Bolshevik

A satire is a literary composition in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. In the novel Animal Farm, the farm itself is a representation of the soviet union. The Russian Soviets were ruled under a socialist government system in which they believe peace to the country was attainable. The major characters in Animal Farm personify this historic context by re-living in a different, but similar situation. Animal Farm first begins with the animal 's idealistic…

way for bias to occur towards one side of their country, so they decided to control it themselves. In Lenin’s case, Russia had “Almost three years of civil war that followed, and The Bolsheviks were victorious and assumed total control of the country” (“Vladimir Lenin, BBC). Once this happened, as leader of the Bolsheviks Lenin made himself leader of Russia. While in control, Lenin was a cruel leader often punishing or taking goods from people for no real reason. For example, when the government…

The Russian Communist Party from 1921 despite having no titular leader held Lenin up as the sole party head having emerged from the civil war as the controlling power of the Russian empire. Following Lenin’s death in 1924 a six year struggle for power followed, Lenin having left no real guidance as to who should succeed him as leader. Stalin’s rise to power, in 1924 was far from inevitable as he was one of six politburo members and had only been appointed as General Secretary, viewed by…

Rubashov is a part of the Bolshevik revolution which overthrew the king and was supposed to establish a democratic system. However, this never happens as No. 1 took power and became the dictator. Since the Bolsheviks failed to create the socialist utopia, it quickly turned into a dystopia. He created an artificial famine that killed millions in the Ukraine as well as trying…

How Lenin Paved The Way For Stalin’s Great Terror Throughout the history of the Soviet Union, there have been numerous leaders who would influence future leaders with their policies and actions. However, there has been no greater influence than Vladimir Lenin had on Joseph Stalin’s style of leadership. Lenin’s policies and actions from 1917 to 1924 indirectly caused many of Stalin’s ideas to come to fruition, including his infamous Great Terror movement from 1936 to 1938. The Great Terror is…

When there is arguments and disagreements between two leaders for power, societies fall apart. For example, Ralph is the leader of the intelligent group of Ralph, Piggy, and Simon. Jack is the leader of the choir boys and the group of British boys that are stranded on the island after the plane was shot down in the Pacific. The boys were later called the hunters for their desire to hunt pigs. Ralph’s group had a rivalry with the hunters. The two leaders strived for power. Ralph and Piggy came…

What a majority America doesn’t know and only a minority understand Eight years of Obama and his background. As America prepares for elections, a summarised view of social chaos, where it came from, where it 's leading to, plus the best of informative links and videos. America now has an unhealthy dose of cultural Marxism, disguised as equality, provided by an assortment of radicals and Marxists, posing as Democrats. Obama, Clinton and Sanders, respectively Marxist, progressive and…

The individuals of society come together to work towards a goal that is unachievable individually. This goal is seen to be a collaborative effort from all the individuals. In the Russian Revolution of 1917, the underrepresented lower class revolted against their imperial government. Their effort was rewarded with a government representing the different classes of society, but it quickly turns into a totalitarianism controlled by Stalin. These events are paralleled with the events in Animal Farm.…

1. What Source A suggests about the position of the Bolsheviks by September 1917 is that they had taken power. They had promised the people with bread, peace and land, winning them over. By the end of September they Bolsheviks had ‘majorities in the Petrograd and Moscow Soviets.’ This means they controlled most of the land. They had no opposition as they have removed the threat of Kornilov and held most of the ‘major towns and cities.’ 2. The Provisional Government lost support in 1917 because…

According to Dante Aligheri’s Inferno a person must do something good in life to go to heaven in death. Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, or as he is most often known as, Leon Trotsky deserves to go to one of the levels of hell. And based upon Aligheri’s criteria Trotsky belongs in circle nine, the bottom level of hell where traitors go and where Satan resides despite his divorce from Aleksandra Sokolovskaya for his lover Natalia Ivanova Sedova which would place him in circle two, the circle for the…