Essays Tagged: "Lenin"
Mao's Communism: A short histography.
-Tung (Zedong) can be viewed as being on the socio-political level with Marx, Engels, and Lenin. A kind of "genius-tactical-philosopher" but differing from his predicesors. The originality s ... ed control of the country.Although the Chinese Communist party gave lip service to the doctrines of Lenin and Stalin, its Marxism was shaped by its own unique experience and blended with the ideas of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
The Russian revolution was a major event in world history
in world historya.Discuss one political occurrence and one social cause of the Revolution.b.Discuss Lenin's role in the Russian Revolutionc.Discuss how Stalin influenced the Russian revolutionThe diff ... the Russian Revolutionc.Discuss how Stalin influenced the Russian revolutionThe differences between Lenin and the Mensheviks became sharper in the Revolution of 1905 and its aftermath, when Lenin move ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Lenin's Problems after the October Revolution, how did he deal with them?
4) What were the problems facing Lenin after the October Revolution and how successfully did he deal with them?The initial difficulti ... were so severe that its survival seemed almost miraculous" . The remains of the czarist regime left Lenin to face a country wrought with war, devastated economically. Russia's involvement in World War ... War, wide spread famine and a change in political and social ideology were the problems confronting Lenin after the October Revolution. Lenin did succeed in ending both the war with Germany and the Ci ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Rise of Communism in Russia
-Unless we accept the claim that Lenin+s coup d+Ätat gave birthto an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history ... evolution and the attainment of full communism(Groiler+s Encyclopedia).Socialism, of which -Marxism-Leninism+ is a takeoff, originatedin the West. Designed in France and Germany, it was brought into R ... with the goal of conquering politicalfreedom (Daniels 7).As early as 1894, when he was twenty-four, Lenin had become arevolutionary agitator and a convinced Marxist. He exhibited his newfaith and his ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
A term paper describing the early life of V.I. Lenin and what caused to be such a revolutionary.
The Formation of Lenin as a RevolutionaryWhen one sees the man's picture it is hard not be taken aback by the omnipre ... face has become synonymous with evil. Born Vladimir Illyich Ulyanov in 1870, the man later known as Lenin revolutionized all of Russia and earth as a whole came from unassuming beginnings.What caused ... luential intellectual disciple to become the man that he did (Haney 21)? Always an intelligent man, Lenin looked deep into the sociopolitical status of Russia and knew that it could be better. His own ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The failure of Marxism in Russia
ist theory,' Discuss.When the Tsarist regime in Russia was overthrown and the Bolshevik party under Lenin ruledas a single party government, it was claimed by many that a Marxist regime had beenestabl ... are alsothose who see that the Soviet state was something quite different from what Marx and indeedLenin had intended it to be. To find out whether the Soviet state defied Marxist theory or not,is ha ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies
5(b): How far were the roles of Bismarck and Cavour decisive in the unification of Germany and Italy?
When the Tsarist regime in Russia was overthrown and the Bolshevik party under Lenin ruledas a single party government, it was claimed by many that a Marxist regime had beenestabl ... are alsothose who see that the Soviet state was something quite different from what Marx and indeedLenin had intended it to be. To find out whether the Soviet state defied Marxist theory or not,is ha ... is clear that the chiefcoordinator of the revolution and founder of the movement, Vladimir Illyich Lenin died earlyon in the regime. Therefore the change of rulers must be looked at closely to see wh ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History
Why did Stalin take power and not Trotsky? The power struggle between the Bolshevik after Lenin's death.
Why did Stalin take power and not Trotsky?In 1921 Lenin died and a power struggle emerged upon the top members of the Bolshevik party to take over as ... of Russia or Killed by a man largely underestimated and never thought to go to the extremes he did.Lenin had been ill for some time and it was obvious he was not going to live for much longer after h ... live for much longer after having a series of strokes. But there were going to be a few problems as Lenin was not Royalty his son could not take over and as Russia was not democratic there could be no ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Cold War
d a running economy. In the late 1940?s through early 1950?s the Soviet Union started to spread the Lenin ideological as it started moving in the Westward position. In 1947 the US started funding the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
Comparing George Orwell's Animal Farm to the Bolshevik Revolution. What real-life characters did the animals represent? What traits did the animals show off?
