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  Order of the October Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Order of the October Revolution was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution.
The order consisted of a badge, which was a red star with golden rays between the arms; at the centre was a pentagon bearing the image of the Cruiser Aurora participating in the October Revolution.
Above it was a red flag bearing the words "October Revolution" in Russian.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_the_October_Revolution   (216 words)

  
 Orders of the Soviet Superpower Era
The Order of the October Revolution was awarded to citizens of the Soviet Union and other nations for revolutionary activity, significant contribution to the establishment or consolidation of Soviet power, or gallantry and valor displayed in combat.
The first Orders of the October Revolution were awarded on October 4, 1967 to the cities of Moscow and Leningrad for the contributions of their citizens to the revolution.
This order was bestowed on servicemen of the Soviet Army, Navy, MVD, and Border Guards, for achievements in training, political education, maintaining a high level of combat readiness, and for mastering new combat equipment.
www.russianwarrior.com /1969_medals3a.htm   (311 words)

  
 October Revolution & Tactics of the Russian Communists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Secondly, the circumstance that the October Revolution began during the imperialist war, at a time when the laboring masses, exhausted by the war and thirsting for peace, were by the very logic of facts led up to the proletarian revolution as the only way out of the war.
The revolutions in France in 1848 and 1871 came to grief chiefly because the peasant reserves proved to be on the side of the bourgeoisie.
Trotsky's "permanent revolution" is the repudiation of Lenin's theory of the proletarian revolution; and conversely, Lenin's theory of the proletarian revolution is the repudiation of the theory of "permanent revolution."
www.marxists.org /reference/archive/stalin/works/1924/12.htm   (8973 words)

  
 Revived and Recently Created Orders
Notice that the issue of legitimacy and recognition is skirted adroitly; in particular, the Order of Malta does not recognize the British Order to be "the" Order of Saint John, as its name implies.
The Order was renamed Ordine religioso cavalleresco della Milizia di N.S. Gesu Cristo, its members calling themselves knights and commanders, wearing a uniform with white jacket, and the shape of the insignia had become the fl and white cross flory of the Dominicans.
The insignia of the order was a medallion showing Saint George killing the dragon, hung from a ribbon, initially red (with the approval of the duke of Burgundy Philippe le Bon), changed to blue under Louis XIV.
www.heraldica.org /topics/orders/bg-orders.htm   (6437 words)

  
 Freedom or Death | Revolution
The very word 'Revolution' conjures up peasants storming the palace gates, Kings fleeing for their lives, a corrupt system of government crumbling, and a new form of fair order taking its place.
The French Revolution was not just a revolt against the regime of the Bourbon Kings; it embodied an entire new way of viewing the world and human society.
The attempts to redesign the Church in the wake of the tumultuous Revolution.
library.thinkquest.org /C006257/revolution/default.shtml   (378 words)

  
 Order of the Red Banner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Soviet government of Russia established the Order of the Battle Red Banner, better-known as the Order of the Red Banner (in Russian: Орден Крaсного Знамени Orden Krasnogo Znameni) on September 16, 1918 during the Russian Civil War.
Before the establishment of the Order of Lenin on April 6, 1930, the Order of the Red Banner functioned as the highest (and practically the only) military order of the USSR.
The Order was originally presented as a badge, which was worn on the left chest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_the_Red_Banner   (287 words)

  
 Spanish Revolution
The Spanish Revolution of 1936-1939 came closer to realizing the ideal of the free stateless society on a vast scale than any other revolution in history, including the aborted Russian Revolution of 1917.(1) In fact, they were two very different kinds of revolution.
From the experience of the Bolshevik Revolution it should by now be axiomatic that a revolution which provokes the resistance of the peasants, that cannot or will not establish solidarity between land and city workers, must inevitably degenerate into a counter-revolutionary dictatorship.
The Revolution instituted the "family wage," under which commodities were distributed and services rendered not according to the amount of labor performed, but according to the number and needs of the family members.
www.efn.org /~danr/dolgoff1.html   (2653 words)

  
 Chapter 5 Page 1
When Louis XVI agreed to convoke a meeting of the Estates-General for May 1789 to discuss the financial problems of the country, he unleashed a torrent of public discussion.
In October 1789 the Revolution seemed to hang in the balance once again.
In the midst of a continuing shortage of bread, rumors circulated that the royal guards at Versailles, the palace where the King and his family resided, had trampled on the revolutionary colors (red, white, and blue) and plotted counterrevolution.
chnm.gmu.edu /revolution/chap5a.html   (824 words)

  
 Imperial Order of the Dragon of Anam
He ordered his men to use honey to write on thousands of forest leaves words to the effect: 'Le Loi will be your king, Nguyen Trai will be your saviour'.
He ordered a dynastic seal be made, changed people's costumes, encouraged local dialects, adopting local expressions and indigenous words to further distance his domain from the north ruled by Trinh family and Lê emperor.
Gia Long ordered the restoration of his ancestral graves with wood carvings of statues in burial chambers symbolising the lost royal remains.
www.orderofthedragon.homestead.com /nguyen.html   (7731 words)

