Essays on Bolshevik

Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler were leaders of Soviet Russia and the Nazi Germany respectively. Both were born into modest backgrounds and experienced impoverishment during their early lives, but rose to be powerful leaders. Although Stalin and Hitler never met, there are many similarities and differences between them with regard to their social, political, and economic ideologies. The two advanced socialist beliefs, but their idea of socialism was different. While Stalin was a strong supporter of communism, Hitler was a strong adherent of Nazism. A common aspect between these leaders was their lack of tolerance, which made them result ...

Communism The communist government is a political and socioeconomic entity that is founded on the principles of common ownership of production, and the non-existence of social classes. The ideologies behind the communist government are also based on the theories of Karl Marx, Frederick Engels and Vladimir Lenin. These theories have in common the debunking of the relationship between the capitalists and the laborers in a society, and thus the state should own all the means of production such that there ought to be an equitable distribution of the fruits of production among all the members of society. Thus the ...

World War I made a devastating impact on Russian empire. At the break of the war, August 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II. Some of the effects included: overthrowing the Romanovs who had ruled Russia for over 300 years and weakening of the Russian military that relied on its poor infrastructure. In 1917, the Germans had gained full control over Russia. The realization of this impact made the Russian army to rebel orders given by the German military. Exaggeration on small events led to the Russian army’s interest to attack Germany. The results were devastating ...

The origins of Russian-American relations are deeply rooted in 17th -18th century. The first Russian emperor, expressed interest in a faraway country, was Peter I. In January 1719, surveyors were instructed "to go to Kamchatka and then where indicated, to describe those places, whether America converged with Asia". During the reign of Anne of Russia, Bering made two expeditions to those regions: in 1725-1730 and 1733-1741 years he was in the Chukotka Peninsula and Alaska, reaching North America. During the war the United States for independence in the 18th century Catherine II refused to allocate to the English King ...

While the protagonists in the Cold War sought to promote global ideology both sides were challenged by nationalist forces. Do you agree or disagree? 1. Introduction Instead of battles over control of lands or seas the Cold War was a battle of rhetoric which was also the major factor of the internal nationalist tensions within the USA and the USSR. Ironically the ideology both nations claimed as their intent was anti-Imperialism. Within each nation nationalistic controversies heated up the rhetoric. Although the internal problems turned Russians against Russians and Americans against Americans the way the tensions played out ...