What caused the February Revolution? The 1917 February Revolution was caused by a range of different long and short-term factors on top of influence and pressure from...
Impact of Stalin’s Five-Year Plans Joseph Stalin brought to the world something unprecedented since the dawn of civilization; this “something” was a fully socialized...
Nikita Khrushchev’s speech on ‘De-Stalinisation’ After Stalin’s death on March 5th, 1953 it began to become clear to some members of the party hierarchy and the general...
, the "Man of Steel" is known for his use of terror during his legendary rule, the kind of leader that would stop at almost nothing to accomplish his goals. Ruthless...
On April 1986, Soviet's Union Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded letting out a massive amount of radiation that would debate of all Russian citizens for hundreds...
The Provisional Government led by Prince Lvov was the old Duma in a new form. An initial weakness of the Provisional Government: it was not an elected body: it lacked...
The Reasons for the fall of Socialism/Communism and the Troubles of Starting the New Democratic System in the Russian Federation "Let's not talk about Communism...
"Unless we accept the claim that Lenin's coup d'etat gave birth to an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind, we must recognize...
1533-1584 The Russian Empire, covering over one-sixth of the world, is governed by the sovereignty of Czar Ivan the Terrible. The feudal system oppresses...
Entry 1 April 13, 1861 Dear Diary, The war just broke loose. I’m scared. Scared of losing my pa. Life’s been like hell at the house without him. No one to...