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…, the boy's father, had other ideas. As a devout Marxist, he insisted that his first son should be named after his hero, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov or Lenin, as he was better known. Stubbornly ignoring his wife's protests, José registered his son as Ilich Ramírez…

…their cause, with no remorse about what they had done. In 1922 Lenin, the leader of the communist party had a stroke. Overtime his condition got worse and he became less involved in the party's affairs. When Lenin died in January 1924, it left two men…

…results of the matter also. Results are continually given blame throughout the novel and the causes aren't even given thought. The novel also referenced to true to life results that were given blame. According to the novel, Pain, Marx, Jefferson, and Lenin…

…of capitalism, but never did so in a way that would maintain feudalism or earlier non-market ``subsistence'' forms of production; they rejected economic nationalism. Even Lenin, in his decisive ``Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism'', believed…

…A prestigious Russian General, Yakov Kulnev, who defeated the Turks, Swedes and Napoleon, once joked. “Mother Russia is so good because someone is always fighting in one of her corners.”1 After losing a campaign in Afghanistan and suffering massive…

…services to Russian companies in Moscow - it would then install a plateform of operation covering the most eastern European market and western Russia. It would also constitute a test case for possible future developments throughout the world. Accordingly, here…

…a totalitarian society. He effectively creates a story that almost completely parallels the history of the Russian revolution. Although I do think this is a great book I believe it has some flaws. One of the major flaws with the writing of this book…

…). This is an unimaginable sum of money for most Russians, whose average salary is $250 a month. Russian academics warn the gulf between the rich and the poor is now so great it could destabilise society. And while Russia's billionaires get younger and richer, the country's…

…“Operation Barbarossa” On June 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa took the Soviets by surprise. By blitzkrieg tactics, the three million Germans strong force struck deep into Russia, capturing whole Russian armies. Though expecting the raid, Russian…

…ended symbolized the rise and fall of her life put together into one incident that took place on the subway. Anna, who at one point was a very prominent woman in the Russian Society, now lived a sad and dreadful life of misery. By reading at the end…