... had to retain the loyalty of his supporters and to improve the economic conditions of the Russian people. At the same time he needed to strengthen the control of the Communist Party over the Empire. Lenin had solutions for these problems; the replacement of War Communism by a new Economic Policy and the appointment of Joseph Stalin as General Secretary of the ... Communist Party. The first solution was a temporary retreat from Communism; but it was the second solution that he came to regret. War Communism was brutal, inefficient and total. During the desperate period ... , Stalin took ...

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... the new government developed in many parts of the country. Armed uprisings broke out and grew into civil war. Stalin was active on the southern military front. In 1922, the Communist Party's Central Committee elected Stalin as its general secretary. The Bolsheviks won the civil war in 1920. They then began to rebuild the war-torn country. At first, Lenin and the ... , Stalin started a elimination of most of the old Bolsheviks associated with Lenin. During the next few years, he killed anyone who threatened his power. Stalin also executed thousands of other Communist Party members, includ...

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... theory in order to suit their own needs. The most obvious aspect of this was Lenin's idea of the vanguard party who effectively ran the so-called dictatorship of the proletariat making it in reality the dictatorship of the Communist Party. Even though at this stage of Soviet governance V.I.Lenin encouraged debate and discussion of policy everything still had to be ... revolution took place the political structure of Russia had not changed, their had been no bourgeois revolution and the Communist Party of Russia, somewhat inevitably, lent slowly towards the same system of autocracy as prec...

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... fear of being expelled from power. This ensured there were only the 7 Politburo members who were allowed any say in the Party's organising. A centralised party was, traditionally, against the Communist theory, as the idea of it being dominated by civil servants and paperwork did not appeal to the revolutionaries. Despite this, ... the struggle for power is that there was not one clear leader after Lenin's death. Whilst in power Lenin had controlled the Communist Party with his forceful personality and original ideas, leaving no room for any other leader. He chaired the meetings of the Po...

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... ruthless Stalin took every opportunity he had and ran like the wind with it, and assured his future position as the leader of the Communist party. Stalin rose and became one of the most influential man in the Communist party. From that point on, it was simply a bit of propaganda, a bit of magic, and gallons of luck that combined to make Stalin the leader ... , Stalin came up with the Stalin Constitution. It supposedly preserved the work of Lenin. Most power of the Soviet government were in the hands of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party. Stalin obviously controlled it. He had di...

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... . Yet, Stalin's rise to power was anything but effortless; one of the most important factors being that Lenin wrote a letter about Stalin to leading party members, encouraging his expulsion. Lenin could foresee Stalin's motives. This letter, however, eventually fell into Stalin's hands, and was not heard of till ... openly criticizing him. Stalin used his position as General Secretary and the immunity he gained from criticism to expel all three key Rightists from the party. One of Stalin's greatest foes in the power struggle was Trotsky. Trotsky, was by far, more favored to become leade...

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... years after Russia was collectivized, food production fell dramatically. Famine swept Russia, and many people starved to death. Stalin also killed nearly all of the elite members of his political party from 1934 to 1938 (Stalin Man 1653). After 1930, Stalin completely forfeited his personal life for his political life. Stalin's second wife committed suicide in 1932. Without a family or close ... , and completely controlled the Russian war effort. After the war, he placed many countries under his control or influence, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and many other countrie...

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... years after Russia was collectivized, food production fell dramatically. Famine swept Russia, and many people starved to death. Stalin also killed nearly all of the elite members of his political party from 1934 to 1938 (Stalin Man 1653). After 1930, Stalin completely forfeited his personal life for his political life. Stalin's second wife committed suicide in 1932. Without a family or close ... , and completely controlled the Russian war effort. After the war, he placed many countries under his control or influence, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and many other countrie...

