Vladimir Nabokov

Petersburg, renamed Petrograd. As a result, the Czar fled and a temporary government was put in place. The March Revolution caused the Bolsheviks to become even more determined to seize power, a feeling heightened by the return of Vladimir Lenin from exile in April. Led by Lenin, the Bolshevik Party seized control of Russia in November 1917, known as the October Revolution. The party’s slogan, “Peace, Land, Bread”, held great appeal to the citizens and peasants of Russia. The main…

Russia was a massive empire and a great power of Europe in the late ninetieth and early twentieth century. However, it lagged behind in economic and political aspects as compared to Germany and Britain. In 1917, two significant revolutions occurred where the first overthrew Nicholas II government and afterward established a provisional government. Eight months after the first revolution, a second revolution took place where Bolsheviks was brought to power. During this period, many groups of…

The Ukraine Crisis is A Marxist Revival In the mid 1840’s; capitalist globalisation was transforming the international states-system. The conflict and competition that came between the nation states was about to end but they were wrong, it was the main fault of future division between any two dominant social classes. This outlines how a social experiment based on 1990’s enlightenment of liberty, equality and safety was already starting the modern political movements of Karl Marx. The marxism or…

Joseph Stalin’s Industrialization of the Country, 1928, represents his all-encompassing sweeping push to reform The Soviet Union into a country that would have the technological and industrial capabilities to play a large role in the international affairs of the world. As it occurred through some periods of Russia’s history, starting with Peter the Great’s push for urbanization, Stalin desired to transform the USSR from a “backwater” nation into a force that could be on-par with some of the most…

According to Dante Aligheri’s Inferno a person must do something good in life to go to heaven in death. Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, or as he is most often known as, Leon Trotsky deserves to go to one of the levels of hell. And based upon Aligheri’s criteria Trotsky belongs in circle nine, the bottom level of hell where traitors go and where Satan resides despite his divorce from Aleksandra Sokolovskaya for his lover Natalia Ivanova Sedova which would place him in circle two, the circle for the…

The leaks shared approximately 11.5 million documents to the public in one of the largest leaks in history including soccer star Lionel Messi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Argentinian Prime Minister Mauricio Macri. Putin’s case was particularly interesting because of his questionable involvement in the scandal. According to the leaks, Putin’s close friend musician, Sergei Rodulgin was utilizing “ three offshore…

Under Stalin’s control, the Soviet Union experienced a foundational transformation that served to create a new empire. The Communist Party became the core of the state, forming a government of party leaders and soviets, as well as replacing capitalist elements of the former era with the ideology of socialism. Stalin’s Soviet Union also underwent rapid industrialization, shifting the country’s chief economy from agriculture to manufacturing. Nevertheless, the push for industrialization saw…

This book was split into two sections. The first section was mainly about the experiences and life of Karl Marx showing insight into how he came up with his political and economic ideas. It starts in Karl 's childhood telling how he had a Jewish background but was baptized as Christian at a young age so that he could attend school. This also had to be done to his family so that his father could work to support the family. Then, it goes on to tell how his studies went and which universities he…

During the period 1855 – 1956 Russia was involved in many major wars, all of which played an important role in its development. With the exception of the Second World War many of the wars Russia was involved led to defeats for them and these defeats exposed the weakness of the Tsar or government in charge. War outlined the flaws in the presiding system and highlighted Russia’s faults, and thus placed a spotlight upon the shortcomings of the Russian leadership. Such pressure prompted the Tsars…

nothing but sorrow for those people living under it. We look at the Soviet Union and China, which proves Socialism will probably not work in the future. The Soviet Union proved to be a catastrophe for those who were under the tyrannical government of Vladimir Lenin. He was the first Socialist government. Under his reign, many people died which was a tragedy to the beautiful cultural history of Russia. After him, another leader came who name was Joseph Stalin. He was far more brutal than Lenin.…