p were the pigs. Each pig represented someone different in the revolution. Old Major is compared to Lenin. He was an ideologist who dreamed up a wonderful government where all the animals were equal a ... Russian Revolution his counterpart would be Trotsky. Trotsky believed and wanted the same things as Lenin, and wanted to continue what Lenin had started. Then comes Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Bolshevik Revolution. A summary of who was involved and what it was about"
Bolshevik RevolutionThe Bolshevik Party was formed by Lenin in 1903 after the split in the Social Democratic Workers Party. Believed small group of 'profe ... y kept Russia in the war and just made things worse for themselves and for Russia.In early October, Lenin convinced the Bolshevik Party to form an immediate insurrection against the Provisional Govern ... of the people that the Winter Palace had been taken, people from all over rose and filled it. V. I. Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks, announced his attempt to construct the socialist order in Russi ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Stalin's rise to power as a result of Lenin's fall.
Lenin became chairman of Council of People's Commissars and virtually the dictator. The new governme ... ce with Germany and to abolish private ownership of land, and to divide it up between the peasants. Lenin fulfilled his promise of peace by accepting the humiliating treaty of Brest-Litovsk.In 1919, L ... ation, food requisitioning, and control over industry. In 1921, in an attempt to boost the economy, Lenin launched the New Economic Policy, (NEP) which allowed some private enterprise.By 1922, Lenin h ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The role of Lenin in the Bolshevik seizure of power and consolidation of power in 1917.
Assess the role of Lenin in the Bolshevik seizure of power and consolidation of power in 1917.In any account of history ... points in world history. Aligned with this is the historical argument that it was the activities of Lenin in October 1917, which explains why Russia was a communist nation for so many decades. On the ... than insignificant actors in the play of destiny, mere "labels giving names and faces to events."On Lenin's return from Switzerland on April 3rd 1917, he announced his belief that the soviet should ov ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell.
tion, but only human in the real world can have these intelligent thoughts. He represented Marz and Lenin in the beginning of the Russian Revolution, who persuaded the people to have the revolution an ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Why Russia's provisional government failed when so many wanted a democracy.
lexander Kerensky lasted for only seven months, at the end of which the Bolshevik communists led by Lenin seized power. With so many Russians longing for a democracy, why did the provisional governmen ... rovisional government fell. First, there were the mistakes of Kerensky, and second was the power of Lenin. Each had their own way of dealing with the situations that Russia was facing, but in the end ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Why were the Bolsheviks successful in Russia, October 1917?
n decisions. A revolution was led by the Bolshevik Party, a revolutionary communist party headed by Lenin. The Bolshevik's goal was to overthrow the Provisional Government and set up a government for ... r popularity grew, and they were therefore able to seize power. The Bolsheviks' success depended on Lenin who emphasized the need to act soon while there was still momentum, and circumstances which in ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Account For the Success of the Bolsheviks in October 1917.
icy of non-cooperation, weakness of the Provisional Government, division of alternative opposition, Lenin's leadership skills, the power of the Petrograd Soviet and Trotsky as its leader, failure on d ... f Russia, which would be ruled by a centralised democracy achieved through a Proletarian Revolution.Lenin returned from exile in 1917, the same year as the Bolshevik success, which immediately implica ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
An account of Stalin's rise to power in the Soviet Union in the form of a newspaper article.
ere are some who are suspicious and untrusting of Stalin's ends. Those are the people who supported Lenin and his views on Stalin. After Lenin's death resulting from two strokes, which greatly affecte ... h the Red Army and some of the Party members. Stalin's first move was to trick Trotsky into missing Lenin's funeral and allowing people to believe that Trotsky did not care and was not bothered to mak ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The rise of commnism in russia.
The Rise of Communism In Russia"Unless we accept the claim that Lenin's coup d'etat gave birthto an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history ofman ... evolution and the attainment of fullcommunism (Groiler's Encyclopedia).Socialism, of which "Marxism-Leninism" is a takeoff, originatedin the West. Designed in France and Germany, it was brought intoRu ... with the goalof conquering political freedom (Daniels 7).As early as 1894, when he was twenty-four, Lenin had become arevolutionary agitator and a convinced Marxist. He exhibited his newfaith and his ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Trotsky's career.
to Marxism. Later, after escaping from his first imprisonment, he went to London and joined up with Lenin. After the split in the Russian Social Democratic party, he became a leading Menshevik spokesm ... ations personally and shocked his adversaries by turning the talks into a propaganda forum. Between Lenin's position and Bukharin's outright call for revolutionary war, Trotsky proposed the formula "n ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History