I believe that George Orwell wrote Animal Farm based on what was going on in Russia at the time. Some of the characters, events and places make Animal Farm a near duplicate of Stalin's Russian Communism. Orwell's story and the goings-on in Russia happened at too close of a time frame and were far too similar to not be the same story. Whether Orwell admits it or not, he had to get the basis of his story from Stalin's actions.
             The characters in Animal Farm are very comparable too the people in Stalin's Russia. Napoleon, a power hungry pig, had to have represented Stalin himself. Snowball, who was run out of Animal Farm, was identical to Trotsky, who was chased out of Russia by Stalin. Even Squealer, who strived to let all the animals know that Napoleon was an exceptional leader, signifies the Communist Newspaper packed with propaganda. The characters of this novel are far too analogous to the characters of Communist Russia to not be the equivalent of one another.
             Events in Animal Farm are extremely alike to the events in Russia's struggle for peace as well. The rebellion from the novel significantly reenacts the October Revolution in Russia. Also, the hoof and horn flag that was raised in the story compares to the hammer and sickle flag of the Soviet Union. The Battle of Cowshed from Animal Farm makes a great comparison to the Allied Invasion of 1918-1919 as well. The similarities that these two things share are enough evidence for anyone that Orwell based his book on Communist Russia.
             As well as characters and events, the places in Animal Farm are very alike to the ones in Occupied Russia. The farmhouse that the pigs made their own home clearly symbolizes the Kremlin, which was Stalin "house of power." The farm itself obviously represents the entire country of Russia. Also, the farms surrounding Animal Farm are
             uncanny representations of Russia's bordering countries try...