet Union wanted to acquire additional territory, while the United States attempted to limit the gains desired by the soviets. This battle of ideology has resulted in an increase in National security, Diplomatic tension and Proxy wars between the two powerful nations.For over three hundred years, Russia had been controlled by an autocratic government known as the tsarist regime. This empire

After WW1, There was a power struggle for the leader of Russia. High level government workers Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky fought for the throne after the untimely death of Vladimir Lenin. 1Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878. His given name is Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili or Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Ста́лин in Russian. He was born in what would now be Georgia in a place called Gori, Tiflis Governerate, Russian Empire. Stalin’s family lived in poverty all throughout his childhood. His

credit Vladimir Lenin for the Revolution 's succession. However, many people forget to acknowledge the role played by Leon Trotsky who stood by Lenin 's side throughout the Revolution. I believe that Leon Trotsky and his actions during the Russian Revolution were essential to the security of the revolution and therefore his overall impact and status is heroic. Leon Trotsky

On the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, competition emerged between leading Bolsheviks Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin to succeed as Soviet leader. There were several reasons why Stalin, rather than Trotsky, succeeded Lenin – such as Trotsky’s ignorance; Stalin’s cunning; Trotsky’s arrogance; Stalin’s ever increasing influence and Trotsky’s relaxed attitude. In this essay I will be exploring the contribution of Stalin’s cunning, and both Trotsky’s arrogance and ignorance that resulted in Stalin’s

1922 was mainly through the military; Trotsky was a close friend of Lenin which helped Trotsky get the place at the head of the Military Revolution committee of the Petrograd soviet. Under Trotsky’s leadership, the military revolutionary committee was actually planning to seize power of the government in 1917. Trotsky was placed in a very powerful position in the Military and he desperately wanted to take power of the government. Trotsky then helped the Bolsheviks take

of texts and information from those of the likes of Robert Service, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Allan Bullock, Robert Conquest and Jonathan Reed, to name a few, but none is so widely sourced and so heavily relied upon than that of the account of Leon Trotsky, his book “History of the Russian Revolution” a somewhat firsthand account of the events leading up to the formation of the Soviet Union. There is no doubt that Trotsky’s book, among others, has played a pivotal role in shaping our understanding

Because they did not trust Trotsky to lead them into a better USSR. Stalin was able to outmanouvere his opponents by playing them off one another. This was a grat attribute which stalin had. For example in 1924, Zinoviev and Kamenev mounted a viscous campaign against Trotsky, questioning his loyalty and raisng his opposition to Lenin before 1917. Stalin was happy to stay in the background

the fact that Ian Wooldridge creates the characters to represent dictators around the world. In Animal Farm You can see that Ian Wooldridge relates the characters to dictators by two of the main characters being Napoleon to Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Joseph Stalin was the dictator and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Between the years of 1929-1953 the USSR became a global military heavyweight underneath the control of Stalin. He used his power and ruled by terror he did

How did Stalin come to be the dominant leader of the Soviet Union? It is undeniable that Stalin had a profound impact on the Soviet Union following Lenin’s death. His rise to power within the Soviet Union has provided historians with a hotbed of political intrigue for many years. He was an opportunist, coming to dominance by manipulating party politics and influential figures in the politburo to eliminate his opposition by recognising and exploiting their weaknesses thus becoming the dominant leader

The work of Frida Kahlo often labeled and defined as feminist art continues to describe and establish what feminist art is. Wife of the well known and highly regarded Diego Rivera, Frida struggled to become an artist in her own right. Her extremely passionate love for and devotion to her husband manifested itself in an unusual manner in their already unconventional and unique marriage. However it is partly this obsession with Diego that helped motivate her own success as a feminist artist. Her