The formation and conquests of the Mongol Empire through the 1200’s-1300’s was very influential both politically and economically on the states of China and Russia in various ways. The Chinese were initially economically stable, and experienced a period of further economical success under the Mongol rule due to various improvements instituted by the Mongols that helped encourage trade. However, overspending eventually majorly contributed to its demise. Dissimilarly, Russia’s economy was falling apart at the seams, and the Mongol arrival helped relatively stabilize it. In both Russia and China, however, the Mongols dominated the government.
Mao Zedong leadership and military strategies helped him become the leader of Red China. With the events affecting the beginning and results of the war, China became a world power from the 1950s and until this day it still is. Mao Zedong is praised throughout China and seen as an idol figure in Chinese history. His guerilla warfare is still study by many military geniuses around the world. The communist started out slow in the civil war but grew as the war went
His army also consisted of millions of poor, starving peasants with bad equipment, poor supplies of rifles and ammunition. In 1916, two million soldiers were killed or seriously wounded, and one third of a million taken prisoners. The Russian population was horrified. They considered the Tsar irresponsible for taking over the army and held him responsible for everything; as a result instability was growing at an alarming rate for the Tsar who had once held himself so assuredly in power. Nicholas II took this course of action to assure himself he still had complete control of Russia.
Lenin’s contribution to the Bolshevik Party was an essential factor in their consolidation of power during 1917-1924, however; Lenin’s role was not the only factor contributing to their success. The Bolsheviks were regarded as a “minor feature of Russian political life” and it was not until Lenin’s return to Russia that the party became a key player. It can be seen that Lenin played a pivotal role in the consolidation of power due to his background which allowed Lenin to be influenced by a revolutionary upbringing. Through his upbringing, Lenin was able to develop a strong leadership, political insight and determination allowing the Bolsheviks to be lead into power. Whilst the Bolsheviks were in power, Lenin’s role in dealing with uprisings and anti-communist groups was significant as it allowed the Bolsheviks to remain in power.
It wasn’t said about Mao however it adapts to his ideas and aspirations. There are numerous hypotheses regarding the impact that Mao’s leadership has had over China. Mao’s legacy is that the system he established was idealistic. It did not align with the rest of Western culture after the Second World War, but with the population and vast resources that were readily available, “Mao founded Marxist study groups in Changsha.”2 This source from a school history textbook is highly trustworthy as there are many other sources backing up the truth behind it. China was left with a regime that did not respond in correlation with the rest of the world.
To what extent were the social and economic policies of one of the following successful: Mao, Nasser, Stalin? During Stalin’s government he made a lot of changes in the social and economical policies in Russia. He made drastic changes in collectivization, which was a total failure from a social perspective. Stalin also created the Five Year Plan where he also made changes; some changes were successful, however others failed economically and socially. From a women’s perspective, Stalin made positive changes, giving women more economical and social independence, however there were also some problems with that.
After China became the People’s Republic; the Chinese people have enjoyed an improvement in their sanitation, medicine, and lifestyle. These improvements caused a population explosion, which was proudly advocated by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1948, who thought more people meant more money, and subsequently, more power (Fitzpatrick, 2009). Unfortunately, the ever increasing population was badly impacting their national food supply, which initiated the start of China’s plan to control their population (Fitzpatrick, 2009). China has had multiple failed attempts on trying to reduce their fertility rate (Fitzpatrick, 2009). Ultimately, the most effective solution became the one child policy, which was implemented in 1979 (Fitzpatrick, 2009).
Having a war caused inflation, government spending rose from 4-30 million, taxation increased, and money became practically worthless and the price of food and fuel quadrupled. This made people angry as they could not afford supplies for themselves and their families, which made them, turn to the Tsar for help but he wasn’t seen to be doing much about the effects of war on the people at home. Furthermore, as well as not being able to
Moreover, the ideas of Émile Durkheim are afresh proved to be useful and valuable to the sociological research on suicide. Nevertheless, his theories may no longer be as applicable to the majority of the nations around the world due to the spatial and time limits. In the end, the Chinese society should learn from other regions and begin implementing both national-level legislations, and also grass-roots projects to tackle the suicide rates and stop them from returning back to the levels of the 1990s. Ultimately, there is still much space for further discussion and numerous topics to be covered within the subject of suicide in China. With more available information and statistics each year it should only be anticipated that both the state and the local levels of the society will be more knowledgeable about the problem and more capable of tackling it on multiple
The World War I was draining all of Russia’s resources. There was shortage of food throughout the country, which left people starving. At the battlefront, millions of Russian soldiers were dying, they did not possess many of the powerful weapons that their opponents had. The government under Czar Nicholas II was disintegrating, and a provisional government had been set up. In November of 1917, Lenin and his communist followers known as the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government and set a communist government in Russia.