Essays on Russian Empire

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Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and The Family Business

2 pages / 716 words

In The Communist Manifesto, the most prominent way that bourgeois capitalism and effects his society is the way that the bourgeois has lost its familial connection quality. Marx states, “The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family...

Communist Manifesto Family Business Karl Marx

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A Study of What Leon Trotsky Was Able to Accomplish in His Lifetime

2 pages / 1029 words

Introduction A Soviet politician, revolutionist, and theorist, Leon Trotsky, born as Lev Davidovich Bronstein on 7 October, was born in a small village by the name of Yanovka in Ukraine. He was the fifth child to his prosperous Russian-Jewish parents, David and Anna Bronstein, who...

Leon Trotsky

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Leon Trotsky and His Impact on Russia's History

2 pages / 825 words

Leon Trotsky’s vast impact and contribution to Russian/Soviet history is made through his strong ideologies, organization, and leadership. The successful consolidation of Communism in Soviet Russia from the period of 1917 to 1928 can be largely attributed to the masterful orator and intellectual that was...

Leon Trotsky

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A Study of How The 1905 Russian Revolution Started

5 pages / 2049 words

The revolution of 1905, in Russia, was not a complete revolution at all. To be able to respond to this statement accurately, it is firstly advisable, to look at what a revolution is. It is then best to observe what the Russian society was like...

Russian Revolution of 1905

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The Story of Catherine The Great and Her Time in Power

1 page / 596 words

The Age of Enlightenment brought an influx of ideas centering on reason to Europe never seen before. These ideas impacted many fields, most noticeably government, as it led to an entire series of so-called “enlightened despots.” One of the three main enlightened despots was Catherine...

Catherine The Great

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The Biography of Catherine The Great Or Catherine Ii

1 page / 433 words

Catherine the great or Catherine II was born in Stettin Prussia or know called Szczecin, Poland May 2, 1729. She grew up as a minor German princes and her birth name was Sophie Friederike Auguste her mother name was Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein Gottorp and...

Catherine The Great

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Vladimir Lenin’s Influence on The Soviet Union

3 pages / 1186 words

Firstly, it is widely argued that Lenin may have overall had a negative impact on the USSR due to the various tactics of deceit, manipulation of the apathetic and desperate Russian people, the mass murders caused through starvation and the ‘Cheka’, and lastly; destruction to...

Vladimir Lenin

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The Influence of Vladimir Lenin on The Provisional Government in Russia

1 page / 602 words

The growing unpopularity of the Provisional Government was a result of many factors; however, the arrival of Lenin must be the key factor as it was the foundation for the other contributing factors which followed – the July Days and the Kornilov Revolt. Made-to-order essay...

Vladimir Lenin

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Understanding The Impact of Vladimir Lenin’s 1917 Phrase

3 pages / 1202 words

In 1917 Vladmir Lenin introduced a new slogan to the people of Russia, “Power to the Soviets”. These words instill such passion in regular, ordinary people that they were inspired to stand up for themselves against a tyrannical system. Before dissecting what this means as...

Vladimir Lenin

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The Communist Manifesto

1 page / 564 words

The Communist Manifesto is divided into a preamble and four sections, the last of these a short conclusion. The introduction begins by proclaiming “A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise...

Communist Manifesto

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Social Justice as The Elusive Goal of The Communist Manifesto

3 pages / 1500 words

The Communist Manifesto (1848) clearly articulates the fundamental tenets of Communism and Marxism, expounding on historic class struggles, revolutions, counter-revolutions, inequality, industry, capitalistic exploitation, alienation and the declared war by unified workers. Set in the time of the Industrial Revolution, the manifesto outlines the role...

Communism Communist Manifesto Social Justice

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Interpreting The Russian Revolution: Perspectives and Debates

6 pages / 2880 words

Undoubtedly, the Russian Revolution was one of the most significant developments of modern times. It gave rise to an ideology that inspired both hatred and hope across the globe, profoundly shaping international politics for over seventy years. Whilst the importance of the revolution is not...

Russian Revolution of 1905

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Lenin's and Weber's Ideas of The State and Democracy

2 pages / 819 words

Lenin and Weber both hold distinctly different views on the state, and explore the pitfalls and praises of democracy through their respective paradigms. In Weber’s Politics as a Vocation he takes a militant view of the state, claiming that if the notion of violence and...

Democracy Max Weber Vladimir Lenin

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Zhivago and Guishar: Love Affair During The Russian Revolution

7 pages / 3222 words

In Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago there is an adulterous love affair between Yurii Andreievich Zhivago and Larisa Feodorovna Guishar that is carried on throughout the novel. Although the affair is essential for the movement of the story, it is not the only significant factor in...

Novel Russian Revolution of 1905

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The Manifesto of The Communist and The Industrial Proletariat

3 pages / 1409 words

Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto was most appealing to and revolutionary for the industrial workers of 1848 (and those to come after that time). The call for unification of the proletariat and abolishment of the Bourgeoisie was an urgent one during a time of rapid progress...

Communist Manifesto

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Human Nature and Happiness as Shown by Marx and Freud in Communist Manifesto

4 pages / 1803 words

At the root of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud’s differences regarding the nature of human happiness are their almost diametrically opposed models of human nature. Freud describes human nature in terms of universal, instinctive drives, the fulfillment of which constitutes happiness in its most basic...

Communist Manifesto

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A Look at Materialism and Idealism as Illustrated by Marx in Comunist Manifesto

2 pages / 1168 words

Karl Marx’s infamous statement that, ‘I am not a Marxist’ holds a profound truth deeply connected with his philosophy. It could be understood to mean that he disdained the hundreds of interpretations of his work following their publication. However, the statement resounds with a more...

Communist Manifesto

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The Proletariat's Alienation: a Critique and Explanation of Marx's Theory on Estranged Labor

5 pages / 2357 words

In a colloquial context, a state of ‘alienation’ is one in which an individual is excluded or isolated from a group with whom that individual belongs or should be involved (Merriam-Webster, 2015). However, in the context of Marxist theory, ‘alienation’ is the state of existence...

Communist Manifesto

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Power Reversal: The Marxist View of Frankenstein

3 pages / 1469 words

As Victor Frankenstein of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein delves deeper into his search for the causes of life, he becomes consumed by his quest for the answer to his question as he toils over his creation – a decrepit but mortal form compiled of various body...

Communist Manifesto Frankenstein