... strategies and tactics. The Bolsheviks formed from a narrow range of peasants and workers. They were attracted to Lenin's discipline, his firm leadership of the party, his simple slogans and undoubtedly his belief in immediate action to bring down the Tsarist regime rather than waiting. " This above all was what ... troops never arrived. This resulted in the Bolsheviks being seen as the "saviors" of St Petersburg and their support reached an all high time high. Leon Trotsky also joined that party. It was now that the Bolsheviks under the leadership of Lenin decided to seize power. On Oct...

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... to face a population that had learned to live in fear of the government and that didn't trust the government's promises and actions. As Gorbachev was gaining power quickly in the Party, he introduced some radical reforms that he believed would benefit the country. His reform policies of "Perestroika", "Demokratizatsiya" and "Glasnost" meant restructuring, democratization and openness. The purpose ... Czechoslovakia peacefully transferred their power to the reformers. In Romania, the communist Party of Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown by popular protest and by the force of arms in Decembe...

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... . However Rasputin was not invincible. A group of conspirators who included Prince Felix Felixovitch Yussupov finally got to him. The prince invited Rasputin to a party at his home where he was going to show him his beautiful niece. The other conspirators had prepared some chocolate cakes and wine heavily laced with ... he was dead. The prince then went and got his friends to show them. When the prince was leaning over Rasputin, he regained conciousness and reached up and grabbed the prince with an enormous grip. The prince finally got away (probably by knifing him). Rasputin then got up...

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... . As Lenin planned, none of his opponents attended the conference. He persuaded the 14 voting delegates to designate the meeting a "general party conference" and " the supreme organ of the party" and to consider themselves present at a "Congress of Russian Social Democratic workers Party." They forced through with a defunct and secured the election of a new central committee composed of diehard Leninists. Lenin's coral touched ... March 15, 1917 the tsar stepped down, ending the 300-year-old Romanov dynasty. A new constitutional body, the Provisional Government, was then formed pursuant ...

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... the government didn't interfere in people's lives. Russia, on the other hand was completely the opposite. It was run by dictators, where you could only vote for the communist party. One person, one party, one choice. People were manipulated and suppressed. Obviously Russia was communist, where all business and property were owned by the government, putting more money into the government. People ... had been destroyed, it looked like Russia was preparing itself a new Russia. So with so much hostility, suspicion and tension between both sides that seemed to get worse, it eventually reache...

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... from blood poisoning which made on of his arms shorter than the other. As a child Stalin was always made fun of for his long nose and as an adult he reached to be only five foot four. Even though Stalin had so many misfortunes, he loved his mother who saved money for Joseph's education. As Russian wasn't Joseph's first language, he ... and read the communist manifesto. When Joseph was eventually kicked out of the seminary he continued to be with the other Marxists. He then met members from the Social Democratic Party and joined them. Stalin later got caught for causing and planning a vi...

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... it even began. By the late 1880's there were approximately 2,500,000 Armenian people living in the Ottoman Empire. Since World War I, the number of Armenians in Turkey has barely reached more than 120,000. The difference can be accounted for in the large number of Armenians who were slaughtered or forced to flee to other countries in the period from ... idea of Armenian self-government, under the encouragement of Russia. As the number of revolutionaries grew, they formed into various political groups, ad finally into two revolutionary parties. The first party, developed in 1887, was cal...

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... of the NEP was to help Russia to get back on its feet again, but because it was not communist many Russians were against it. However, it did work, it reached its aim. The Bolsheviks were desperate to destroy its oppositions, as it had many, but the Bolsheviks were strong and had a very clever leader, Lenin. The execution of the Tsar ... them. The Red Terror was launched after a failed attempt to assassinate Lenin, it was extra protection for him. The Provisional Government was unable to protect itself, and no other political party or single person was prepared to stand up for them. More...

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