... a crime." His appropriate sense of timing, with action planned for the eve of the second All-Russian Congress o Soviets, led to the storming of the Winter Palace on the 25th of October 1917 and the subsequent recognition of the Council of People's Commissars (with Lenin as chairman) by the Congress of Soviets. Lenin's leadership and ability to lead the Bolsheviks is also undeniable, the October 1917 Revolution being one that required ... a great amount of planning and a great amount ... ...

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... stronger armies, more advantages from the land and civilians, and the Bolsheviks had 3 amazing leaders to lead the way to victory. The Russian Civil War lasted from October 1917 to October 1922. At the very beginning, the Bolsheviks claimed the land of Petrograd, Moscow, and the area between the two cities. This was a great start for the Bolsheviks, knowing they captured the capital ... start when he announced his "Call to Power" speech in 1917. "...It would be an infinite crime on the part of the revolutionaries were they to let the chance slip, knowing that the salvation of the revolu...

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... . He would read literature written by Karl Marx, a German political philosopher, and soon he would join the revolution called Russian Marxism. He would continue to read other books, including the works of F. Engels and V. I. Lenin. In 1899 Stalin dropped out (other sources say he was expelled) of the Tbilisi Theological Seminary to become a full time revolutionary. His career in the Social Democratic party began ... revolution. Then in 1902, he was arrested and spent over a year in prison. He was later exiled to Siberia, but escaped in 1904. Stalin would continue a cycle of getting arres...

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... his recorded memoirs he pointed to the problem within the Russian Imperial Army that the majority of aristocratic generals and officers neglected their troops and had little understanding, or esprit connection, with the ordinary peasant soldiers. He had been decorated for his bravery, and been wounded too, by March 1917 as the revolution, and change of government, swept away the old monarchist order. His poor ... working class background supported the change for the better and became a member of the Communist Party. Then upon contracting typhus he returned home for convalescence and it ...

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... Nikita Khrushchev repudiated his policies and condemned Stalinism. Only after that, both the people of the USSR and the rest of the world have slowly become aware what really happened during Stalin' rule. Stalin was initially opposed to te overthrow of A. Kerensky's Provisional Government in the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was won over to Lenin's position following the latter's return from exile in ... April, but played only a secondary role in the Bolsheviks" seizure of power on November. He was political commisaar of the Soviet Army during the Russian Civil War and Polish-Soviet Wa...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate