... for the state and were controlled by the state. Stalin's policies were bound to bring opposition. Anyone who spoke against the Plans or against Stalin could be arrested by the secret police. Being a Kulak or the son of a Kulak was a crime sentenced to 10 to twenty-five years spent in labour camps. There they worked on dams, canals, factories and hydro-electric ... them with others. In the 1930's, eight and a half million people were arrested by the NKVD of whom about a million were shot, others just disappeared. The actions taken by the secret police were meant to frighten the people in...

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... his creations were highly effective political weapons such as an effective propaganda spreading machine that more and more promoted that Stalin was a nearly god like creature, and also he had a secret police force which kept the country silent through the years of terror. At one point during Stalin's rule he organized what were called "show trials" in which many people he did ... comrades. Also there was boxer who represented the working class, Molly who was white Russia, and who could forget the evil dogs of Napoleon who inspire the role as the secret police of Joseph Stalin. The Farm ...

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... sugar and ribbons at the human inn. She represents the nobles of Russia that abandoned the people after the Russian Revolution. The Dogs These animals are the military force and secret police of this totalitarian government. They were trained at birth to be completely loyal to Napoleon. They are Animalism only true physical force and without them the pigs would be powerless ... returns. Napoleon finds two litters of puppies and takes them away to be trained for his own purposes. He trains them to be loyal without question and for his own secret police. Mr. Jones tries to retake the farm...

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... poor. The rich were mostly rich and you could say nothing really changed. What about the Russian revolution in 1917? Before, the Tsar who was the absolute ruler ruled by secret police so everyone did their part. Yet in the First World War with Japan, Russia lost both army and naval battles and the Russians were convinced of the incompetence of their ... . After 1917 there were many power struggles for who would lead. After intense fighting, Lenin, Vladimir Ulyich Ulanov became an absolute ruler with the help of an even more deadly secret police. Not much changed either except that the pe...

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... streets. One Sunday on February 29, 1948 Wurmbrand was on his way to church when he was stopped by the secret police, shoved into a van, and taken captive for more than eight years. While he was captive, his wife was visited by secret police who told her that they had attended his burial. As a prisoner, Wurmbrand experienced incredible amounts of torturing himself and saw ... ...

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... a constitution in 1936 which was proclaimed to emphasize civil rights but also to emphasize the obligations of citizens to their ruler. Anyone who disagreed with Stalin was taken by the secret police and put in jails or killed. This lead to the Great Purge. The "Great Purge" was a time where Stalin removed all people who challenged him as the absolute ruler and ... of people disappeared from the country at this time because they were threatened by their leader. Loyalty was expected not only from citizens but from the communist party and the secret police as well. Even innocent citizens ...

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... Farm follows the Russian Revolution. This is achieved by events in the novel corresponding to the actual events in Russian history. In the year 1937, Russian leader Joseph Stalin used secret police to get rid of rivals including his main rival, Leon Trotsky. Napolean uses his dogs to chase Snowball from Animal Farm. Napolean's guard dogs represent Stalin ... 's secret police. Another example is when the animals start to rebuild the windmill and "starvation seemed to stare them in the face." Russia suffered a similar fate resulting in a famine. Animal Farm allows ... ...

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... within Russia. Even Censorship of art, science, and world news were either kept from the public or modified to be pro Communism. Under Stalin and Lenin, the Cheka, or Russian Secret Police was very big and made common people fear their leaders. Politicians, citizens speaking of revolution, and anyone deemed unfit in the governments eyes would disappear, being either executed or sent ... 1,966 delegates that attended the Communist Party Congress in 1934, 1,108 were arrested over the next five years. Only seventy people were tried in public. The rest were tried in secret before being exec...

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... a cruel leader that is revolted against and an even worse leader that comes to power afterwards. On the farm Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin, Squealer is propaganda, the dogs are the secret police, Boxer is the dedicated but tricked communist supporters and Benjamin is the skeptical people in and outside of Russia. Napoleon the pig is a very cruel leader, just like Stalin was ... ...

