What kind of animals are Old Major (an allegory of Marx and Lenin) and Napoleon (an allegory of Stalin), in George Orwell's classic 1945 novella Animal Farm?
Russian Revolution foundations of dictatorship and lawlessness. Lenin had consolidated the principle of state penetration of the whole society, its economy and its culture. Lenin had practised terror and advocated revolutionary amoralism." "Dates are correct for the Julian calendar, which was used in Russia until 1918. It was twelve days behind the Gregorian calendar during the 19th century and thirteen days behind it during the 20th century." George Orwell's classic novella "Animal Farm" is an allegory of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. It describes the dictator Stalin as a big Berkshire boar named, "Napoleon." Trotsky is represented by a pig called
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