Essays Tagged: "Bolshevik"
The Russian revolution was a major event in world history
urn to Russia until November. Immediately Lenin set down a novel strategy. Both wings of the RSDWP, Bolshevik and Menshevik, adhered to Plekhanov's view of the revolution in two stages: first, a bourg ... the dwindled party ranks, rent by controversies over tactics and philosophy. Attempts to unite the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions came to naught, all breaking on Lenin's intransigent insistence tha ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
How significant was the role of Albert Speer in Hitler's plans for winning World War Two?
e need only look to his diplomatic andmilitaristic aggression of the 1930's for proof, and his anti-Bolshevik and anti-Semitic sentiments.However, it would appear that Hitler hope to gain power over E ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
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, it is diffi ... apitalist revolution. The decision to pursue revolution at the time was against the majority of the Bolshevik party and as such without the influence of Lenin, it seems clear that the party would not ... on in 1917.Lenin's April theses were also important in securing the growing popular support for the Bolshevik party. Having committed themselves to overthrow of the Provisional Government, the Bolshev ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Why Russia's provisional government failed when so many wanted a democracy.
isional government, led by Alexander 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 d ... d their own way of dealing with the situations that Russia was facing, but in the end Lenin and the Bolshevik communists prevailed.Alexander Kerensky was the leader of the Socialist Democratic Party, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Assess the contribution of Leon Trotsky to the consolidation of communism in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1928.
tor and intellectual that was Leon Trotsky. Throughout this period he successfully premeditated the Bolshevik accession into power, and through his military brilliance, defended the Communist ideology ... of the communist government. Trotsky returned in that year and immediately joined the ranks of the Bolshevik party. By doing so he was cementing his position as second to Lenin in the revolution. Fai ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The russian revolution ad the people involved.
e Russian Social Democratic Workers Party (RSDRP). In 1903 the latter split into the split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions, with Axelrod becoming a major figure in the latter. Over the next ... g ideologist, though not the most influential political leader of Menshevism. In Stockholm when the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, Axelrod elected to remain abroad, and died in exile.The material in ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Book review of Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler.
kness at Noon by Arthur Koestler is a fiction story, which depicts the life of what appears to be a Bolshevik member during the revolutionary periods of Russia. Although the author doesn't name the co ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Why did the provisional government [of Russia before Communism and Lenin gained control post-WW1 after the fall of the Tsar fail?
nal Government fail?One of the main reasons that Russia's provisional government failed and why the Bolsheviks were able to gain power is the First World War. The war was a disaster for Russia- people ... complete disaster. This was a huge blemish on the provisional government and for the first time the Bolshevik policy of ending the war became popular. There was mass-desertion in the army and disconte ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Stalin's Involvement In The Cold War
ne mind, a whole world of difference.After years of being in power of a "weak, newly revolutionized Bolshevik country", Joseph Stalin was able to make a name for Russia again. Translated meaning "man ... stonishing advisory powers in the satellite states. Stalin demonstrated his power with a series of "Bolshevik-style purges" that falsified accusations and confessions of traitorous behavior to carryou ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
Tactics Used By Stalin, Gandhi, and Mao Zedong To Fulfill Their Revolutions and Build Their Nations
d his interest in revolution. By 1900, young Josef, then known as Josef Djugashvili, had joined the Bolshevik underground and this would be the true beginning to all the strategic methods that he woul ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
The Bolshevik Revolution
Contrary to the spontaneous overthrow of the czarist regime, the Bolshevik's November Revolution was a highly strategic military takeover, coordinated with the Secon ... rdinated with the Second Congress of Soviets. However, Leon Davidovich Trotsky believed that if the Bolsheviks had attempted to revolt any later, they would have failed. Leon Trotsky and Vladim ... empted to revolt any later, they would have failed. Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin lead the Bolshevik's to victory on the night of November 7, 1917. Their attack was anticipated by the Provisi ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Assess the significance in a) The July days b) The Kornilov coup c) The delay in setting up the constituent assembly in affecting the position of the Bolsheviks.
The July days is the name given to the event where the Kronstadt sailors held demonstrations under Bolshevik slogans, such as "all power to the people." The July days had both a positive and a negati ... ower to the people." The July days had both a positive and a negative effect on the position of the Bolsheviks. Its positive effect was that it demonstrated their popularity amongst the lower social c ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Explain the change in fortunes for the Bolsheviks during the time of the Provisional Government up to its takeover of power
The 'July Days' was seen as a dilemma for the Bolsheviks, while the 'Kornilov Coup' and the delay in setting up the Constituent Assembly both show ... e misfortunes in the 'July Days', the Provisional Government was given the opportunity to blame the Bolsheviks, and accuse Lenin of being a German spy. The 'Kornilov Coup' had disclosed the incapacity ... he period when sailors at the naval base of Kronstadt organised their own armed demonstration under Bolshevik slogans and walked into Petrograd. The Bolshevik leaders were preoccupied by this action, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Communism: spreading around the world
rl Marx and Friedrich Engels in their Communist Manifesto finalized the philosophy of Communism.The Bolshevik's adopted Marx's and Engel's idea but simply "sped up" the process by taking action. They ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
A Short essay on how the Russian Provisional Government was adversely affected by the 'July Days'
he period when sailors at the naval base of Kronstadt organised their own armed demonstration under Bolshevik slogans and walked into Petrograd. The Bolshevik leaders were preoccupied by this action, ... ernment was able to crush this rising with the help from Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries. The Bolsheviks were blamed for this rising and of its casualties. This also provided Kerensky with an op ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
"Why wasn't the Provisional Government able to stop Lenin and the Bolsheviks in 1917?"
The Provisional Government wasn't able to stop Lenin and the Bolsheviks in 1917 because of its inability to gain support from all sections of the population. Man ... ey were weakened by the actions and authority of the Petrograd Soviet, and the rising influence the Bolshevik's had on the people.The authority of the Provisional Government had been completely underm ... lation and the collapse of order and authority at home had been the result. Factory owners used the Bolshevik defeat in July as an excuse to apply discipline on the shop floor. Consequently strikes ha ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Compare and contrast the role of Lenin and Trotsky in establishing and contributing to the communist state in Russia from 1917-1924.
rms of propaganda. On the other hand, Trotsky was more of a realist. He took care of the action the Bolsheviks had to take in order to be successful. He, assumingly, led the Bolshevik riots in the Jul ... riots in the July days and defeated the Provisional Government. He was also the one to have led the Bolsheviks to victory in the Civil War.Lenin's ideal way of spreading communism was mainly by brainw ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Brief History of Russia
ith thorough planning, complete organization, and massive support from the down trodden people, the Bolsheviks easily overthrew the Russian Tsar in 1917. They immediately took steps to sustain the doc ... ce with the Central Powers, thus ending their part in World War I. However, as the first year under Bolshevik control began, Russia was once again experiencing warfare; a civil war between the Red Bol ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Final Solution
tler proclaimed that a war of destruction was about to start. He called for the annihilation of the Bolshevik leadership, thus laying the foundation for the extermination of what Hitler considered to ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Effect of Hitler's regime in Germany (and the World?).
to power during 1922-23, and solved minor problems concerning economy, freedom and also weathered a Bolshevik insurgence. This small bout of relief was short lived, and the people were still left hope ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History