Bolshevik

of his life experiences and personality help shaped him into a cruel yet effective leader. He rose to an unprecedented level of power as a result of his own capabilities and his understanding of the Communist Party. His rivals and other prominent Bolshevik leaders underestimated him due to the lack of charisma as well as his education and dysfunctional family background. Stalin managed to build his power base and became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union. During his brutal reign, he…

Both Stalin and Lenin in their approaches are seeking greater industrialization amidst the agricultural sector. They are likewise concerned with the threat of capitalism. Lenin, in his New Economic Plan, is focused internally. In Lenin’s The NEP ‘A Strategical Retreat section, Lenin references a political crisis caused by the implementation of the party’s surplus-food appropriation program in the rural districts (pp. 4,5). To be clear this is a byword for unrest. When the peasantry is starving,…

Russian. After World War I ended, the Russian Empire collapsed, leading to civil war. The Russian revolution came and disrupted Baron’s life because the civil war was between Communist Red Army and the Tsarist White Army. He took a stance against Bolshevik…

be given control of Syria, Lebanon and Southern Turkey. The only undecided country was Palestine and that was said to be decided later. Although this was an agreement, which originally was meant to be kept hidden from the Arabs, in 1911 Russian Bolshevik government had exposed it, which created considerable amounts of tension between the British, and the Arabs. This is the way that the British had betrayed the Arabs, and is the reason for Hussein not acquiring an independent Arab…

until, as true for many at the time, World War I interrupted. As German troops invaded Poland, Lutoslawski’s father and uncle, Jozef and Marian, supported the fight for Poland’s independence with tragic results. Both were taken prisoner by the Bolsheviks and executed in 1918. Lutoslawski returned with his mother and brothers to Poland after its liberation, and his music career really began. Given what was considered the best education a child…

Indeed, this victory solidified the German speaking nation, with the exception of Austria, into a coherent state that would rival the European powers of the late 19th century. Having said that, the creation of the German Empire in 1871 was largely caused by the failure of the bourgeois uprisings in 1848. In this fashion, the establishment of the German Empire can be thought of as a counterrevolution caused by class struggle. In 1985, Hans Ulrich Wehler produced a book titled The German Empire…

By 1920, World War I had just ended and political change was spreading abroad with leaders such as Adolf Hitler in Germany, who made an effort to advocate an anti-Semitic policy. Additionally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was destroyed, and the Bolsheviks had gained foothold in Russia. In the United States, however, Prohibition was at its full effect with the rising popularity of gangster-led crimes. President Woodrow Wilson attempted to maintain the country —and the world— free from communism by…

It is argued that the world as we know it today, would not be the same without the various reforms/revolutions that have taken place. A reform/revolution is best defined as an action that is carried out, typically in a social, political, or economic matter in order to improve the situation a group faces. The First Year Seminar course at Concordia College-NY taught me several significant reforms/revolutions that have occurred that have drastically impacted humanity today. Although my section was…

Throughout history, in literature, and even in today’s modern world, a myriad of revolutions have occurred to overthrow harsh powers. Certain people take the role to initiate these revolutions to change the style of living for those not living a privileged lifestyle. Any situation requires one who is not satisfied with the status quo, and feels the need to take the extra step further to improve the life for those around them. Leon Trotsky helped to initiate the Russian Revolution, and should be…

to him from such as large majority of the population, tens of thousands of citizens are hard to ignore knocking on the palace door, even for a recluse like the Tsar. I do pity him though the rumours of his wife and Rasputin are foul, how dare the Bolshevik scum spread malicious tales about our own father! I do not understand why the Tsar allows the Mad Monk into their home, he is clearly corrupt. No man rises to greatness from squalor with good intensions intact, even if he began with the lord…