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…; they would also be paid the same for their work. Lenin who had been one of the main revolutionaries, and had been against the tsar, introduced Communism. After the revolution he saw it as his chance to start a new system. So he and the Bolsheviks brought…

…', were against collectivisation. The land that Lenin had given them was now being taken away by Stalin. Villages that refused to join a collective had soldiers sent to them and the villagers were usually shoot as "enemies of the revolution" or "enemies…

…, there was obedience; discipline was enforced. The Communist Party became more homogenous with the purging of kulaks and "nepmen" who profited under Lenin's New Economic Policy. Even so, there was a marked rise in influence of Stalin and the Communist Party…

…in turn forms a type of resentment. A way to cure this type of illness is through “Russian fatalism” (15). “Russian fatalism” is a form of passivity. In battle, when a Russian soldier could not withstand the pressures of war and survival, he would lower his…

…The basic idea behind the Schlieffen Plan was to allow Germany to beat both the French and the Russians in quick succession. The theory behind it was to turn their backs on Russia initially and even allow them to invade pans of East Prussia. Alfred von…

…of Russia believed he saw another opportunity to further Russian influence by intervention in Turkish affairs. He felt confident of grateful support from Austria in return for the aid Russia had given the Habsburg dynasty during the revolutions of 1848 to 1850…

…Peter the Great or Peter I, czar of Russia, reigned from (1672-1725). In many ways he bettered the country of Russia, but in other ways he hurt Russia. The ways in which bettered the country outweighs the bad effects put upon Russians during his reign…

…In 1917, a country covering thousands of miles with millions of citizens changed radically in under a year. Through political and military means, the Russian state, its people; and the world had transformed from a crumbling empire of royal dictators…

…in the Armenian genocide was the fact that Armenians lived on both sides of the Russian and Turkish border. When war erupted the Turks were suspicious of any outsiders and thought the Armenians could be spies. Even before the outbreak of war, 100,000 to 300,000…

…by the slaughter taking place on all sides. In February, in a tavern a few paces from Lenin's home in exile, Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, Tristan Tzara, and others founded the Cabaret Voltaire, dedicated to presenting, in Ball's words, "the ideals of culture and of art…