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... . He did however realise that slight amendments could be made in order to create a communist state more efficiently. Lenin revised Marx's ideas so that a communist revolution could be introduced quicker and in Russia. Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik party meaning "the majority". The Bolshevik party had arisen after a divide in the RSDLP occurred due to a disagreement over membership of ... the party. The other section of the RSDLP was known as the Mensheviks meaning " the minority". Lenin's party was prepared to seize ... set about gaining support for his ideas and far r...

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... derive the thoughts of Alexandra Kollontai is to read the novel which is the story of her life, The Autobiography of A Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman. The first section of the book is titled "The Aims and Worths in My Life". Here she first told us that to ... , and decided to remain in the background to the more outspoken revolution leaders. She wrote many columns, essays, papers and eventually books advocating her communist ideas in economics, politics and women's liberation. Although, women's liberation took a backseat to World War in 1917, the time had come for ... change, not ...

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... May Day celebration where the Tsar's police began a crackdown on the organisers. Stalin escaped the police roundup and was sent to Bantum by the party for safety. Stalin was now a wanted revolutionist known as Koba. In Bantum, Stalin organised a strike, which ended in violence. Fourteen people ... arrested. He was imprisoned for one and a half years and was exiled to Siberia for three years. During this time the Russian Social Democratic Party split into two groups, the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. The Mensheviks had a more traditional approach to Marxism, whilst the Bolsheviks had a mo...

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... du mouvement ouvrier. As you can notice on the cover, a big portrait of Stalin is shown and behind him and on de sides of the book the communist flag is drawn. ABOUT THE BOOK The bibliography of Stalin, is divided into 7 chapters. The first one, the seminarist and the mythology, gives a general ... . The third chapter, the general secretary, covers the life of Stalin between 1921 and 1926. Stalin was elected in 1922, general secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union. In the forth chapter, the civil wars of Stalin, the period from 1927 to 1939 is covered. The fifth chapter, the ...

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... were looking for new leadership. The citizens knew that even though Lenin said he organized his government on democratic principles that in reality the Communist party held all the power. Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin were among Lenin's revolutionary/ supporters. They both helped create the Soviet state. After ... Lenin died because of a stroke at age 54, these/ two men (Trotsky and Stalin) became bitter rivals for control of the Communist Party. The outcome of this/ struggle would determine the future course of the Soviet Union. Stalin, Lenin's successor/ would aim at dramatically tran...

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... now play its part in the modernization of Russia. Stalin also used the NKVD against leading communists. He could not tolerate any cristicism or rivalry. In December 1934, the popular Communist Party boss of Leninguard, Sergei Kirov, was coincidently killed in a car accident most likely arranged by Stalin. Nevertheless, he put the blame on several other leading communists. One by one, the ... or Trotskyists or any other type of traitor. Then, he turned to the army and the Party. One fifth of the officers of the army were arrested and disappeared, in addition to half a million Party membe...

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... was "Small-scale version of capitalism" (McLittell, Pg 394). Lenin's next priority was to fix the government. The Bolshevik's were renamed the Communist Party. In 1924, the Communist created a constitution based on democratic and socialist ideas. Because of Lenin and the Communist Party, the U.S.S.R was able to slowly recover so that it was a functioning country. In was no longer at war with the world or ... ...

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On December 1st 1934 an event took place, which triggered the Great Purge of the party in the Soviet Union. Sergie Kirov, a member of the Politburo was mysteriously murdered by Nikolayev. This ignited the senseless arrest, deportation and execution of ... the old left opposition, including Zinoviev, Kamenev. Stalin claimed that the old left opposition with a "Leningrad Opposition center" was conspiring against him and the communist party and that Kirov murder was connected to this. Following this the NKVD arrested other members of the Old Left Opposition. The Purge of the ... party did not ...

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... most of the population in poverty. There were many different revolutionary groups, most following the writings of Karl Marx (1818-1883), the author of the Communist Manifesto. As soon as the tsar was overthrown, civil war broke out among the revolutionaries. The Bolsheviks, lead by Lenin (1870-1924) and Trotsky ... police, the KGB. Stalin turned against his colleagues who had helped him defeat the followers of Trotsky, and they were expelled from the party with accusations of imaginary crimes for which they were later executed.11 The events in Animal Farm play out much as those during the...

