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…Iosif (Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin, original name Ioseb Jughashvili was a Bolshevik revolutionary, and leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1922; following the death of Vladimir Lenin, he…

…conviction that the Russian peasantry held the key to the success of the revolution. The NEP was ultimately successful. The Russian Revolution could have succeeded without Lenin, but he needed to leave someone in place of himself to carry on his views and policies…

…in the Russian revolution. For example, Old Major represents Lenin who followed the beliefs of Karl Marx, and like Old Major inspired his people with his ideas of rebellion, but died before he saw his vision completed. Similarly Snowball represents Trotsky, Napoleon…

…of World War One was seen as a God-send for the Tsar, for it distracted the Russians from their incompetent ruler, and united them all against a common enemy: the Germans. However, Nicholas’ relief was short lived, for his failure in being a good head-of-state…

…century, Russia was ready for the ide Marx. The Russian people were extremely discontented with their ruler, Tsar Nicholas II, who had little interest in governing and was neglecting the count badly. Making conditions even more miserable for the people were…

…during his lifetime was not great. After his death it increased with the growth of the labor movement. His doctrines were revived in the 20th century by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilich Lenin, who developed and applied them…

…Power is sometimes used as good, and is sometimes used in corrupt ways. Animal Farm shows many examples of power being used for wrong. This novel by George Orwell uses the pigs, whom represent Important people from the Russian revolution. Some…

…nature. Socialism had failed to recognize the strength of determination. The absence of self-motivation in a government can result with a downfall of the country. For instance, during Lenin’s rule under a socialist structure, there was no incentive…

…when Soviet Union was still alive and well, and if Germany never started the war it would have been the USSR. The ideas of Lenin and Stalin weren't much different of Hitler's in its core. There was a lot of racism going on there too, and the crowd wouldn't…

…' who were for a short time blamed for the bloodshed that occurred while the provisional government crushed the rising. Furthermore, it also disrupted, or one might be led to think so, the activity of the Bolsheviks during the period in which Lenin was being…