  
 "The Russian Revolution in Colour"�   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The ‘turning point’ of the revolution, the editors argue, is that while the February Revolution was spontaneous the October Revolution was consciously organised.
The action of the Bolsheviks was the outcome of a considered policy and of a clear-cut view of the progressive development of the revolution from its bourgeois-democratic to its proletarian-socialist phase.” [9] Even the Mensheviks were aware of the role of the Constituent Assembly at that stage of the revolution.
Such occurrences of them by opponents, are the invariable concomitants of war and revolution waged with the fanatical desperation which marked the struggle unleashed in Russia by the events of October 1917.” [19] However, the largest number of executions recorded, 512, took place in Petrograd.
www.marxist.com /russian-revolution-colour-documentary.htm   (3530 words)

  
 The Cheka during the Russian revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After the February revolution and the abdication of the Tsar the provisional government was set up, the Okharana was abolished, and the police was replaced by People Militias certain principles such as freedom of the press were implemented.
An order of the Petrograd Soviet (which was drafted by Lenin) called for a coup on October the 25th.
The MRC,talking the view that it's military tasks connected with the revolution were completed, on the 5 Dec began to dissolve itself, it liquidated its responsibility, its affairs were transfered to the Sovnarcom, the VTsiK, the Petrograd Soviet and the Local Soviets.
flag.blackened.net /revolt/talks/cheka.html   (1844 words)

  
 Anniversary of October Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Russian revolution in October 1917 brought about the greatest turning point in the history of the world as it thundered all over the globe, and in its path it called upon the working Class to rise up and overthrow the chains that bound them.
It is correct to state that since 1917 the ideas of the October Revolution have been the center of fierce ideological struggle.
In order to divert the workers from the revolution the enemies have promoted anti-Communism in all of its forms, from the right wing varieties, to the more insidious reformism and revisionist varieties.
www.northstarcompass.org /nsc9811/octrev.htm   (364 words)

  
 The Politburo Diktat: Long Live the New Oktober Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At the end of this first month of the Revolution, a few comments are in order.
The legitimate class struggle of the people has inspired many workers to rise in support: among them "Commissar" Dean, Comrade Iain, Comrade W. Comrade Babushka, and Comrade C.D. For sending large numbers of participants to the revolution, all these Socialist Bloggers are awarded the Order of the October Revolution (O.O.R.).
For his role, in supplying the necessary Marxist Technology (MT), the King is also awarded the O.O.R. Update: Comrade Jessica has rushed to the barricades.
acepilots.com /mt/archives/000279.html   (199 words)

  
 Religious Movements Homepage: Order of the Solar Temple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He became a member of the Rosicrucian Order AMORC (Ancient and Mystic Order of the Rosy Cross) in January of 1956, and remained involved with the group until 1969.
In the town of Chiery, Switzerland, the night of October 4 to October 5, 1994, residents became aware of a fire on the edge of town.
The original order was the Order of the Temple, a monastic-chivalric Catholic Order founded in 1118- 1119 by Hughes de Payens and dissolved by Pope Clement V after the persecutions by King Phillip (the Fair) of France, in 1307.
religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/solartemp.html   (3513 words)

  
 ORDERS AND HIGHEST STATE AWARDS
The Order has very light traces of wear, and is almost flawless except for a very tiny ding on the first "P".
Established on October 10, 1943 just before the liberation of Ukraine and awarded to small unit and partisan commanders "for bold initiative and decisiveness while conducting operations", as well as for personal bravery on the battle field.
This order is not an official State award, but was awarded by the Ministry of Energy.
home.netcom.com /~merezhko/orders.html   (3673 words)

  
 German Revolution
The German Revolution began on 29th October 1918, when sailors at Kiel refused to obey orders and engage in battle with the British Navy.
Eisner made it clear that this revolution was different from the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and announced that all private property would be protected by the new government.
Inspired by the events of the October Revolution, Levine ordered the expropriated of luxury flats and gave them to the homeless.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERrevolution.htm   (769 words)

  
 Discovering China: The Cultural Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the congress held in October in Beijing, Lin Biao and Chen Boda advertised the necessity and meaning of the Cultural Revolution.
At first, the main target of the Cultural Revolution was the realm of culture and education and the organization of the party and the government.
The Cultural Revolution at factories, traffic, companies, and in the countryside, had to be carried out deliberately and gradually, for persons like Zhou Enlai feared that the Cultural Revolution would affect the economy.
library.thinkquest.org /26469/cultural-revolution/beginnig.html   (1109 words)

  
 Gifts For Antique Lovers - Aisle 4 - Woodworkers Auction Christmas Shoppe
Order of the White Eagle, which displays the double-headed crowned eagle, in white enameling, was conferred on Peter the Great by Poland's King Augustus in 1712.
Lenin, with the words "e;Long Live the Socialist Revolution"e;, is shown on the obverse; the Museum, with the Order of the October Revolution emblazoned above it, is featured on the reverse.
Order of the Red Banner and Order of the Red Star were awarded during the WWII era for heroism.
www.woodworkersauction.com /Antiques/giftsantiques4.htm   (825 words)

