Bolshevik

Joseph Stalin, a prominent member of the Bolshevik party, and later one of the most important men in the twentieth century, took control of the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin. From the beginning Stalin, had a clear vision of the direction the Soviet Union had to take. To Stalin, the answer to strengthen Russia was rapid industrialization. After all, Marxist theory ordained that a socialist society must be highly industrialized with an overwhelming preponderance of workers.…

There appears to be two different ways of looking at the above statement. It can be argued that World War II was a continuation of World War I. Or, it could also be argued that World War II was not a continuation, but that World War I merely "set the stage" for World War II. After much consideration, there really is a fine line between these two situations. As there were many ways in which World War I actually led to World War II, this argument will take the position that "World War II was a…

Imagine a life where animals have the power to overthrow farm owners and create their own society, pretty difficult right? Not for author George Orwell. In the 1944 novel about animals who overthrow their human possessors and take control of Manor Farm, which would soon become Animal Farm. The chain of events within the story go hand in hand with the events of the Russian Revolution. In both, leaders manipulated and killed their own to gain and stay in power. Through his allegory Animal Farm,…

industrialists are the source of all the circumstances that have held him back from the greatness that he believes is entitled to him. Rand uses Hunsacker and characters like him to represent the entitled attitude she encountered while living in a Bolshevik and Lenin controlled Russia. Like a modern American teenager in his rebellious phase, Hunsacker is trying to stick it to the man. A parallel can be drawn from his attitude to that of a person blaming the bourgeoisie or the one-percent for…

After reading about communism, one can truly grasp the differences between a capitalist society, like our own and a Communist one. Communism is defined as "a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole" (Ellis 210). Researching the founders, history and main characteristics of communism could certainly open the eyes of a close-minded believer of capitalism. Communism was founded by Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels during the second half of the…

The Mexican Revolution and the Russian Revolution were two very significant events in the history of their two respective societies of Mexico and Russia during the early twentieth century. There are certain ideals that can be used to compare and contrast both of the revolutions. Both of the revolutions were to gain rights and better conditions for the lower class/poor. They both attempted to gain these better rights by replacing the government that was in place with a different one. Both of the…

It would only be the greatest if the world could be so perfect and there were no Political, Financial, or Social problems . There was once a famous communist that said “Communism - the effort to give all men what they need and to ask of each the best they can contribute ,this is the only way of human life. However, 1917-1919 there was a Russian Revolution were two Revolution came and revised Russia. In 1917, there was extreme poverty in Russia when Tsar Nicholas II the last emperor of Russia…

The Cold War was a conflict between the two Superpowers which emerged victorious from the end of World War Two. These powers were the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Even though there was no direct military action between the two countries, the 'war' greatly changed the political scene of Europe. In his GCSE text, PJ Larkin (1965) in his British revision book states that the Cold War was a “mixture of religious crusade in favour of one ideology…

their rights for democratic elections, essential freedom. (Fighter, Fighter and profile, 2017) Finally, in 1917, two revolutions swept through Russia. For about eight months, Russian government was under the rule of a democratic government and the Bolshevik party became to control the government. With their Marxist ideals of Communism, the USSR was formed and Russia became a Communist state. It finished…

Within the Russian cultural imagination there exists a character archetype known as a “Fool of Christ”, or more simply, a yurodivy. Yurodivies were people who would engage in shocking, unconventional behavior to challenge accepted norms. Only through unorthodoxy and controversy could the yurodivy highlight the problems ailing man. A yurodivy could utilize their own actions, literature, or art to communicate discontent. The yurodivy had a certain immunity, safe within their eccentricity, that…