How Did Joseph Stalin Rise To Power

Joseph Stalin was born in 1870 in bitter poverty in Georgia, a region in Southern Russia. Unlike other well-educated and cultured leaders, he was very crude and rough. He was cold, hard, and impersonal. When he became part of Bolsheviks, he changed his name to Stalin, which means “man of steel” in Russian. There was a clear distinction between Stalin and Lenin, who were two of the most notable men during that time in Russia. Between 1922 and 1927, Stalin began his movements to seize control over the current government. As a general secretary of the Communist Party, he secretly moved his supporters into positions of power in order to seize full control over the government. He began his ruthless climb to become a new of Russian government. And
finally in 1928, he was in total command of the Communist Party. He rose to power as a dictator and started to abuse his power to control Russia completely. After he had become the new leader of Russia, he aimed to create a perfect Communist state in Russia. In order to do so, he transformed the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state. He took countless actions and efforts to build his totalitarian state and to control people in Russia.
He used his secret police to control over his people to maintain his power. Also, his government controlled all newspapers, motion pictures,radio, and other sources of information to maintain their full control over the people in Russia. In addition, he controlled all education in Russia manipulating people’s minds and their attitude. He wanted people to learn about his virtue and the greatness of his communist party in order to follow the orders from them. Adding on, Stalin has prohibited attending churches and having their own religions after he had become the leader of the Soviet Union. Due to his cruel and brutal actions to achieve the perfect Communist state, he has eliminated personal right and freedoms in favor of the power of the state. Myriad of people suffered great pain under the Stalin’s regime and were eager for change in their life. By the mid-1930s, Stalin was able to forcible transformed the Soviet Union into a totalitarian regime and an industrial and political power. He rose as a dictator and maintained his control over the Communist Party. He abused his immense power and authority to possess a total control over his
country.

Benito Mussolini was one of the most cruel and brutal dictators in Europe.
He is well known for creating the Fascist party in Italy. To begin, Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Predappio, Romagna. After spending his childhood, he became a school teacher in 1901. Then in 1908, he became a newspaper writer in Austria and two years later, he joined the local socialist party and eventually became the secretary. However, in 1911, he was arrested for spending anti-patriot propaganda. After several years, he once again worked as the editor of socialist newspaper in MIlan. During that time, there was a rapid increase of Fascism in Italy after they had failed to win large territorial gains at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. People in Italy were tired and worn out of rising inflation and unemployment; however, their democratic government seemed helpless to deal with the country’s problems. They were eagerly waiting for the strong and powerful leader who would take action. And of course, that was Benito Mussolini who grasped this perfect opportunity to rise to power. Unlike the rest of the leaders and representatives in Italy, Benito Mussolini was in full of confidence and promised to rescue Italy by reviving its economy and rebuilding its armed forces. He promised his people to give strong leadership and make stabled society, which that was not present under King Victor Emmanuel II’s regime. As the time progressed and the situation in Italy got worsened, he gained more and more
followers who desired for dramatic change. He began to publicly criticized Italy’s government and ensure people that there has to be a change. He began to win more support from the middle classes. And finally, in 1919, he founded the Fascist Party and grabbed the power in Italy. After Mussolini had put the crown on his head, he abolished democracy and outlawed all political parties except the Fascists. Despite the expectations from Mussolini’s followers, he started to abuse his authority and control almost every aspect of of people’s lives. And 1933, he started the Italian age of imperialism. When some time has passed under Mussolini’s reign, he began to follow the Nazi ideas, causing Jewish persecution in Italy. Later on, after he had already influenced by the Nazi ideas, he declared war on Russia and the U.S., even though, his armies were not prepared for this war. Then on July 25, 1943, he was arrested for losing much of the land and got executed by his people in April 1945.