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... travel from the country without an approval of member of the party who had to prove loyalty to the party. Famous sportsmen and intelligence were kept under observation of the secret police when they traveled outside the country. To illustrate, our famous poetry Jaroslav Seifert writer was not allowed to leave the country to be given the Nobel price. Nowadays we are ... ...

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... to authoritarian measures. This repression that characterized the imposing of Bolshevik control over Russia later became known as the terror. Every Bolshevik activist suffered at the hands of the cheka (secret police) and no opposition within the Red Army was tolerated, with execution being imposed for desertion or disloyalty. ...

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... power. Later, the dogs do even more dastardly things when they are instructed to kill the animals labelled as "disloyal." Stalin, too, had his own special force of "helpers" the secret police. The "bitter winter" symbolizes economic hardship which is covered up to the western countries through filling the bins with sand then putting grain on top so they look full. Any ... ...

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... parts of the population. Fear and enforcement fuel the fire of an accepting group of citizens. Joseph Stalin demanded obedience and received a vast amount of terror from the people. The secret police had great power and "encouraged workers to spy on each other and children to spy on their parents. Those accused of disloyalty were either shot or sent to disloyalty camps ... ...

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... Farm to put his thoughts about the Russian Revolution on paper, but with different characters and situations. For example, the sheep represented the blind followers, and the dogs represented the secret police. The dictator was obviously Napoleon, and the scapegoat was Snowball. Orwell's writing style was good, and gave hint by hint, and in the end, everything fit together perfectly. For example ... ...

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... to him. He tortured them through intimidation and brutality. He even put on the public trials staged only for show. Stalin wanted to ensure obedience, so the communist party used secret police, censorship, and terror to do so. Polices spies planted listening devices and opened private letters. The communists then targeted the Russian Orthodox Church. They seized most religious properties and turned ... ...

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... of all scientific, cultural, and educational figures who didn't follow him. He removed access to anything that didn't follow his rule so there was no free press. He formed the secret police that spied on everyone. Children were taught to spy on parent, husbands on wives and so on. No one was safe and the accused were either killed or sent to ... ...

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... farm. An example of this is that he trained the puppies on his own, not for the development of the dogs on the farm, but for a private army, representing the secret police, for his own interests and protection. This was a means to spread his force on others. Mr. Jones underfed them, made them work incredibly hard with no reward and seemingly no ... ...

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... fight the Bolshevik opposition. The state took over the economy, nationalising more industry, and controlling the production and distribution of all goods. Food was so scarce, however, that the Cheka, secret police, had to storm the countryside visiting peasants houses and farm houses, and seizing the grain they had stored, firstly for the army. Normal economic life ended as a result of the ... ...

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... to overthrow Kerensky. Worried, Kerensky turned to the Bolsheviks for support. Conclusion Although Lenin had control he wasn't completely supported by the people of Russia. To gain support Lenin made a secret police force, which was in charge of erasing any opposition to the party. The Bolsheviks were also renamed the Communists. Freedom of press was cancelled, unless you supported the Communist cause ... ...

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... been, nor ever could be much better or much worse hunger, hardship, and disappointment being, so he said, the unalterable law of life." The dogs are considered to symbolized the secret police, which would normally get rid of Stalin's opposition.The dogs however, seem to be so dedicated to Stalin (Napoleon) that they cannot speak for themselves. The use of the dogs ... ...

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... still prefer communism because of the small favours received. Another factor why the party won't go down is because if it goes, it will be replaced by the army, the secret police or warlords. Even though the communist party has not functioned like it was supposed to, it will not go down. The communist party has been operating very much like capitalist ... ...

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... harder". The pigs in the novel represent the upper class Russian society. They are the only ones, along with the dogs, who benefit from the rebellion. The dogs are Napoleon's secret police or bodyguards. He uses the dogs to enforce his power and to instill terror in to the other animals. He uses the dogs to get rid of Snowball so he ... ...

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