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    Hunter Sharp Mon/Wed 2:15 Final Paper There have been revolutions which were dominated by important personalities, creating personalist regimes. Revolutionary leaders including Napoleon Bonaparte, Vladimir Lenin, and Fidel Castro have been both an embodiment of revolutionary ideas and an antithesis to many of the original ideals of their respective revolutions. Napoleon Bonaparte During the French Revolution, the poor and oppressed majority are fighting to get a place in society, and get natural

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    Karol Regula Global IV Ms. Shuman Period VII April 13, 2015 TITLE Vladimir Lenin played a significant role in the replacement of the monarchical Russian Empire with the ‘people-governed’ Soviet Union. Driven to act by the desperate situation present in Russia under the rule of Czar Nicholas II, he fought for the victory of the Marxist ideals. Despite being opposed and even exiled, Lenin managed to rise to the head of the Bolshevik party and secure his position as the head of the government. He used

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    Hitler sent these people to labor camps also known as concentration camp. While Hitler was focused on his plans, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin became Russians revolutionary leaders. Lenin wanted to help his country back to being powerful after the death of Tsar Nicholas II. Lenin was the founder and leader of the Bolshevik party. Stalin was also a member of the Bolshevik party. Vladimir Lenin was born on April 22, 1870, in the city of Simbrisk on the Volga River. Lenin’s father was a secondary school

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    Cult Of Stalin Essay

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    to convince the populace of his adequacy, leading on from the previous Cult of Lenin. The inflation of his image was built upon a foundation of insecurity: he’d found that Lenin himself had expressed that he was ‘not sure whether he will always be capable of using that authority with sufficient caution’ (from PowerPoint). This explains a lot of the exaggeration of his power, and the gradual shift from posing behind Lenin as his successor to standing before him in an act of supremacy. Stalin needed

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    In 1917 a great revolution would collapse Russia’s monarchy and extend the color of red throughout the world. During this time, Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin were instrumental in causing the grand collapse of the Russian government and the reformation into a communist state. The Russian revolution changed the world when it happened and I believe it changed the people of Europe after it occurred. The Russian Revolution actually has two important parts to it the February Revolution (March 1917)

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    On December eighteenth 1879 in Gori, Georgia, Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Joseph Stalin) was born into a large family. Stalin had two brothers, Georgy Jughashvili, born one year before Stalin, and Mikhail Jughashvili, born three years before Stalin. Stalin's father, Besarion Jughashvili was a cobbler though later became an alcoholic later becoming a vagrant. Stalin’s mother, Ketevan Geladze worked as a washerwoman. Stalin’s childhood seems to be what formed him into the person he became

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    Lenin's Revolution Essay

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    Russia had absolute power and his Government was corrupt, hence, the majority of the people were against him. Vladimir Ilich Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks Socialist Party wanted a revolution to overthrow the Government. Relative to these times, it was Lenin who directed the course of the oncoming Russian October Revolution. The outbreak of the unrest, in January 1905, found Lenin anxious to set down a novel strategy for revolution: the need for the proletariat (the working class) to win

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    Josef Stalin Communism

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    Communism is a society in which the political party has control over all property and means of production. According to the founder, Karl Marx, this system ensures equality. After Vladimir Lenin’s death, Josef Stalin manipulated his way to becoming leader. His intention was to make Russia’s economy and industry stronger. Through this, Stalin used Marx’s ideas of communism to build up the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Although Stalin did not give power to the proletariat, he managed

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    from the seminary for missing too many exams. After Stalin was expelled he began taking part in labor strikes and demonstrations, which eventually led him to join the Bolsheviks (a militant wing of the Marxist Social Democratic,) led by Vladimir Lenin. In 1912, Lenin

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    How Did Lenin Gain Power

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    leaders of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin had very different methods in commanding their country. Differences can be seen in the way they achieved their political power and how they dealt with their political opponents. Similarities can be seen in the way that these men were unwilling to share their power. Vladimir Lenin achieved his political power by rallying fellow Bolsheviks to seize government installations and storm the capital. The plan made Lenin the visible figurehead of

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