How Did Joseph Stalin Rise To Power
Since the 1500s Russia was in a depression with very little industrial development. Josef Stalin’s plans were to quickly industrialize to make them a significant power in the world. His plans included collectivising farms to produce more food for the russian people and building factories to produce goods such as weapons, and clothes. It provided jobs for many people and made russia an important power in WWII and the cold war. All this development was at the cost of its citizens. Tens of thousands of people were put in fear of their government and forced labor camps called the gulags. Stalin had created a dictatorship that was far from benevolent. There was little room for the intellectuals to make new discoveries and for people to think outside
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His main goal was to be gain power from industry and become more influential. he makes this clear when he writes,“The question of a fast rate of development of industry would not face us so acutely as it does now if we had such a highly developed industry and such a highly developed technology as Germany” Stalin felt the need to compete with other countries for power. His competitiveness and it remains were shown during the cold war with the arms race and the space race. Stalin also subjected the factories to government regulation and not to private owners. He pushed for the factories to increase iron production by 200% and electrical output be 335%. Image A shows workers quickly working to produce goods needed to industrialise. The notation translates to “With shock labour we will ensure prompt delivery”. The idea of this poster is to get as many people as possible to work in factories to speed up production. Prisoners were often hired to do the work because there were many prisoners and they were relatively inexpensive. According to one gulag survivor, “In the Stalin era, a person who arrived late to work three times could be sent to the Gulag for three years.” another account says, “If a worker was found guilty of treason for any of these reasons, he could be shot”. From this we see an excessive drive for efficiency at the expense of the peasantry. People are seen as disposable. They are
His main goal was to be gain power from industry and become more influential. he makes this clear when he writes,“The question of a fast rate of development of industry would not face us so acutely as it does now if we had such a highly developed industry and such a highly developed technology as Germany” Stalin felt the need to compete with other countries for power. His competitiveness and it remains were shown during the cold war with the arms race and the space race. Stalin also subjected the factories to government regulation and not to private owners. He pushed for the factories to increase iron production by 200% and electrical output be 335%. Image A shows workers quickly working to produce goods needed to industrialise. The notation translates to “With shock labour we will ensure prompt delivery”. The idea of this poster is to get as many people as possible to work in factories to speed up production. Prisoners were often hired to do the work because there were many prisoners and they were relatively inexpensive. According to one gulag survivor, “In the Stalin era, a person who arrived late to work three times could be sent to the Gulag for three years.” another account says, “If a worker was found guilty of treason for any of these reasons, he could be shot”. From this we see an excessive drive for efficiency at the expense of the peasantry. People are seen as disposable. They are