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2 days ago · The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, [3] was a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world. Sometimes this revolutionary wave is also called the Fall of Nations or the Autumn of Nations, [4] [5] [6 ...
4 days ago · The interim administration only lasted about eight months before the Bolsheviks took control following the October Revolution in October 1917. According to Harold Whitmore Williams, the history of the Provisional Government's eight-month control over Russia was the history of the army's slow and systematic disarray.
4 days ago · A Social and Economic History, (review no. 491) The First World War is Russia’s ‘forgotten war’. After the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917, the memory of the war was subsumed into the history of the revolutionary process. The war was a difficult subject for the new rulers of Soviet Russia, since they viewed it as an ...
1 day ago · Melt Value: $460.61 (4/22/2024) Diameter: 22.5mm. Design. Obverse: Head right. Reverse: Crowned arms divide value. Edge Description: Reeded. Notes. Ruler: Wilhelmina I. Numismatic specification data and valuation estimates provided by Active Interest Media’s NumisMaster.
1 day ago · Lessons of the Portuguese Revolution of 1974. Rui Faustino. 25 April 2024. Image: The Communist. Fifty years ago today, the Portuguese Revolution began when a section of the military moved against the dictatorship, unleashing a powerful workers’ movement. This article draws out the lessons from this inspiring, but also tragic episode in ...
1 day ago · e. The United Kingdom was a leading Allied Power during the First World War of 1914–1918. They fought against the Central Powers, mainly Germany. The armed forces were greatly expanded and reorganised—the war marked the founding of the Royal Air Force.
5 days ago · The Bolsheviks and the National Question 1917-23. London, Macmillan Press Ltd, 1999, ISBN: 9780333727591; 304pp.; Price: £80.00. For almost half a century, the classic description and analysis of Communist treatment of the nationalities question over the early years of the Bolshevik regime has been Richard Pipes magisterial The Formation of ...
