RED STAR - Ritter Illustration
... appeared in London in 1880, complete with “apergy”—an antigravity substance—huge canals, an engineer hero, advanced humans, and orange vegetation with red foliage, all discovered by human astronauts. More ambitious and plausible was Kurd Lasswitz’s Auf zwei Planeten (1897), which brought large-eyed ...
... appeared in London in 1880, complete with “apergy”—an antigravity substance—huge canals, an engineer hero, advanced humans, and orange vegetation with red foliage, all discovered by human astronauts. More ambitious and plausible was Kurd Lasswitz’s Auf zwei Planeten (1897), which brought large-eyed ...
Module Handbook
... role did the popular movement play in the Soviet takeover? What was Lenin’s role in the seizure of power? Was the October revolution planned or improvised? Why ...
... role did the popular movement play in the Soviet takeover? What was Lenin’s role in the seizure of power? Was the October revolution planned or improvised? Why ...
LEON TROTSKY Final Script
... 1918. The Bolshevik Party changed its name to the Communist Party that same year. Lenin then began to make the social and economic changes necessary to create a communist Russia. All factories were placed under the control of elected committees of workers. 540 million acres of land was taken from th ...
... 1918. The Bolshevik Party changed its name to the Communist Party that same year. Lenin then began to make the social and economic changes necessary to create a communist Russia. All factories were placed under the control of elected committees of workers. 540 million acres of land was taken from th ...
Would Trotsky have been a more humane leader than Stalin
... Yet Trotsky was aware that in a society of deeply ingrained anti-Semitism, his Jewishness made him an outsider. A remarkable example of his consciousness, of this occurred in 1917, when Lenin offered him the post of Deputy Chairman of the Soviet government. Trotsky rejected it on the grounds that h ...
... Yet Trotsky was aware that in a society of deeply ingrained anti-Semitism, his Jewishness made him an outsider. A remarkable example of his consciousness, of this occurred in 1917, when Lenin offered him the post of Deputy Chairman of the Soviet government. Trotsky rejected it on the grounds that h ...
Hope springs eternal… French bondholders and the Soviet
... A few days after the repudiation, Western countries, represented by the US Ambassador M. Francis, expressed their protest and declared the repudiation decree null and void. This position was repeated regularly. In a letter dated, October 23, 19189, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs threatened t ...
... A few days after the repudiation, Western countries, represented by the US Ambassador M. Francis, expressed their protest and declared the repudiation decree null and void. This position was repeated regularly. In a letter dated, October 23, 19189, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs threatened t ...
Unknown Revolution, 1917–1921. Book One. Birth, Growth and
... tablished by the State, and the teaching was perceptibly similar. The teaching of religion was obligatory. The teaching staff of the secondary schools was recruited from the university community with minor exceptions. The program of studies leading to the diploma, which gave acces to the university ...
... tablished by the State, and the teaching was perceptibly similar. The teaching of religion was obligatory. The teaching staff of the secondary schools was recruited from the university community with minor exceptions. The program of studies leading to the diploma, which gave acces to the university ...
Trotsky Protests Too Much
... sailors would have none of Trotsky's former pet General, nor would they accept the offer of provisions and other help of Victor Tchernov, leader of the Right S.R.'s in Paris (Socialist Revolutionists). Trotskyists no doubt consider it bourgeois sentimentality to permit the maligned sailors the right ...
... sailors would have none of Trotsky's former pet General, nor would they accept the offer of provisions and other help of Victor Tchernov, leader of the Right S.R.'s in Paris (Socialist Revolutionists). Trotskyists no doubt consider it bourgeois sentimentality to permit the maligned sailors the right ...
Whites Generals in the Civil War
... Russian Civil War. You need to think about the advantages/disadvantages that each side had & also main events of the Civil War. Cover these points: ...
... Russian Civil War. You need to think about the advantages/disadvantages that each side had & also main events of the Civil War. Cover these points: ...
Lenin`s Voice
... philosophy arose. But more important than his technique to rouse a crowd were his transformational aspirations. After creating empathy with the soldiers, he called for them to organize themselves while underlining a sense of doubt and distrust, explicitly telling the soldiers to “[trust] no one, [an ...
... philosophy arose. But more important than his technique to rouse a crowd were his transformational aspirations. After creating empathy with the soldiers, he called for them to organize themselves while underlining a sense of doubt and distrust, explicitly telling the soldiers to “[trust] no one, [an ...
