After the Civil War, Lenin was beginning to realize that some of his ideals weren't working, thus making him back track or change his plans. He knew that Russia had to be rebuilt, but he didn't have the necessary supplies. He resorted to making deals with other countries in order to try and rebuild. Most notable of these deals was the deal with Germany, or the Treaty of Rapallo. Russia went against the treaty of Versaille and made war materials for Germany in order to gain steel manufacturing supplies. Most of Lenin's problem stemmed from his attempted solutions earlier on. After he died, Stalin and Trotsky fought for the power. After 3 years, Stalin is finally successful and deports Trotsky. Stalin was interested in manufacturing arms for the country, where as Trotsky was more concerned with feeding the Russian people. Counterintuitively, the Russian people sided with Stalin, thus giving him the win. Stalin put Russia through an industrial revolution, therefor modernizing it. By focusing heavily on mechanical industry and steering away from farming, he put the wheels in motion of Russia moving forward in a more technical sense. I think Stalin did modernize Russia, he is the one that started the industrial thinking. If that didn't start the modernization of Russia, I don't know what did.
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In the first Revolution (Feb) the Tsar was abdicated. Then replaced by a provisional government. Vladimir Lenin was brought back from exile. In the Second Revolution (Oct) a more threatening approach was taken. This differs from the first because in the first revolution, there was more riots and disorganization. Once Lenin had come back, he was around to organize. The soviets had more power behind them, with the 20,000 sailors. Although they weren't used, they were an imposing force. The October Revolution was successful because it was more organized than the first, and it was more prone to succeed from the outset.
I thought that the movie was an interesting depiction of Vasily Zaystev's career. All though I have already a book about him, I enjoyed seeing a motion picture about him. Where I found it hard to imagine what the conditions were like by reading, I was able to see exactly what it was like by watching the movie. It was a good introduction into our unit, to see how Russia faired during the war. How they battled over the Volga, but eventually won as the German's could no longer re-supply. The brutal conditions of the war never really click for me until I've seen them visually. Where I have read numerous books on war, somehow the movies are always the ones that effect me more. It puts World War 2 into perspective seeing that. It enables everyone to have a visual grasp and therefor mental grasp on the tragedies and reality of war. Especially 20th century war.
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