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Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution Mrs. Cabral English 10

George Orwell Eric Blair/British Wealthy (Eton) Soviets - cruel and hypocritical Critic – Capitalism and Communism Anti-totalitarianism

Animal Farm 1946 Allegory with symbols “A Fairy Story” – subtitle Represents Soviet Communism

Karl Marx German economist Inventor of Communism Wanted Socialist utopia Das Kapital Communist Manifesto “Workers of the world, unite!”

Russian Revolution of 1917

Tsar Nicholas II Monarch – abdicated Poor leader Sometimes brutal with opponents Sometimes kind Hired students as spies for money Entire family murdered in same room by Bolsheviks

Alexander Kerensky Socialist Becomes Premier Orders Lenin’s arrest Lenin flees Ousted by Lenin

Vladimir Lenin Becomes Chief Commissar Founder of Bolshevists Dies in 1924 Josef Stalin and Leon Trotsky in line for power

Bolshevists Founded by Vladimir Lenin Professional revolutionaries Seized Russian power in Revolution Eventually became Communist Party of Soviet Union Bolshevik Party meeting. Lenin is at far right.

Leon Trotsky Popular/charismatic Impassioned speeches Possible leader Wants to improve life for all Russians Used as “common enemy” of the people Followed Marx

Joseph Stalin Power behind scenes Manipulative/uneducated Alliance against Trotsky Seizes control Trotsky flees to Mexico Stalin has him assassinated Doesn’t follow Marx

KGB Secret police (not really police) Forced support for Stalin Violent – often murdered families Power even over army les/10547.html&print=1

Stalin’s “Show trials” 1934 – Serge Kirov assassinated Purge of Communist party “Enemies of the people” 20 million Soviet citizens executed Tyrannical/violent dictator

Works Cited “Bolshevik.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 12 May May 2009 < index.php?title=Bolshevik&oldid= >. “Books: Animal Farm.” Charles’ George Orwell Links Charles’ George Orwell Links. 13 May 2009 < Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Spark Notes: Animal Farm. New York: Spark Publishing, 2007.