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…for land redistribution, and national minority demands for independence. In addition, they faced a huge opposition, the soviets, who held the real power. It is known that the tsar left the Russian economy bankrupt. Therefore only the war-credits and supplies…

…of the USSR and Communism. History: Russia ended its Imperial Era with the reign of the last Czar, Nicholas II. During the Russian Revolutions of 1917, Nicholas II was forced to step down; the Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, took power. The entire royal family…

…were opposed to the way Yeltsin handled privatization. Their main focus was the failing economy. The Communists (not in the Lenin sense); were known as the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Gennadi Zyuganov led them. They were not like the old…

…of socialist dictatorship to help control any form of protest. Through persuasive tactics this new government seized power and in 1917 Vladimir Ilich Lenin came to power. Under his control the Soviet Union underwent many radical changes that led to the development…

…tactics this new government seized power and in 1917 Vladimir Ilich Lenin came to power. Under his control the Soviet Union underwent many radical changes that led to the development of NEP (New Economic Policy). This policy called for some private ownership…

…Stalin: Did his Rule Benefit Russian Society and the Russian People? In this paper I plan to prove that even though Stalin made improvements in the Russian industrial system, his rule did not benefit Russian society and the Russian people…

…Russian History - Consolidation of Democracy in Post-Soviet Russia Introduction The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. The powerful interaction and fusion between politics and economics that characterized…

…Why did the Revolution fail to topple the Tsar in 1905, but succeed in 1917? The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. Its implications and influences went on to effect a huge area and last decades. True…

…The Rise and fall of Russia By: Mike Cromartie P.7 4/29/01 Russia was a huge land mass, almost one sixth of the world was Russian. That’s a lot of land, and people. If put to the right use under the right leader this could be one of the major…

…. At the end of 1901, he was formally accepted into the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. Between the years of 1902 and 1913 Stalin was arrested and exiled many times for countless crimes and as a result in 1907 he was expelled from the Social Democratic Labor…