Bolshevik

Joseph Stalin was an emerging leader in Russia in the early 1900’s. Soon he would become one of the most powerful, vicious, and terrorizing dictators of all time as he led the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in Russia from 1929 to 1953. Stalin was born in Gori, a small town in Georgia and grew with a rough childhood experiencing both abuse and poverty. In his late teenage years following his mother’s aspirations, Stalin was accepted with a scholarship to the Tiflis Theological…

Both revolutions brought about a change in the global mindset. The French Revolution introduced the ideas of “nation” and “the people” (Steger 2009, p.20) and that ordinary people could be politically active. In some countries this meant the abolition of feudalism, reduction of the rights of the clergy, a more centralized government, and an increased number of property owners. This was especially felt in areas seized by Napoleon such as some German states, northern Italy, and the kingdom of…

When the Bolsheviks, the radical communist group of Russia, gained control of the government with Lenin at their head, Lenin decided that to ensure that his leadership would continue to operate unopposed, he would have to eliminate all the people that were seen as…

The Road to Terror: Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks, 1932-1939 by J. Arch Getty and Oleg V. Naumov was the primary source document used along with the secondary sources, Peasant Rebels Under Stalin by Lynne Viola, Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s…

Lenin discussed the origin of the Bolshevik ideology, giving way to a radical political party that changed the socioeconomic climate in the Soviet Union and revolutionized the class system thus establishing…

They voted against the Bolshevik party, 4-1. Lennon is furious and tears down the democratically elected government, saying that it is no way for his vision to thrive. Now he is power hungry and uses terror to his own means to squash any left-wing opposition. Killing 6,000 people…

Believer of Communism, Leon Trotsky was a Russian Marxist and Soviet politician that led the revolutionary win of the Bolshevik Party in October 1917. Leon Trotsky was the founder and leader of the Red Army, but his revolutionary activity began from a young age. Trotsky was known for being a prolific writer that informed people about his opinions on the aspects of the Russian Revolution and government through numerous journals and articles. Although a comrade and close companion of Vladimir…

happens, rebellion acts as an essential way to move forward, since it occurs when a group of people perceives that their rights aren’t preserved. Weak and internally divided governments can act as catalysts for rebellions – on October 1917, the Bolshevik party, supporters of Socialism in Russia, overthrew a provisional government which had nearly driven the Russian Empire to financial bankruptcy. In the months before the true upheaval of the provisional government, around…

the article “Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov” “Unlike most Bolsheviks, Molotov spent no time abroad, and when World War I broke out, he was still in Russia” (“Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov”) , giving an example of Molotov’s persistence with being in Russia. As a member of the Bolshevik party since 1906, Molotov was very widespread throughout the party (“Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov”). Molotov took the place of a leader of the Bolsheviks after he escaped from his exile from Siberia.…

civil war where he defeated the Cuban president Fulgencio Batista and made Cuba a single party state. Russia has also undergone a revolution in which the imperial regime of Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. During the revolution Stalin was the commissar of the Bolsheviks. Unlike Castro who was crucial member of the Cuban revolution, Stalin only played minor role in the Russian revolution. Fidel Castro revolution claimed that they were for democracy; Castro had said that he would…