HUMN 2201 Lecture 8: Stalin, Trosky, Churchill
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Stalin: imprisoned 8 times: manipulator of men, worst man men famine in history, greatest mass murderer of the 20th century iron curtain-soviet union was a major super power. What is bolshevism: bolshevism is the term used to describe the beliefs and practices of the. Bolsheviks, the members of a political movement in russia during the early 20th century. This movement, which was founded by vladimir lenin, led the bolsheviks to seize power in. October 1917 as part of the russian revolution. That event was the culmination of a strategy that had been in development since 1903. bolshevik were used in reference to one faction of the socialist democratic labor party, which favored a hard line and the acceptance of only full-fledged revolutionaries into the party. Bolshevism has since come to be synonymous with soviet-stylecommunism. What role did stalin play in the russian revolution- used the media to promote the. Revolution in favour of lenin while they were exiled.