Historian André Fontaine, moreover, sees the starting point of the war in 1917 with the Bolshevik Revolution, and suggests that it was mainly due to the aggressive policies of the USSR in foreign policy, dictated by its Communist ideology. The Soviets justify their expansionism in accordance with their Marxist theory which advocated the need to spread revolution throughout the world. ... This was written before Karl Marx's Das Capital or the 'Communist Manifesto' and long before the Bolshevik Revolution, which leads us to think that the conflict between these countries i...

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The other party was the Bolsheviks, who promoted revolutionary ideas. Stalin escaped from prison and went back to join the Bolsheviks which was ran by Vladimir Lenin. ... To kick start the industrial and agricultural revolution he made the Five Year Plan. ...

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Joseph finally got the chance to meet Lenin in 1905 at a conference in Finland Lenin noticed that Stalin was very dedicated and loyal to Lenin's cause so Lenin appointed Joseph to work for his cause by raising money for the Bolsheviks by any means necessary this involved robbing banks and government money. ... In 1917 after the overthrowing or the Russian czar Stalin was able to return where as a result of the February and October 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...

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