... basically, to manage relations between the various ethnic groups of the former Russian Empire and to develop some sort of coherent policy toward the questions of national secession and civil rights. On November 15, Stalin revealed the Decree on Nationality, which stated that the new Bolshevik government would treat all ethnic minorities within the Soviet sphere equally, and ... in Volgograd (which, incidentally, would later be renamed Stalingrad) with a new job: "Director General of Food Supplies in the South of Russia". Russia was in the midst of a civil war between the Bolsheviks and ...

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... basically, to manage relations between the various ethnic groups of the former Russian Empire and to develop some sort of coherent policy toward the questions of national secession and civil rights. On November 15, Stalin revealed the Decree on Nationality, which stated that the new Bolshevik government would treat all ethnic minorities within the Soviet sphere equally, and ... in Volgograd (which, incidentally, would later be renamed Stalingrad) with a new job: "Director General of Food Supplies in the South of Russia". Russia was in the midst of a civil war between the Bolsheviks and ...

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... for a Bolshevik coup in November of 1917. The new government, led by Lenin, made peace with the Germans and undertook a bloody, three-year civil war, in which Stalin commanded on several fronts. The real hero of the conflict, however, was Leon Trotsky, a former Menshevik who organized the ... course, as Hitler denounced the "Bolshevik Menace" and the two nations fought a proxy war in Spain, each supporting a different side in that country's civil war. For a time, Stalin considered an alliance with the western Allies, France and Britain, in order to contain the growing Nazi threat; indeed...

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... . For instance, the Soviet Union had been invaded for three times by the West: initially by Germany during the WWI, then by those who helped the Whites during the Russian Civil War, and finally by the Nazi German again during the WWII. Every time the losses from the Russian were considerable, but the losses during the WWII were unprecedented, which required ... any actions that would be adopted in Bulgaria and Romania. Nachmani (1990) also opined that there were two major effects of the 'percentages agreement'. Firstly, in general, the Greek Civil War was viewed as treachery and a b...

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... place, where the rivalry between capitalists and communists resulted in the real fights on the other states territories, when the US and the Soviet Union supported different sides in the Civil Wars, for example Berlin Crises, Korean War, Cuban missile crises, Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. Nevertheless, although the vast majority of the historical facts are now known and have been studied ... territory of Ukraine. Shortly afterwards the first troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force leave for Murmansk and Arhangelsk to help the White Army, which was supporting the Tsar, in the civil war ...

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... lack of troop support from the Americans and lack of morale and leadership from the Nationalist leaders resulted in the Nationalists to lose countless battles against the Communists during their civil war (Ferrell 113). The Truman administration later concluded the possibility that Communist China pushed North Korea into attacking out of sheer hatred for the Americans (Ferrell 113/114). This theory ... ...

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... revolutions he was named Commissar of nationality affairs of the communist party. 1918 was Stalin's time to shine as a military power, he served as a general of the red army in a civil war which lasted for 3 years, Lenin then appointed him commissar of the workers and peasants. In 1922 Lenin gave Stalin the position of General secretary of the central committee of ... ...

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... latter's return from exile in April, but played only a secondary role in the Bolsheviks" seizure of power on November. He was political commisaar of the Soviet Army during the Russian Civil War and Polish-Soviet War. In his rise to power, Stalin held a number of senior administrative posts within the Soviet government and party apparatus, becoming in April 1922 general secretay ... ...

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... . Under Lenin's rule, the Soviet Union underwent radical changes in its economic doctrines by adopting a mixed economy, known as the New Economic Policy (Harris). Lenin's government would eventually end a long civil war and begin to censor and subordinate all political parties to itself. After Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin came to power and effectively he ruled as a totalitarian dictator. Stalin controlled most ... ...

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