Vladimir Lenin

#1 Lenin is able to get back to Russia in 1917 with the help of the German government. He was living in Switzerland and the only way back to Russia was through Germany. So the German government set up Lenin on a train through the war zones, to get back home. The German government helped him because they knew that he would cause more chaos in Russia and it would make it easier for them to take over Russia. Taking Lenin back to Russia would only benefit them. #2 In 1927, the Nationalists turned…

Two Thousand Words Manifesto was a declaration which was proclaimed at the beginning of the Prague Spring and was a symbol of it. It was written about the communist ideals and what had gone wrong with the new reforms. A Letter to Czechoslovakia was a letter sent to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, explaining the concern of their actions and how they were not going to let forces push them away from communism. The first writing, Two Thousand Words Manifesto,…

Both Stalin and Hitler employed the use of violence during their political leadership, most prominently through the establishment of concentration camps. Stalin viewed many people in the Soviet Union to be his enemy. The fate of these people was to be either killed or sent to forced labor camps, known as the Gulags, due to a variety of reasons. Political leaders, wealthier peasants (known as kulaks), criminals of all types, and essentially anyone suspected of opposing Stalin’s rule were sent…

The singular narrative of the Communist Party, characterised by it’s doctrine of a public committed to unified socialist Utopianism, does not match the social or individual realities of the three friends whose mental coming-of-age forms the focus of the novel. Whereas Dmitri is saved from his suicide attempt by a truck driver, Utkin’s accident is trivialised by those around him and Samuri’s rape spawns an inherent distrust of others. The overly simplistic Party propaganda ignores the social…

George Kennan's article "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" is concerned predominantly with the observation of the founding ideals of the Communist system. In part one Kennan proposes that these concepts such as the exchange of goods, the failings of the capitalist system and the inevitability of war as a result of imperialism were in fact just ideology and once power was attained had very little practical or pragmatic application to Russian society. Further he presents a scathing review of Stalin…

The Many Obstacles of Capitalism I have been struggling with the reality that as Americans we are conditioned to become productive members of a capitalist society. Over the past few years I have slowly expanded my awareness regarding the capitalist system that drives this country by studying, working, and observing my surroundings. I have averaged an internship per year and landed several jobs, yet the roles I have played in these various companies have been largely unfulfilling. When I take a…

Discuss the techniques Orwell uses to communicate his attitudes towards soviet Russia’s political system. George Orwell’s novel animal farm is a satirical allegory based on the events of the Russian revolution. While often mislabeled as a fable, animal farm assumes the style of an allegory, having both animal as well as human characters with symbolic references. The text was written by Orwell to warn people or raise awareness to the danger of communism, or Russia’s political system. As such…

If one were to have asked a Russian peasant what revolution means to them, they might answer samovol’shchina, or, translated “doing what you want.” In Sheila Fitzpatrick’s book The Russian Revolution she traces three broad themes through the course of the revolution that existed before 1917 and would continue until about the time of 1934. She examines the class struggle that was an important part of the revolution as well as the leadership that lead the Russian citizens through these tumuloous…

Soviet government. Thus, in 1917, Peter was depicted as a greedy and tyrannical individual, who was meant to resemble a version of Lenin, who, due to some ideological conflicts later in Lenin’s term, was clearly one of Stalin’s earliest enemies. In 1929, Peter was adapted to be a statesman-type individual, as Stalin was just emerging into power following the death of Lenin in 1924. In another version in 1931, Peter’s accomplishments were praised and by 1938, after being charged for being too…

rebellions was needed to achieve the revolution 's ultimate goals. Snowball 's proposal for the windmill mirrors Trotsky 's brilliant character and schemes about the best way to put Marx 's theories into practice. Trotsky was also the commander of Lenin 's Red Army, just as Snowball is the commander of the animals that expel Jones. Eventually, Trotsky is drove out from the Soviet Union and killed by the forces of Joseph Stalin. as Snowball is chased off of the farm by Napoleon — Orwell 's…