Emma Goldman My Disillusionment in Russia
... institutionalize it, to assign it the most vital place in the social struggle. Such terrorism begets counter-revolution and in turn itself becomes counter-revolutionary. Rarely has a revolution been fought with as little violence as the Russian Revolution. Nor would have Red Terror followed had the ...
... institutionalize it, to assign it the most vital place in the social struggle. Such terrorism begets counter-revolution and in turn itself becomes counter-revolutionary. Rarely has a revolution been fought with as little violence as the Russian Revolution. Nor would have Red Terror followed had the ...
МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОХОРОНИ ЗДОРОВ`Я УКРАЇНИ
... 3. Why was the Zaporizhian Sich called «Cossack republic»? 4. Was Zaporizhian Sich an independent state? 5. What were the goals of spreading among Ukrainians Catholic and GreekCatholic religions by Polish authority? 6. What were the common features of all Cossack peasant uprisings during the late 16 ...
... 3. Why was the Zaporizhian Sich called «Cossack republic»? 4. Was Zaporizhian Sich an independent state? 5. What were the goals of spreading among Ukrainians Catholic and GreekCatholic religions by Polish authority? 6. What were the common features of all Cossack peasant uprisings during the late 16 ...
Historiography of the Russian Revolution
... Soviet view has been largely discredited, Marxist interpretations continue to be applied by some historians; the liberal view is still championed and eloquently espoused by a number of modern writers (most notably Richard Pipes); and revisionist (and even ‘postrevisionist’) approaches are continual ...
... Soviet view has been largely discredited, Marxist interpretations continue to be applied by some historians; the liberal view is still championed and eloquently espoused by a number of modern writers (most notably Richard Pipes); and revisionist (and even ‘postrevisionist’) approaches are continual ...
Trotsky Denounces a Coalition with the Provisional Government
... Mensheviks when the party spilt. From 1903 to 1905 he traveled around Europe giving speeches, his reputation as a writer, organizer, and orator, growing. By the 1905 revolution he was well recognized as a leader of the revolution and became chairman of the St. Petersburg Soviet, using his position t ...
... Mensheviks when the party spilt. From 1903 to 1905 he traveled around Europe giving speeches, his reputation as a writer, organizer, and orator, growing. By the 1905 revolution he was well recognized as a leader of the revolution and became chairman of the St. Petersburg Soviet, using his position t ...
The Birth of the Propaganda State
... There were considerable ideological differences between the two bodies at this time. The Petrograd Bolsheviks took a more friendly stance toward the newly formed Provisional Government. The first editorial board consisted on Kalinin, representing the Petrograd Committee, and V. M. Molotov and K. S. ...
... There were considerable ideological differences between the two bodies at this time. The Petrograd Bolsheviks took a more friendly stance toward the newly formed Provisional Government. The first editorial board consisted on Kalinin, representing the Petrograd Committee, and V. M. Molotov and K. S. ...
Dissent and revolution 1917
... the top. There had been occasional military successes, such as those achieved on the south-western front in 1916 when a Russian offensive brought Austria– Hungary to the verge of collapse. But the gains made were not followed up and were never enough to justify the ever-lengthening lists of dead and ...
... the top. There had been occasional military successes, such as those achieved on the south-western front in 1916 when a Russian offensive brought Austria– Hungary to the verge of collapse. But the gains made were not followed up and were never enough to justify the ever-lengthening lists of dead and ...
Avrich, Paul - The Russian Anarchists
... tocracy as his father had done before him. Under the spell of his reactionary advisor Konstantin Pobedonostsev, the Procurator of the Holy Synod, the Tsar stifled every constitutional impulse of the enlightened members of society. Dismissing as “senseless dreams” their desperate petitions for a larg ...
... tocracy as his father had done before him. Under the spell of his reactionary advisor Konstantin Pobedonostsev, the Procurator of the Holy Synod, the Tsar stifled every constitutional impulse of the enlightened members of society. Dismissing as “senseless dreams” their desperate petitions for a larg ...
Skocpol, Emergence
... suddenly free, the peasants, workers, and soldiers revitalized or formed their own grass-roots collectivities. And these were much more suited for channeling direct popular political action than for ensuring the subordination of the people to the liberal government-especially in a time of crisis whe ...
... suddenly free, the peasants, workers, and soldiers revitalized or formed their own grass-roots collectivities. And these were much more suited for channeling direct popular political action than for ensuring the subordination of the people to the liberal government-especially in a time of crisis whe ...
