Essays Tagged: "bolshevik revolution"
The End of World War I
eciders of this deal. During 1918, Russia was knocked out of the war due to militarydefeats and the Bolshevik Revolution. Even though Russia had not beenpart of the Central Powers, Germany seized much ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I
Russian Imperial Army--Synopsis of all Reforms from 1850s-1914. As covered in Menning's "Bayonet's Before Bullets"
rmy underwent between the 1850s (just before the Crimean War) and 1914 (The outbreak of WWI and the Bolshevik Revolution that ended the "Imperial Army" and spawned the "Red Army."Answer:As the nations ... ed them a defeated military and disrupted society that was to eventually fall into the hands of the Bolsheviks.
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Langston Hughes and the Civil Rights Movement.
d during turbulent times for the world, the United States, and black Americans. World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 had left the world in disorder and stimulated anti-colonial movements t ... mmunist philosophy in to the early Civil Rights movement, and Hughes wasn't alone in his ideas. The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 drew cheers from many black Americans who were thrilled to see a revolu ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
About Ludmilla Alexyeva: Coming of age During the Soviet Thaw.
art of a group that labeled themselves the new intelligentsia after the intelligentsia prior to the Bolshevik revolution. The new intelligentsia's ambitions of altering the Soviet government were done ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Fascism.
ry in Europe. It was a responseto the rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and theBolshevik Revolution. Fascism is a philosophy or a system ofgovernment the advocates or exercises a ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Short summary of the movie Dr. Zhivago.
Movie SummaryThe movie Dr. Zhivago is a love story that takes place during the Russian Bolshevik Revolution. It is a story of Russian people forced to live through many tragedies and tell ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Mathematician Kantorovich
mother, Polina, to raise a child herself. Leonid grew up during violent times in Russia. During the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Leonid and his mother flew to Byelorussia to escape the bloodshed befo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Social Criticism in Literature
anexample of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirizedthe events in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. Heanthropomorphises the animals, and alludes each one to a counterpartin Russi ... ame way as the rich exploit the proletariat."(Gardner, 97) What was established in Russia after the BolshevikRevolution was not true communism ("animalism"), which Orwell approvedof, where the people ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Effect of Fascism
ry in Europe. It was a responseto the rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and theBolshevik Revolution. Fascism is a philosophy or a system ofgovernment the advocates or exercises a ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Affect of Revolutionary Political Ideas and Conditions on Modern World History from World War I to the 1970s.
ways that may change the world.The first major revolution that started to reshape the world was the Bolshevik Revolution. The Bolsheviks converted Russia from an obsolete tsarist regime to a more mode ... and destruction of World War II was almost unparalleled throughout the history of war.However, the Bolshevik Revolution had not only changed the world during World War I; its effects could be seen th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts
Why did the Bolsheviks appeal to the people of Russia in 1917?
The Bolsheviks appealed to the people of Russia in 1917 mainly because Russian society craved change. Th ... was now a part of the past and Russian society wanted to try something new. This is mainly why the Bolshevik party appealed to the people of Russia in 1917.The initial triumph of the Bolshevik Revolu ... read, Land, Peace and All Power to the Soviets." Was this enough? The Russian people were more anti-Bolshevik than Lenin would have liked. The tsar was gone and a revolution had taken the nation by st ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Account for the development of totalitarianism under Stalin between 1928-1945
most frequently because of perceived or real inequality, this was certainly the case in Russia, the Bolshevik revolution occurred because of the feudalism practiced by the tsar. Totalitarianism grew g ... dy. Stalin's many purges removed all descentors from the party and repressed intellectuals, the old Bolsheviks of 1917 were all replaced by new faces. The mediocrity of the party that allowed Stalin t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Why were there two revolutions in Russia in the year 1917?
basically the old Duma). The second revolution of 1917 took place in October. It was known as the 'Bolshevik Revolution' and it created the world's first communist state. The goal of those who carrie ... a representative government known as the 'Provisional Government'.Russia's second revolution, the ' Bolshevik Revolution' was quick to follow. After the resignation of the Tsar Russia came under dual ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Social Criticism in Literature
anexample of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirizedthe events in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. Heanthropomorphises the animals, and alludes each one to a counterpartin Russi ... ame way as the rich exploit the proletariat."(Gardner, 97) What was established in Russia after the BolshevikRevolution was not true communism ("animalism"), which Orwell approvedof, where the people ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Trotsky Outline of Life 1917-1940
During the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Trotsky significantly contributed to the successes of the Bolshevik Pa ... the way for a Communist nation. In May of 1917, Trotsky returned from exile and joined the popular Bolshevik Party, playing a significant role in promoting the Party. In July, he was imprisoned follo ... ficant role in promoting the Party. In July, he was imprisoned following the premature attempt of a Bolshevik insurrection. It was here that Trotsky's authority rose as a Bolshevik as went on hunger s ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Explain the differences in ideology between the West and USSR.
tical point of view, and the other can be the difference in economic system on both sides.After the Bolshevik Revolution, under the rule of Lenin, the first socialist country was created, the USSR. Th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
Revolution Throughout the Cold War
e Cold War. Revolutions began, molded and then finally brought an end to the Cold War. In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution forced Vladimir Lenin, the new communist leader, to withdraw from the World War ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
Trotsky and the Bolshevik Revolution
of this investigation is to discover Trotsky's role as a Russian revolutionary up to the end of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, especially to ascertain why after being a Menshevik he became a Bolshe ... being a Menshevik he became a Bolshevik, and how important his role was in securing success for the Bolsheviks.In order to carry out this investigation primary and secondary sources will be consulted, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Was the success of the Bolshevik Revolution because of their power and skills or the weakness of the Provisional Government?
the first Marxist communist revolution of the twentieth century, was led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik party. The Bolshevik Revolution was caused by the initial weaknesses of the Provisional Go ... evolution was caused by the initial weaknesses of the Provisional Government and the sudden rise of Bolshevik power. Therefore, the Bolshevik Revolution was both Lenin's success and Kerensky's failure ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Lenin a realist?
Question: "Lenin was a realist who was prepared to change his policies in order to save the Bolshevik revolution"DiscussLenin changed his policies to save the revolution. People argue he had n ... re not pleasedThe final cherry on the top was the Kronstadt naval base, which had been loyal to the Bolshevik ever since before the revolution, revolted and mutinied. This was a wake up call as Lenin ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History