... 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 Kamenev had were that he had been the Moscow party secretary, and the commissar of foreign trade. This meant that he had ... as ruthless as he needed to be. Zinoviev, whilst having many good points, also had a lot of points that worked against him. His positive aspects were that he had been a Bolshevik since 1903, and had worked closely with Lenin, a...

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... disastrous mismanagement of the war effort, the antiquated mechanism of czarist rule simply disintegrated and was swept away. It was succeeded, after a lengthy period of political upheaval, by the Bolshevik faction of Russian Marxism "later known as the Communist Party "led by Lenin (Foreman 123). From its inception, Communist rule in the Soviet Union faced a variety of ... from the very beginning there were attempts to destroy it by force of arms, attempts that may have reinforced the endeavor of the Communist government to save itself by promoting revolution everywhere. Yet in its isol...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... were largely uneducated and had no history or experience in the process political participation. In 1917 the czarist rule collapsed and disappeared. After a lengthy period of political unrest and bloody revolution the Bolshevik faction of Russian Marxism took control. This faction would later come to be known as the Communist Party. This party was led by a man named Lenin (Foreman, 87). Communist ... dissolution of the USSR (Foreman, 23). The original communist state had a very troubled past and complicated and strained relationship with the rest of the world. The Soviets had always urg...

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... being assassinated by one of Stalin's agents. (3) Under Stalin any opposition was swiftly and brutally crushed. In no Eastern European country did the revolution have the support of more than a minority of people, yet this minority retained absolute control. The communist take-over and subsequent regime was achieved ... by Stalin, was reinstated. The fact that Khrushchev was willing to compromise illustrates again the precarious position of communist rule. The Hungarian revolution of 1956 was borne out of the relative success of the Poles in achieving concessions for the Moscow leadershi...

• Word Count: 5545
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• Grade Level: High School

... being assassinated by one of Stalin's agents. (3) Under Stalin any opposition was swiftly and brutally crushed. In no Eastern European country did the revolution have the support of more than a minority of people, yet this minority retained absolute control. The communist take-over and subsequent regime was achieved ... by Stalin, was reinstated. The fact that Khrushchev was willing to compromise illustrates again the precarious position of communist rule. The Hungarian revolution of 1956 was borne out of the relative success of the Poles in achieving concessions for the Moscow leadershi...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

... being assassinated by one of Stalin's agents. (3) Under Stalin any opposition was swiftly and brutally crushed. In no Eastern European country did the revolution have the support of more than a minority of people, yet this minority retained absolute control. The communist take-over and subsequent regime was achieved ... by Stalin, was reinstated. The fact that Khrushchev was willing to compromise illustrates again the precarious position of communist rule. The Hungarian revolution of 1956 was borne out of the relative success of the Poles in achieving concessions for the Moscow leadershi...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

... as passionately as he did his first wife. His attitude towards love soon changed once he had met Nadezhda Alliluyeva. Sergei Alliluyev was a fellow Bolshevik and a colleague of Stalin's. The quick rise of Stalin's fame brought him respect from Sergei, who was always willing to help Stalin with whatever ... In 1917 Koba returned to Petrograd what was the capital of Russia at the time, to join his comrades after the unrest of the February Revolution. He was all business from there on in the Communist Party. If she did not love him before, she definitely did now, and it ... crush. She was ...

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• Grade Level: High School