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The Russian Revolution began in 1918, The regime of Tsars fell; Lenin and Bolsheviks came to power, therefore, Russia was effectively out of the war. The war continued until 1920.
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The League of Nations was the first International security organization. Soviet Russia ( as well as Germany) were not allowed to join.
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The Reds, or the revolutionaries, won and became the communist party.
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Over 6 million people died during the course of the famine. It resulted from economic disturbance, from WWI and disturbances from the Russian Revolution.
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In this position, Stalin worked under Lenin.
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The USSR, or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; better known as the Soviet Union, was the old Russian empire united.
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After a series of strokes, Lenin died setting of a compeion for power between Trotsky and Stalin.
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The Struggle for power ultimately left Stalin on top, giving him authority over the communist party and eventually the Soviet Union.
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Stalin implemented the Five-year plan in 1928, it was a list of economic goals based on his policy for Socialism In One Country.
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This famine was caused by the forced collectivism of agriculture implemented by the first five year plan.
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"The Russians adopted the theory of Socialist Realism."
The theory demanded that art could only portray the positive effects of Socialism. It could depict only of man's struggle for a better, socialist, way of life. -
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Stalin began the "Great Purge" of the Communist Party : 2.5 million Soviet citizens are arrested and 700,000 are executed over the next three years.
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The two countries agreed to take no miltary action against each other for the next ten years.
