Key Events of the 20th Century

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that the prime motive for the Chinese Revolution was to solve the political and economic problems that plagued the Chinese society: feudalism and semi-feudal patterns of relations in agricultural production. The author points out that the success of the Russian Revolution greatly influenced and inspired the anti-imperialist movement and colonial forces across the globe, especially the Indian independence movement. The paper stated that the Second World War is considered to be the bloodiest war in the history of the world.

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Chinese Revolution
Russian Revolution
Indian Independence Movement
World War I and Treaty of Versailles
World War II

From the Paper:

"Though the Revolution in Russia, against the autocratic Tsars is supposed to have started in 1905, with the Bloody Sunday, it is in 1917 that revolution gathered momentum with Moscow joining the Revolution following the Petrograd fire. The background of the revolution is described by Trotsky as "The disorganized, compromised, disintegrated government at the top, the army shaken to the depths, the discontent, uncertainty and fear among the ruling classes, deep bitterness in the popular masses, the numerically developed proletariat tempered in the fire of events all this gives us the right to say that we are witnessing the beginning of the second Russian revolution." "

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