  
 Collect Russia SOVIET ORDERS AND MEDALS Order of Lenin Soviet Russian
Order of Lenin, Type 4, Var 1, #6549, with a document, circa early 1940 issue to a Military Engineer or Technician.
Order of Lenin, Type 6, Var 1 (Leningrad Mint), #364339, with award document, 1966 issue.
Order of Lenin, Type 6, Var 1 (Leningrad Mint), #333915, with award document, 1957 issue.
collectrussia.com /ShowCat.htm?Cat=orderLenin   (257 words)

  
 revolution
With the onset of the October revolution Russia was thrown into upheaval.
Lenin felt that the revolution was a chance for the proletariat to take what the bourgeoisie had.
The October revolution brought a clash of the two main classes in Russia.
www.msu.edu /~rexford1/revolution.htm   (1362 words)

  
 Russian Revolution, October, 1917
On 19th July, Kerensky gave orders for the arrest of leading Bolsheviks who were campaigning against the war.
Lenin agreed and on the evening of 24th October, 1917, orders were given for the Bolsheviks began to occupy the railway stations, the telephone exchange and the State Bank.
Kamenev and Zinoviev (Nogin and Rykov, who were of the same opinion, being absent from this meeting) stated their view that the insurrection might perhaps itself be successful, but that it would be almost impossible to maintain power afterwards owing to the economic pressures and crisis in the food supply.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RUSnovemberR.htm   (3002 words)

  
 Cuban Revolution
The author attempts to explain how the revolution failed to fulfill its promise to the people by illustrating the situation of Cuba today, a history of the revolution, and proposing solutions for the future.
In its desire to discredit the revolution’s claim as a “working class” revolution, the author describes the harsher side to Castro’s revolution.
Nevertheless, his analysis of the Cuban Revolution adds an uncommon view to the varying viewpoints of the revolution.
www2.truman.edu /~marc/webpages/revsfall99/cuba   (1132 words)

  
 revolution
Ballard etc., and was in the siege of York and served against the Tories and Indians, etc., and in a number of hard battles of that conflict and was with Washington when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781.
In 1800 they were living in Buncombe County, NC and he died on October 30, 1835 in Haywood (now Jackson) County, NC and in 1854 his widow was living in Jackson Co., NC.
He died on October 29, 1838 in Buncombe Co., NC and in 1843 his widow was living in Buncombe County.
www.obcgs.com /revolution.htm   (2078 words)

  
 Soviet medals & orders INTERESTING
The Order of Glory 1st class rose to 3600 CHF (from 3100), Order of Red Star Type 2v2r3 from 450 to 700 and a Red Star with rivets sold for 900 CHF (starting 400 CHF).
Not sold were an Order of the October Revolution (five rivets number 87433), an Order of The Great Patriotic War 1st Degree number (WWII issue number 40256) and an Order of Labour Glory 2nd Class - all with a starting price of 230 CHF - cca 185 USD).
Club members and visitors start assembling as early as nine am and by lunch time manage to examine everything from orders, medals, coins, badges and pins to the occasional uniform, piece of porcelain or hand-engraved tusk of a walrus.
www.soviet-medals-orders.com /interesting.shtml   (612 words)

  
 Books about the American Revolution
Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea: Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution, and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne.
The Pictorial History of the American Revolution; With a Sketch of the Early History of the Country.
The Quakers in the Revolution by Isaac Sharpless
home.att.net /~newbooks/AmRevbooks.html   (6566 words)

  
 The Russian Revolution Web Quest
Place the following events in chronological order with #13 being the earliest event.
List three ways in which Kerensky was involved in the Russian Revolution and events that followed.
List three ways in which Kollontai was involved in the Russian Revolution and events that followed.
www.personal.kent.edu /~ksherwoo/russianrevolution.htm   (427 words)

  
 Virtual Museum of the Great Armenian Composer Aram Khachaturian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Order of the “Science of Art of the United Arab Republic” (“for outstanding musical achievements”)
Title of Hero of Socialist Labor; Order of Lenin and gold medal “Hammer and Sickle
Order of the French Republic “For Musical Merits” and title of “Commander”
www.khachaturian.am /eng/awards.htm   (220 words)

  
 Washington Takes Command:  Cambridge During the American Revolution
This exciting new map and guide explores events in Cambridge during the Revolution and identifies historic sites throughout the city.
By order of the Committee of Safety, Harvard College canceled classes on May 1.
Classes resumed in Concord in October; the students did not return to Cambridge until June 1776.
www.cambridgema.gov /~Historic/revolutionarymap.html   (517 words)

  
 ITEMS FOR SALE
Order of Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces, III
It is a stamped bronze and enamel red star with a partisan and banner (very different design from the Type II) in the middle.
It is extremely rare because all partisans, and even their widows, were ordered to turn them in during the early 1950s and were re-issued Type IIs.
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