... participated fully in the revolution among the major participants. Political instability that had resulted from the politicizing of the workforce was among the major drives that fostered the Russian revolution into being. Lack of Government Representation The Romanov family, also referred to as the royal family, had ruled over the empire for a minimum of three centuries and in the nineteenth century, the ... fell heavily upon them. This spiked the need for revolution than any other time before. Trotsky and the Revolution As mentioned earlier, there were many who thought revolution of th...

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... October Revolution itself, he was shortly thereafter appointed, by Lenin, to the position of People's Commissar for Nationalities within the new Bolshevik government. Stalin's job was, basically, to manage relations between the various ethnic groups of the former Russian Empire and to develop some sort of coherent policy toward the questions of national secession and civil rights. On November 15, Stalin ... revealed the Decree on Nationality, which stated that the new Bolshevik government would treat all ethnic minorities within the Soviet sphere equally, and would respect ... incorpora...

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... October Revolution itself, he was shortly thereafter appointed, by Lenin, to the position of People's Commissar for Nationalities within the new Bolshevik government. Stalin's job was, basically, to manage relations between the various ethnic groups of the former Russian Empire and to develop some sort of coherent policy toward the questions of national secession and civil rights. On November 15, Stalin ... revealed the Decree on Nationality, which stated that the new Bolshevik government would treat all ethnic minorities within the Soviet sphere equally, and would respect ... incorpora...

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... of higher learning and drew manny upper-class students from all across the region. This set the scene for much conflict between the strict Russian Orthodox priests who ran the school and the radical Georgian student body. In the years before Stalin arrived a number of violent incidents had ... escaped from prison and turned to the Bolshevik branch which was lead by Lenin. After suffering a defeat at the hands of the Japanese, the Russian Empire was rocked by a series of protests which began with Bloody Sunday, when peaceful demonstrators were gunned down before the Tsar's (kings) Winte...

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... was motivated by genuine economic and political necessity considering all the problems Stalin faced, although historians today argue that ideology was also a very strong reason. Indeed, the Collectivisation of the Russian farms implied the redistribution of the land to create large and more economically viable farms, which did follow perfectly the Communist ideology. However, another evidence of his ideology coming out ... with the hold over the countryside through this period of Collectivisation where no one really could disobey the ruler without any serious consequences. After introdu...

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... his "natural successor-. He was a talented orator and intellect, and organised the military forces of the party. He had a good relationship with the Russian people, which was boosted by him leading them out of the July days. This also proved that he was a good strategist. The foremost point ... did not appeal to the revolutionaries. Despite this, after the revolution in 1917, the Party quickly discovered that coping with the complexities of government obliged it to become more centralised. A new role that was made to accommodate the ever-expanding demands of the Party was the Party ......

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