How Did Joseph Stalin Rise To Power

In the late 1920’s to the 1930’s, there were two tyrants, one Russian and one German. Most people are familiar with the German dictator, Hitler, who was solely responsible for anti-Semitic policies resulting in the Holocaust, the decimation of Jews, communists, and gypsies. Strangely enough, people are not as familiar with the Russian authoritarian, Stalin, even though his policies on collectivization lead to just as many deaths as the Holocaust. Hitler rose to power in hopes of creating an Aryan Race, a master race of the Germans; Hitler’s ideas were based on racial bias. Consequently, this “noble” race did not include Jews, communists, socialists, gypsies, or disabled people; in fact, Hitler blamed these people for all the problems in Germany. So, in 1935 Hitler passed the Nuremberg Laws which resulted in the Jewish population losing their citizenship and a bulk of the jobs were barred from them. Next, in 1938 The Night of the Broken
Stalin came up with the Five-Year Plan; it was put in place to establish objectives for the production and organization to enable the progression of the economy. One of his main goals was collectivization, a policy that forced the consolidation of peasant households onto farms to work and live in order to increase production of agriculture. Many peasant farmers resisted and they were persecuted and if they resisted all their wheat were confiscated. This left thousands of people starving and it resulted in a famine on his own citizens. By 1938 ninety percent of the people had been collectivized and industrial production rose over four hundred percent. Accordingly, other nations were captivated but the Soviet Union was undergoing the worst depression in history. During this time one-third of the Ukraine population starved to death; in fact, over seven million people died because of