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    bread and peace. The rise of the Bolsheviks and communism would not have been possible if it weren’t for the prerequisite conditions of poor quality of life, famine and military disasters. The first fundamental promise Lenin made dealt with the peasant 's issue of poor living conditions. At the…

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    It has long been debated how much of a danger they posed to the tsardom, before 1905, which is what I shall be discussing. The Populists, who dated back to the 1870s, regarded that Russia’s future was in the hands of the Peasants. They consequently believed that the Peasants must take the front seat in the reform of Russia, and the first step was the removal of the tsar. However the leaders of the populists all had middle and upper class backgrounds.…

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    capitalism was brutal, especially the brutality that the working class faced. Violence in capitalism was necessary to create resource because the aristocrats who were the landowners needed a way to remove and make the peasants give up their land and to work for them because the peasants resisted their separation from land. This is called primitive accumulation, which is stated by (Hristov, September 27,2016) as the expropriation of direct producers from their means of production. The result of…

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    with pragmatic governance and students who were highly inspired by the Russian revolution and the communist ideas. Many of the latter students came from bougie families, but ended up joining the communists because they believed in its principles. Peasants from the countryside also took a part in the revolution, hoping to change their impoverished state. In a way, China’s rural crisis paved the way for communist expansion in China and the later state…

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    and daimyo were both part of the warrior class. Each class had certain rights (things they could expect) and responsibilities (work they had accomplish in return). A person’s social class was determined at birth, if your parents were peasants, then you would be a peasant. You could not change your social class. Each person knew what the rest of the community expected from them. There were even rules set for the amount of communication allowed between each group. Emperor The emperor and his…

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    the peasant’s need for land, both had a somewhat successful outcome, and both had shaky relations with the U.S. at this time. The Mexican and Russian revolutions both were caused by peasant revolt over land. The peasants had suffered economically for centuries, and were tired of it. Both Russian and Mexican peasants…

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    The peasants can be seen wearing hats and kerchiefs, as well as heavy and thick clothing in attempts to shelter themselves from the blatant cold that can be found in their home. The room the peasants are seen in is extremely dark, the only light source coming from a small lamp dangling from the ceiling. The lamp shines over the food that lays on the table…

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    The Black Death was a major killing disease that wiped out ruffle roughly 25 million people in under 5 years according to Pope Clement VI. It only lasted from 1347 to 1352, yet it still managed to make a major impact on the European pPopulation according to Pope Clement VI. The disease had an impact on many jobs and put a test to on how faithful the populationy were to their religion. These are just some of the things that changed the dead post-Black Death community of Medieval Europe. The main…

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    In the 1920s, the leader of the Bolsheviks, Vladimir Lenin, distanced the newly formed government from the policies of War Communism through a series of decrees. Under War Communism, the Bolshevik Party practiced class warfare against the peasants and justified the use of force to carry out grain requisitioning, this led to repression and violent disturbances in the countryside, the Bolsheviks relied on these methods to retain power and win the war. By examining the origins of the policy of…

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    The two artworks highlight the Knight’s social class as well as the peasant social class. The Knight is the highest rank in his respected social class, while the peasant is average in their social class. The society was set up in such a manner that people were unable to change their social standards. During both “The Knight’s Tale” and the “The Canterbury Tales” give a great representation of the peasant social class. The peasant class is also the working class, this class is the lowest class…

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