Vladimir Lenin

Communism Farm The book animal farm is about a farm of animals that have a revolution against the farmers and begin to run the farm on their own, but is this the only thing the book is about? The book is about more than just animals taking over a farm and running a corrupt government. The book is also about the time period it was written and the way things were run in the world war two era. The book was written by a man named George Orwell, he lived during that time and he had political…

Extract C suggests that the main reason for the 1905 revolution was the events of bloody Sunday. How far do you agree with this interpretation? In 1905 Russia a revolution started, however, the main cause for this revolution is debated often. Some reasons for the uprisings included the events of Bloody Sunday, workers and peasants dissatisfaction with their living and working conditions, and a humiliating defeat to Japan in the Russo-Japanese war. The immediate cause of the 1905…

children, Vasily and Svetlana. His wife didn’t Nadezhda didn’t advertise who she was and she respected the things she could and could not do. Stalin had two compete against two other people, Lev B. Kamenev and Grigorii V. Zinov’ev, for power after Lenin had died. When both of Stalin’s competition gained an alliance with Trotsky against Stalin, he gained support from the right-wingers. That gave him enough power to remove Trotsky and his allies; both were persecuted and many were expelled. Stalin…

exploitation, inhuman toil, [and] lack of all rights” (Hasegawa). The Soviet viewpoint of the Russian Revolution incarnates the paragon of the imperfect idea that was Marxism. Historians that reinforce the Soviet view of the Revolution claim that Lenin conquered the proletariat because the provisional government was not ensuring and perpetuating what the working class petitioned for. Its leaders were associated with the middle class, which brought discomfort and doubts. How could a government…

In any story centering around power, whether it be historical or fictional, propaganda is a vital aspect. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, propaganda is used widely and effectively. This story revolves around a group of animals who rebel against their unjust human masters and take over the farm they slaved on, but of course, propaganda plays a big part in the events further on. The mastermind behind so much of this manipulation is the ever talented pig, Mr. Squealer. His efficiency with words is…

Animal Farm Responses 1. The ideas that Old Major advocated in his plan to initiate a revolution, which in turn would favor all the animals, indeed parallel those of the origins of socialism. Through Old Major’s words, he reveals the miserable animal exploitation and cruel workings that the human species had created for their own benefit; “The life of an animal is misery and slavery” (Orwell 28). Similarly to the notable socialist, Karl Marx, who argued that exploited workers would unite to…

The evil King, who was rumored to have set up the assassination of his mother, father, and brother. The King ruled with power over his poverty stricken and plague ridden kingdom. There was mass amounts of peasants who lived off of bread scraps and leaves. Those who lived, lived in huts made out of the trash that was thrown onto the streets. He believed in no other God but himself. He would torture, burn, and kill the people who opposed him, there was also large grey-brownish from the smoke of…

Charlie Papamichael Word count: 912 words Mr. Jones International School of Zug and Luzern What main factors lead to the uprising in Russia and then to revolution in 1917? What main factors lead to the uprising in Russia and then to revolution in 1917? There were two revolutions in Russia in the year of 1917, but the main focus was on the revolution in February, 1917. The revolution starred on the 22nd of February, 1917 with a large protest against the low wages . Throughout the…

Gramsci led a leftist walkout at the Socialist Congress at Livorno in January 1921 to establish the Italian Communist Party and then spent two years in the Soviet Union. He then returned to Italy, and became head of his party. In April 1924 he was elected to the country’s Chamber of Deputies. After his party was banned by Benito Mussolini’s fascists, Gramsci was arrested and imprisoned in 1926. At his trial the fascist prosecutor strongly affirmed, “We must stop his brain from working for 20…

through the analysis of the events leading up to the revolution, and its following events. Origin of the Bolshevik party and their purpose The formation of the Bolshevik party came about when the Social Democrats split apart due to disputes between Lenin and Plekhanov at the second congress of the Social Democrat Party in 1903. After a series of votes, the results showed an even split between the congress. Although the split between the parties…