... by George Orwell in 1946, uses the personification of animals to tell the story of the Russian Revolution. The embodiment of a communist revolution, the Russian Revolution first raised hopes for revolutionary ideas of liberty, fraternity, and equality; then it cruelly shatters them. Even ... social system which kept most of the population in poverty. There were many different revolutionary groups, most following the writings of Karl Marx (1818-1883), the author of the Communist Manifesto. As soon as the tsar was overthrown, civil war broke out among the revolutionaries. The Bolsheviks, l...

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... , passed his examinations with great distinction, coming out at the top of his class. During that year that he spent studding he also furthered his education as socialist translating Marx and Engels's "The Communist Manifesto" into Russian from the original German. After receiving his degree, Lenin worked as a lawyer in Samara. Within two years, however, he admitted to himself that he was only ... brother. And now he said "The freest country on the world." By the revolution Lenin brought freedom to the people from the slavery to the tsar, and brought the good communist work force. He bec...

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