Lenin said that it's possible to talk about creation of a Soviet Union (i.e. import of socialism) only when we are absolutely sure of socialism in our own country. Those who talk about restoration of the Soviet Union without having yet Soviet power in Russia itself, are not only being stupid, but cr...

How and Why Political Systems ChangeSince the creation of mankind the world has been continuallychanging. With each day, man develops, countries grow andpolitical systems change. A political system is an important setof social institutions. Political systems have many functions.Political systems cre...

Sparta and Communism: Government and Military, It could have been more. Societies have developed a pattern over the centuries of creating a government system of communism. Choosing this selection of government has allowed military machines to be born and reflect the civilization that created th...

Transcending the Barriers \"My primary interest is to explain something out there that impinges me, and I would sell my soul to the devil if I thought it would help.\" Eric Wolf, 1987 Eric Wolf\'s interest into the realm of anthropology emerged upon recognition of the theorist- imposed boundaries, e...

POLITICAL PARTIES OF KAZAKHSTAN Evolution of political parties of Kazakhstan has its roots at the beginning of the 20th century. At that period Kazakhstan was a part of Russian Empire. The increased Russian influence and colonization policy in Kazakhstan conduced to the creation of the first pol...

European culture during the 18th, and into the early 19th century could accurate be describe as a constant time of change. It was a fragile point in the history of Europe, due to constant revolutions of science and change, reformations of religion, improvement in mechanisms of production....

LENIN A New Biography Dmitri Volkogonov, a former General in the Soviet army, was given unprecedented access to the clandestine Soviet archives during Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's rule, by Boris Yeltsin. In 1994, Volkogonov wrote a revealing book entitled, LENIN A New Biography, which rocked the Len...

World War II devastated Europe such a great deal that it would take many years before the entirety of the continent of Europe would be as strong as it once was before the twentieth century history which, at that point, had been almost totally consisting of wars. Following World War II, European nat...

The issue at hand is of course, are liberty and democracy good for every country. Though, as an American, when I look at the argument I see; it works for us so why cant it work for them? And although it doesn't state so, I believe the underlying question in the article is whether the US should pro...

Throughout the history of the Western world various ideologies have proven so influential as to give rise to assorted "isms" that change society. Namely, the rise and support of socialism has been a major component to the make up of Western history in the 19th and 20th centuries. An inve...

Life in Russia has always been different from what most of us know in the U.S. Life under monarchy in Russia had its ups and downs. It was ruled by a tsar, up until the Russian Revolution, when the government turned from monarchism to communism. With this new was of life the very existence of the Ru...

There were many things that lead up to the creation of the Reagan Doctrine, which was supposed to help stop a major conflict in the world. Many years before this doctrine was created, there were a major conflict that began with the Communist. Most of the Communistic activities at this time was in...

Animal Farm' by George Orwell is a novel which mirrors events in Russia during and after the 1917 Revolution. In 'Animal Farm', there are two characters who represent two different roles. One is Boxer, who represents the hardworking lower class citizen on the farm who is decent, hon...

Imagine the next time you step into the voting booth your ballot only lists one candidate to choose from. Or perhaps your ballot lists four candidates, but they are all from the Liberal party. Dictatorships are one party political systems that are ruled by one leader or an elite group of people unde...

The nineteenth century in England was a transitional time from feudalism to capitalism, that was characterized by a rapid increase in industry and extreme poverty among the masses. In response to these conditions, a new concept of society, called socialism, came into being. However, despite the clas...

THE ROLE OF THE PIGS The pigs are perhaps the most interesting characters in the novel, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell. The pigs have certain characteristics, which shape the way this book starts and concludes. They bring conflict and perceive as the most important animals in their Animal ...

When the Bolsheviks came into power, everything was in a state of chaos. In 1917, the level of literacy was low. However, soon there were nearly seven times more specialists who had higher education than in 1913, while those with secondary education increased by almost twenty- eight times. Illite...

The Korean War changed the way in which a variety of people from different backgrounds thought and felt about war and changed the methods used to fight wars. One of the major forces behind the Korean War was the United Nations. The United Nations is an organization set up shortly after WWII to provi...

Some say that it is useless to speak of world peace or world law or world disarmament and that it will be useless until the leaders of the Soviet Union adopt a more enlightened attitude. I hope they do. I believe we can help them to do it. But I also believe that we must reexamine our own attitude ...

Analysis of the "Four Idols": Insights on Truth- and Knowledge-Seeking from Novum Organum by Francis Bacon In the philosophical discourse entitled "Novum Organum," scientific philosopher Francis Bacon elucidated on the importance of experience as the primary and ultimate source ...

Throughout the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century Humanity was facing times of great new ideas that will significantly influence history. The social conflict between the "haves" and the "have nots" escalated into a sharp collision in the 18th century and resulted in the ...

Since the beginning of its existence as a country, Italy has faced enormous challenges in establishing itself as a unified political and social entity. The geographic, economic, and linguistic differences between its various regions and the artificial manner in which they were amalgamated cre...

It has been a 'splendid little war' wrote John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt after the fall of Santiago. Little, the Spanish-American War was; it was over in barely four months. Splendid? Maybe for those at home, reading the headline about its lucky victories. But for those men who fo...

In this paper, I am going to explore the differences between communism and socialism and how different the thoughts and opinions of these two ways of life are from the current western views on religion and God. To explain about the differences between socialism/communism and western thoughts on rel...

One of the first and most persuasive advocates of modern capitalism was Adam Smith. The most serious challenge to Adam Smith and his followers came from Karl Marx, a nineteenth century German. The son of a Prussian lawyer, the methodical Marx was a worthy and resourceful opponent. He unfolded h...