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... Government soon grew unpopular. At the same time, the masses became attracted towards the Bolsheviks, whom they regarded as the true champions of the revolution. The Bolsheviks became the majority party in most of the Soviets by October 2. They formed the Military Revolutionary Committee under Leon Trotsky. Under this committee, the Red Guards were organized and commissars were procured to take ... . After Lenin's death in 1924, there was a keen struggle between his lieutenants Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin, for taking his place. Stalin was successful in establishing his dictatorship in...

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... they are treated so they start a revolution. Animal Farm, known at the beginning and the end of the novel as the Manor Farm, symbolizes Russia and the Soviet Union under Communist Party rule. But more generally, Animal Farm stands for any human society. The revolution started by the animals parallel the Russian Revolution in its ... communist ideas and the power of corruption. The resemblance of animals to the political leaders and other persons involved in the Russian Revolution clearly stand out to this day. Old Major, a ... a large role in the book Animal Farm by George Orwell whic...

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... in Prague At this conference, Lenin formally broke from his Menshevik opponents and the rest of the RSDLP (Russian Social Democratic Labor Party) to form an independent Bolshevik party. Once he had done this, The Bolshevik had to gain power in Russia. Now Lenin was going to head back to Russia. The first part of the Bolsheviks ... involved getting Lenin back in Russia for he had been exiled from Russia. He arrived back in Russia on April 3 in Petrograd during the All-Russian Conference of Bolshevik Party Workers. Lenin had been in Holland when he told the Germans that he needed to get ...

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... Hitler. However, he definitely ruled with a form of deadly terror. Perhaps it was kept so secretive because that's how things are in the Communist land. No one on the outside knows, and no one inside will say. Stalin's original name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. He was born ... Dasi. After that he bounced from job to job an on several occasions came close to being arrested. In 1901 Stalin joined the Social Democratic party of Georgia. He helped organize strikes and demonstrations. In June 1904 Stalin meet the love of his life Yekaterina Svanidze. They had a son ... Steel". His p...

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... about change in Russia. Plekhanov wanted to include the liberal middle class; Lenin favored the rise of the proletariat. This disagreement led to the eventual split of the Social Democratic party into Mensheviks and Bolsheviks. When Lenin returned to Russia he carried with him illegal pamphlets, he wanted to start up a revolutionary paper. On the night before its publication he and ... where they finally managed to establish their paper, Iskra (Spark). During his years in Switzerland he rose to a position of power in the Social Democratic party. His uncompromising views were a cause for...

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Lenin and the Russian revolution Introduction The Bolsheviks started off, in 1903, as the minority of the Social Democratic Party. As all anti-tsarist groups the party was illegal. The party was based upon the beliefs of Karl Marx, a German writer and revolutionary, who believed a revolution could only be started within the workforce of the major cities. Lenin believed strongly in ... the people of Russia. To gain support Lenin made a secret police force, which was in charge of erasing any opposition to the party. The Bolsheviks were also renamed the Communists. Freedom of press was cancell...

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... main animal who got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. Old Major's role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas were to lead to the communist revolution. Animal Farm is a criticism of Karl Marx, as well as a novel perpetuating his convictions of democratic Socialism. (Zwerdling, 20). Lenin became leader and teacher of the working class in ... Army and gave speeches and everyone in Russia thought he would win power over Stalin. After Lenin's death Trotsky lost all his power to Stalin and was expelled from the communist party. He was at one time considered ...

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... the Russian Revolution. Animal Farm, which is then changed to Manor Farm by the animals, symbolizes Russia and the Soviet Union under Communist Party rule. But more generally, Animal Farm stands for any human society, be it capitalist, socialist, or communist. Manor Farm is foreshadowed as a nation; with a government, which are the pigs, an army, which are the dogs, a working class, which are ... ...

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