Discursive essay 5 March 2015
Discursive essay 5 March 2015
“Stalin’s economic policy brought glory to the USSR" Discuss the accuracy of this statement in terms of the economic and social impacts on Russia between 1928 & 1941
The statement "Stalin's economic policies brought glory to the USSR" is accurate in terms of the economic impacts between 1928-1941, but in terms of the social aspects that happened between the same time frame the statement is overshadowed and no longer accurate. The economic policy did bring some sort of glory towards the USSR, but the social policy which was really bad which then disregarded the economical aspect thus not making the statement that "Stalin's economic policies brought glory to the USSR" entirely correct.
Stalin had been one of two men who were in a position to succeed Lenin the other being Leon Trotsky. Joseph Stalin (His real name was Josef Dzhugashvili) Stalin, meaning "Man of Steel". Stalin was both Commissar of Nationalities and Commissar of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate making him the ideal option to be the successor of Lenin. Stalin was intent on industrializing the Soviet Union as quickly as possible as he feared that the Soviet Union would, once again attacked by the west. He felt as the Soviet Union was not strong enough industrially and it would not survive as the world's only communist state. A system of two Five Year Plans was introduced. The first ran from 1928-1933, the second running from 1933-1937. This, then, later bringing "glory" to the USSR economically and putting them in a better position than they were before the two Five Year Plans.
In 1928 Stalin had faced three problems in the agricultural sector of the economy. Firstly, the production of food was not keeping up with the demand and the urban centres were suffering food shortages. Secondly, the industrialization program, Stalin planned for the Soviet Union could be only carried out if it were able to
“Stalin’s economic policy brought glory to the USSR" Discuss the accuracy of this statement in terms of the economic and social impacts on Russia between 1928 & 1941
The statement "Stalin's economic policies brought glory to the USSR" is accurate in terms of the economic impacts between 1928-1941, but in terms of the social aspects that happened between the same time frame the statement is overshadowed and no longer accurate. The economic policy did bring some sort of glory towards the USSR, but the social policy which was really bad which then disregarded the economical aspect thus not making the statement that "Stalin's economic policies brought glory to the USSR" entirely correct.
Stalin had been one of two men who were in a position to succeed Lenin the other being Leon Trotsky. Joseph Stalin (His real name was Josef Dzhugashvili) Stalin, meaning "Man of Steel". Stalin was both Commissar of Nationalities and Commissar of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate making him the ideal option to be the successor of Lenin. Stalin was intent on industrializing the Soviet Union as quickly as possible as he feared that the Soviet Union would, once again attacked by the west. He felt as the Soviet Union was not strong enough industrially and it would not survive as the world's only communist state. A system of two Five Year Plans was introduced. The first ran from 1928-1933, the second running from 1933-1937. This, then, later bringing "glory" to the USSR economically and putting them in a better position than they were before the two Five Year Plans.
In 1928 Stalin had faced three problems in the agricultural sector of the economy. Firstly, the production of food was not keeping up with the demand and the urban centres were suffering food shortages. Secondly, the industrialization program, Stalin planned for the Soviet Union could be only carried out if it were able to