Essays Tagged: "Russian Revolution"

Preparing for war.

d and ready to crush it. United Statesimperialism is in a conspiracy with Great Britain against the Russianrevolution. It cooperates with Japan and England in the interventionsagainst China. United St ...

(5 pages) 179 0 4.1 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Roots of Russian Revolution

Roots of Russian RevolutionThe Russian revolution was caused by the continual breakdown of the governments in ... rganized and continued thefight against serfdom and autocracy.At the beginning of the 20th century, Russian people were in the mood for revolution. The loss of the Russo Japanese war to Japan, and the ... archy. Poor political and military leadership in the First World War led to widespread desertion of Russian soldiers. Their army suffered great casualties and a battered economy.It was the accumulatio ...

(3 pages) 185 0 3.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Russian revolution was a major event in world history

Jonathan ThenHistory 1000CEssay 21.The Russian Revolution was a major event in world historya.Discuss one political occurrence and one soci ... scuss 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 differences between Leni ... ry." Nor would the revolution necessarily stop at the first stage, the bourgeois revolution. If the Russian revolution should inspire the western European proletariat to make the Socialist revolution, ...

(6 pages) 216 2 3.6 May/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Russian Revolution

n the late 1920's and 1930's. The two successful revolutions of 1917 are referred to by many as the Russian Revolution. The first revolution overthrew the autocratic imperial monarchy. It began with a ... e provisional government, effected a change in all economic, political, and social relationships in Russian Society. When looking at the Russian Revolution it is easy to notice that it was not underta ...

(6 pages) 190 1 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Political Allegory In The Book Animal Farm

l uses this example to base his book on. He makes the characters personify the major players in the Russian Revolution. Orwell uses this to form a well written piece of literature. In 'Animal Farm' Th ... civil war: the Revolution's Red Army, organized and led by LeonTrotsky, had to defeat the 'Whites' (Russians loyal to the Czar or just hostile to the Communists)and foreign troops, too.At Lenin's deat ...

(3 pages) 62 0 5.0 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"George Orwell's Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution" Comparing the similarities of key characters that appeared in both Animal Farm and throughout the Russian Revolution.

ess of human actions. George Orwell's Animal Farm was written to shed light on the absurdity of the Russian Revolution. There are many similarities between the two. Both had a powerful and forceful le ... leader, who seemed to think that he was always right. He based this character on Joseph Stalin from Russian history. Both ruled fiercely throughout their years in power. Stalin ruled by terror, after ...

(6 pages) 207 2 2.9 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The events leading up to the Russian Revolution.

Steps Towards the Russian RevolutionThe quotation, "'I shall maintain the principle of autocracy just as firmly and un ... ed his power through his bureaucracy, which contained the most knowledgeable and skilled members of Russian high society. Like the Czar, the bureaucracy, or chinovniki, stood above the people and were ... and could save her son, Alexander, from dying of hemophilia. Rasputin ate into the woodwork of the Russian aristocracy, and Alexandria made sure that the members of the Duma did not tarnish him, and ...

(8 pages) 105 0 3.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Russian Women Soldiers During World War I

ation of several women's units to fight on the front lines to try to prevent defeat after the first Russian revolution is a prime example. Led by women such as Maria Bochkareva who is also know as Yas ... Death or Shock battalions as they would become known as were created with the "idea of shaming the Russian men into fighting better." They took part in the last major Russian offensive before Russia ...

(6 pages) 53 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

George Orwell's Animal Farm

Orwell's Animal FarmGeorge Orwell's political fable, "Animal Farm", portrays a re-enactment of the Russian Revolution, with it's major characters cast as farm animals, and communism renamed "Animalis ... s government at least as unjust as its precursor in its place. The meat of Animalism decayed as the Russian revolution did. The system was terribly inadequate, because the theory alone could not suppo ...

(6 pages) 103 1 3.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

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?

All of the characters in Animal farm have counterparts in real life. This book was based on the Russian Revolution, and all the important populace of the revolution are symbolized. Some of the ani ... portant populace of the revolution are symbolized. Some of the animals represent individuals in the Russian Revolution, and some types of animals represent different types of Russian citizens. The boo ...

(3 pages) 43 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Animal Farm-Russian Revolution" by George Orwell.

eflects the historical figure Lev Davidovich Bronstein (1879-1940), known as Leon Trotsky, from the Russian Revolution.Snowball was one of the organizers of Animal Farm after the revolution was held. ... oretician and journalist (Britannica, 944-945). Trotsky was one of the most important brains in the Russian Revolution. ''If Lenin was the uncontested leader of the Bolsheviks, it was Leon Trotsky who ...

