... left unrealized, and in fact the society of post-revolutionary Russia closely resembled that of the autocratic regime previously endured in Tsarist Russia. The definition of Russia's "new society" is troublesome, and it could be said that Russia's new society began after the 1917 revolution and ended in 1928, when Joseph Stalin came ... , Lenin realized he had to make changes if the Bolsheviks were to stay in control. In order to improve the poor living conditions of the Russian people, improve industrial output, so Lenin could stay in power the New Economic Policy was introduced in 1921...

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... faced with a similar situation in WWI eventually led to its loss of control of the army, and subsequently, its loss of political power in February 1917. In October 1917 the Bolsheviks inherited an economy on the brink of collapse. Four years of devastating war had paralysed Russian industry, and the outbreak of widespread civil war, plus the subsequent loss of important agricultural land (i.e. the Volga region, Ukraine) further compounded the ... in its responses. The Bolshevik's were also repressive, but their policies revealed an inherent willingness to reform and adjust according to ...

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... "The Indomitable". But, after he was arrested in Batum and sent to exile in Siberia in 1903 he changed his name to Stalin, "Man of Steel". His path of being arrested and escaping continued till 1917. In 1905, during the Russian revolution Stalin started getting himself noticed. He was a party-organizer in Tiflis and wrote for the Caucasian Workers' Newssheet. Stalin expressed himself in his ... articles in a very outspoken, opinionated way - which gained him attention. He helped to organize robberies of government transports in Georgia to provide the Bolsheviks with money. In 1907, he ....

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... was a definite turning point for him in his life. Now the people of the Soviet Union knew he was and many of them understood his beliefs and wanted to be a part of what was only his little group at the time. After the Russian Revolution he was elected president of the St. Petersburg Soviet. He was arrested and deported several times to Siberia, both for these ... political activities. A good leader can't be afraid of the consequences of his actions, and Leon Trotsky wasn't. He showed all of the people in the Soviet Union how much he cared for his ... . However, it was when he and Lenin ...

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