October Crisis

Time Person of the Year 1942 Joseph Stalin That’s right! For the second time, our person of the year is Joseph Stalin! He is the current leader of the Soviet Union, or communist Russia. He is currently fighting the Nazis with the Americans and the British. Right now we will give an explanation of his rise to power. To start with, Joseph Stalin led an impressive early life and young adulthood. Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878, in Gori, Georgia. He excelled in seminary school, but…

The collapse of the Old Regime could have been avoided if there was a strong leader for Russia. The last Tsar, Nicholas II, was an incapable leader which led to him making a series of mistakes that brought an end to the Old Regime. Nicholas was not a natural leader, which he was aware of, and he decided to avoid any changes and follow his father’s rule. Nicholas was easily persuaded by those advising him and a lot of the time he followed bad advice . However, he was also stubborn and he believed…

remained of the Russian Empire. However, Russia was not destined for a democratic future. Instead, a communist group known as the “Bolsheviks” sought total control over the whole of Russia. In October 1917, the Bolsheviks lead by Vladimir Ilych Ulyanov (Lenin) took control in what would be known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. The world’s first constitutionally established socialist/communist state was born. The United States, under President Woodrow…

During the 1920s, the word “propaganda” did not have the passive connotation that it has today, especially in the Soviet Union. Most of the Bolsheviks’ leaders and even Soviet artists had a positive view of propaganda and considered themselves as propagandists (Russell 2009, 58). After they succeeded in their revolution, the Bolsheviks looked forward to build what they called the new social Soviet society; they wanted to enlighten the Soviet people and to create a new socialist human being.…

succeeded and the Tsarist regime did not. By looking at how they coped with the citizens, and how they handled important events. First I will discuss the events between the years 1917-1921 and how it unfolded. In February of 1917 Russia was in a total crisis, they were in the middle of the Great War with…

This fine year of 2017 marks the 100 year anniversary of a revolution the shaped Russia to what we see it as today. In 1917 large numbers of people gathered into what is now known as St.Petersburg. Czar Nicholas the 2nd of the royal russian family decided to abdicate the throne. He and his family were executed during the takeover of Russia. Vladimir Ilich Lenin tells a crowd formed in Moscow that as the leader of the Bolsheviks he established the the foundation of communist rule under what has…

Caleb Luna Herr Hansen Literature 17 December 2015 The Intolerance of Stalin Religion is one of the driving factors in world society today. It’s found in every corner, every nook and cranny of the world, and it’s here to stay. Imagine if there was no religion. This was the thoughts of Chairiman of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin. My ideas today will go over the religious change from Leninism to the Stalinistic views towards race, antisemetism, and how his antireilgious campaign shaped the Cold…

October Revolution of 1917 is also considered a revolution in terms of Yoder’s definition. The Provisional Government was weak and unpopular, because it was not able to solve the political and economic problems. Russians were not supporters for the World War I, while the Provisional Government continued to wage the war, which made it unwanted government. The soldiers and the peasants started asking for land, but the Provisional Government refused to distribute it fairly and this was another…

of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire had fallen with the surrender of Emperor Nicholas II, and the old administration was replaced by a new short term government during the first revolution of February 1917. In the second one that happened in October, the Provisional Government was taken out and replaced with a Bolshevik or communist government. The February Revolution was a revolt centered on Petrograd which is now Saint Petersburg. In the madness, individuals from the Imperial parliament or…

Extended Metaphor Assignment Rational John Hickam, the father of the lead character Homer Hickam in the movie October Sky, possesses many personality traits and characteristics which are developed, changed, and evolved throughout the film. The three evident key traits that he seems to have which have been modified throughout the movie are his values, his personality type, and his expectations. The format that I chose to represent the values of John Hickam is a drawing, as his values are one…