(4 pages) 66 0 3.9 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Animal Farm" by George Orwell.

"Animal Farm" is a novel based on the Russian Revolution, where instead of humans, animals are the main characters. As "Animal Farm" is a ... s involved in the revolution. The events happened in the novel also symbolize the happenings of the Russian Revolution.The story started off with the days of Mr. Jones's management on the farm, the an ... al 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 and gave the idea how much bette ...

(3 pages) 51 2 3.8 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Animal Farm" by George Orwell.

Animal FarmAnimal Farm, by George Orwell, is based on the Russian Revolution. The utopia ideas are based on the ideas of Karl Marx's Communist Manifest. The c ... eas of Karl Marx's Communist Manifest. The characters are in fact based on real participants in the Russian Revolution.The author has used animals as the main characters of the novel and is set on Mr. ... evere injuries. This symbolizes Stalin's signing of the Non-aggression Pact whereby the Germans and Russians are not to wage war on each other. Hitler almost instantly goes back on his word (much like ...

(9 pages) 110 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Comparison between characters in George Orwells novel "animal Farm" and real life political figures in the time of soviet russia.

elieved to tell the story of not just a story about some rebellious animals, but represents how the Russian revolution took place. Many believe this because of the way he portrays certain characters i ... sia the U.S.S.R.Napoleon is orwells villain in animal farm and represents Joseph starlin during the Russian revolution.Napoleon and starlin both attempt to run a socialist empire but soon finds that t ...

(2 pages) 69 2 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Russian Revolution analysis, how the leaders that came to power solely wore the "robes of the tyrant it has disposed.".

and fall of empires yielded vast similarities; yet few leaders took heed of their predecessors. The Russian Revolution was a time of unprecedented initial change, the disseverment of the Romanov dynas ... to pour men onto the front; many told to find there own rifles. In 1915 alone there were 2 million Russian casualties leading to a vast decline of civilian and soldier morale. Following Hobbes's conj ...

(3 pages) 45 0 3.5 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Causes of the Russian Revolution.

During the reign of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas, the Russian Revolution broke out. It is a revolution which changed the lives of many and left alone a fe ... solution is to rebel. There are big and small events, all reasons which led to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, but most important of them all is the idea of Marxism. The Tsar himself did not ... keeping his throne. The Tsar and the Tsarina have two weaknesses which was one of the causes of the Russian Revolution. The Tsar would do anything to keep his throne and the Tsarina would do anything ...

(3 pages) 72 0 3.8 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Can the phrase "Incomplete revolution" be usefully applied to the events of November 1918 in Germany?

plied to the events of November 1918 in Germany.All revolutions are created by mass discontent. The Russian revolution was caused by High Command's incompetence at directing their country through a wa ... ed "The Revolution from Above" as they did not come from the streets, from mass discontent like the Russian and French revolution, or even the small, unsuccessful revolution that took place in Germany ...

(8 pages) 40 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

"Animal Farm" by Mr. George Orwell.

Animal FarmAnimal Farm is a satire on the Russian government in the phases before during and after the Russian Revolution. It was written in 1 ... 1945 by a Mr. George Orwell, who did not want to come right out and write a scathing attack on the Russian government because, at the time, Russia had just helped defeat Germany in the war. As it was ... n the war. As it was, Orwell found it hard to get someone to publish Animal Farm because of the pro-Russian sentiments felt by the people of the day. Orwell uses allegory, or the use of animals to pai ...

(5 pages) 39 2 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Animal Farm" by George Orwell.

eorge Orwell and was published in 1946. The story is about a farm in England around the time of the Russian revolution. The animals on Manor Farm are irritated with the way they are being treated, so ... was himself a Socialist.The setting for Animal Farm is Manor Farm in England during the time of the Russian revolution. The farm is enourmous. The farm has been enlarged by two fields bought from Mr. ...

(3 pages) 90 0 3.9 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A comparism of " Animal Farm" and the events of "Tiananmen" in relation to the issue of 'education and learning' and the power this brings to societies.

in fact power.In the book, the sheep, representative of the general population of Russia during the Russian Revolution, because of their lack of understanding and smaller intelligence are denoted to s ...

(6 pages) 37 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education