Stalin`s War Cabinet
... 1905, Lenin illustrated his idea of unrest in Russia: since the Russian bourgeoisie was excessively powerless, making it impossible to lead its own particular upset, the proletarians and workers must join to oust the czarist administration and build up a tyranny of the low class and proletariat. Th ...
... 1905, Lenin illustrated his idea of unrest in Russia: since the Russian bourgeoisie was excessively powerless, making it impossible to lead its own particular upset, the proletarians and workers must join to oust the czarist administration and build up a tyranny of the low class and proletariat. Th ...
Reign of Lenin--Russian Civil War 1918-1920
... Social Democrats. After gaining great popularity from the left, he joined the Petrograd Soviets. Lenin and Trotsky began to express similar needs for the destruction of the Provisional Government. After being flattered and persuaded by Lenin, Trotsky joined the Central Committee of the Bolshevik par ...
... Social Democrats. After gaining great popularity from the left, he joined the Petrograd Soviets. Lenin and Trotsky began to express similar needs for the destruction of the Provisional Government. After being flattered and persuaded by Lenin, Trotsky joined the Central Committee of the Bolshevik par ...
Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution
... have read, before the eighteenth century society was broadly divided into estates and orders and it was the aristocracy and church which controlled economic and social power. Suddenly, after the revolution, it seemed possible to change this. In many parts of the world including Europe and Asia, new ...
... have read, before the eighteenth century society was broadly divided into estates and orders and it was the aristocracy and church which controlled economic and social power. Suddenly, after the revolution, it seemed possible to change this. In many parts of the world including Europe and Asia, new ...
Politics and Society in Petrograd, 1917-1920
... libraries in Russia for data pertaining to my study . Therefore, I envisioned doing no mor e than two to three months of supplementary research in Moscow and Leningrad . At th e beginning of June 1991, when I began supplementary research in Moscow, it immediatel y became clear that my modest expecta ...
... libraries in Russia for data pertaining to my study . Therefore, I envisioned doing no mor e than two to three months of supplementary research in Moscow and Leningrad . At th e beginning of June 1991, when I began supplementary research in Moscow, it immediatel y became clear that my modest expecta ...
The Culture of the Russian Revolution and its Global - H-Soz-Kult
... (Munich) examined how the Muslim peripheries of the Empire, especially the Tatar Muslims of the Volga-Ural region and the Muslim intelligentsia, reacted to the revolutions of 1905 and 1917. She focused especially on how they turned into political actors demanding first equal rights and then cultural ...
... (Munich) examined how the Muslim peripheries of the Empire, especially the Tatar Muslims of the Volga-Ural region and the Muslim intelligentsia, reacted to the revolutions of 1905 and 1917. She focused especially on how they turned into political actors demanding first equal rights and then cultural ...
09.29 History and Vertov
... The October Revolution and After QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. ...
... The October Revolution and After QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. ...
Revolutionary Iconoclasm I`ve got a feeling we`re going to catch up
... most beautiful buildings. This was an expression of city-hatred on the part of a peasant army investing an "immoral" city. Makhno hated big cities; Ekaterinoslav had 50,000 people, was a busy port on the Dnieper, and was in fact one of the original creations of Potemkin's great urban panegyric to Ca ...
... most beautiful buildings. This was an expression of city-hatred on the part of a peasant army investing an "immoral" city. Makhno hated big cities; Ekaterinoslav had 50,000 people, was a busy port on the Dnieper, and was in fact one of the original creations of Potemkin's great urban panegyric to Ca ...
Russia Revision Guide
... June 1917 – Another failed offensive was launched by generals Autumn 1917 – 2 million soldiers had deserted the war. Bolsheviks – capitalised on these problems: Lenin – gave speeches – used simple slogans: “Peace, Bread, Land” and “All Power to the Soviets” June 1917 – 41 newspapers were circulating ...
... June 1917 – Another failed offensive was launched by generals Autumn 1917 – 2 million soldiers had deserted the war. Bolsheviks – capitalised on these problems: Lenin – gave speeches – used simple slogans: “Peace, Bread, Land” and “All Power to the Soviets” June 1917 – 41 newspapers were circulating ...
Maria Nikiforova
Maria Grigor'evna Nikiforova (Ukrainian: Марія (Маруся) Григорівна Нікіфорова; Russian: Мария Григорьевна Никифорова; 1885–1919), was an anarchist partisan leader. A self-described terrorist from the age of 16, she was known widely by her nickname, Marusya. Through her exploits she became a renowned figure in the anarchist movement of 1918–1919 in Ukraine during Russian Civil War.