In 1984, the party of the totalitarian state Oceania is the Inner and Outer Party and is led by Big Brother. ... Big Brother is the dictator of the Party and the government and is considered omnipresent although he is never seen in person. ... In having this much power over the media, the Party is able to manipulate the people to keep them loyal to Big Brother, the party leader. ... The chaos which followed WWI allowed totalitarian governments to be founded in Russia, Italy, and Germany. ...

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In 1886 his father died from a cerebral hemorrhage, the following year his brother, Alexander, was hung for plotting to assassinate Tsar Alexander III. ... Adding to this he was the brother of dead revolutionary and found many doors closed to him. ... Even after his brother was executed, Lenin still fought on with even more zeal. ...

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And here I was, with my dad and brother, watching it on the big screen. ... I later found out on the news that one man died and at least twenty were injured after fans went on a rampage, smashing windscreens, overturning cars and hurling missiles at a small police force. ...

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We must take revenge for our brothers on the tsar Death to them." ... Yet even after the shooting, Nicholas was kept in the dark and never found out what really happened. ... Even the camarilla (a group of distinguished but degenerating families who were afraid to losing their power to changes and capitalism) found the Nicholas was too weak to keep tsarist autocratic rule strong. ...

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V.I. Lenin, born as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, was born on April 10, 1870 in the Volga town of Simbirsk. He was the third child of Ilya Nikolaievich Ulyanov and Maria Alexandrovna Blank Ulyanov. His father, Ilya, was employed as an educator and director to the school system of the province of Simb...

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