... a new home. Ultimately, Cement is a portrayal of the inner conflict that many battled during the revolutionary era. Gladkov describes Gleb's hometown as broken, the pulse of the revolution almost completely absent. Gleb's former comrades barely recognize him upon his return and are completely scarred by the events that took place while Gleb was at war. Motya, Gleb's neighbor, is left devastated after her children ... to be selflessly devoted to the greater cause of communism. The New Soviet should be able to sacrifice personal aspects of his or her life in order to further fuel the prole...

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... a lot of impact on the Russian history. He was born in the 19th century, specifically in the year 1879, in November 7th and his real name, Jewish name, was Lev Davidovich Bronshtein (Service, 2009). He is known for his various ranks that include revolutionary, theorist, politician, and a leader. His presence was a major push for the revolution that took place in the year 1917 and so ... those that caused a buildup of pain all those years and released during the revolution. On the other hand, the First World War (WWI) was the short-term cause of the revolution as it sparked lots of emotio...

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... certain conversion towards utopia. In one of the first monographs on the Russian avant-garde, Camilla Gray published The Russian Experience in Art in 1967 in which she explains "The Revolution gave reality to their activity and a long sought direction to their energies-for there was no question in their minds of not identifying their revolutionary discoveries in the artistic field with this economic and political revolution ... , Klutis attended college at Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in Petrograd. To shed light on his character, Klutsis joined one of Russia's toughest branc...

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... religious beliefs and called himself an atheist, just as was required for his revolutionary status and persona. Kato on the other hand was a devoted religious woman. When talks of marriage came around, and Kato were married at the St. David's Orthodox Church in Tiflis in 1906. Stalin was very involved in revolutionary movement at this point in his life, which made it difficult for his ... and was not successful. He tried shooting himself, but survived the wound. This incident has also added to Yakov's constant negative attention from his father. Yakov was an artillery officer during the...

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... child. In March of 1901 the police raided the observatory. Stalin escaped but he lost his job and became a professional revolutionary. Stalin was later arrested by police at a demonstration and was sent to the village of Novaya Uda in Siberia. While Stalin was in prison the political group the Social Democrats split into two different branches. The Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. Stalin escaped from prison ... and turned to the Bolshevik branch which was lead by Lenin. ... uprisings broke out and grew into civil war. Stalin was active on the southern military front. In 1922, the Commun...

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... Theological Seminary. There, she hoped, he would train to become a priest. Instead, the young Stalin became a devoted advocate for Marxist revolution. After leaving the Seminary in 1899, he joined the Social Democrats, Russia's Marxist political party, and became a professional revolutionary. He worked in Tiflis, and then in the Black Sea port of Batumi, organizing worker protests, which led to his arrest in ... 1902. Exiled to Siberia, he would soon escape, setting a pattern for the next ten years: from 1902 ... they had little choice. (Neither knew that Stalin's spies were at work in ...

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... , and he was not an intellectual like many of the other members were. Kamenev had many points in his favour. The main contributor was that he had been an active Bolshevik and a full time revolutionary since 1905, and had been the President of the Bolshevik conference in 1907; therefore he knew the details of the party's policies. In addition to this, Lenin regarded him as able and ... reliable, although in his Testament, Lenin had criticised him for his lack of enthusiasm for the Bolshevik seizure in October 1917. Other political advantages that ... position of Commissar of War. Surpris...

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