Part 1 Stalin Myth Essay
Assignment 03
Part 1 Stalin
What does this source tell us about the creation of myth surrounding Stalin? Krushchev on Stalin
He argues that under Lenin was a “collectable leadership” with which they discussed political strategy. Stalin was power-hungry who repressed those who would stand up for their opinion, he didn't listen to the people and attacked those who supported him. Using the idea of “Enemy of the people” to justify his actions.
“It is clear that here Stalin showed in a whole series of cases his intolerance, his brutality, and his abuse of power......”
He regarded Stalin who's idea of rule was a copy of the original revolution. He compares Lenin to Stalin, “Here we see no wisdom but only a demonstration of the brutal force which had once so alarmed V.I. Lenin.”
“Lenin used severe methods only …show more content…
in the most necessary cases, when the exploiting classes were still in existence and were vigorously opposing the revolution, when the struggle for survival ….” It is clear that the repressions were established by Lenin after the revolution.
This is one of the myths that fuel ideas about Stalin. Others give their views about Stalin and their stories of the said accounts.
Scott, makes assumptions about the purges without evidence, he experienced stalinism first hand.
He suggests that the purges were about the control of administration,using the documents of the criminal code of the R.S.F.S.R - “Any action is counter – revolutionary which is directed towards the overthrow, undermining, or weakening of the power of the workers and peasants....”
Scott was in no position to know what they were up to. He argues that workers were able to use the rise of the purges to control management of the factories, their superiors were put in prison. Scott recalls that some arrests created opportunity for social mobility and shows how the arrests created fear and protests.
“ Incidents of this kind, occurred in various parts of the Soviet Union and reports of them in one form probably reached Stalin and the other leaders of the government.” “Many people acted by shunning
responsibility.” Conquest believes that Stalin was to blame for the purges.
“Stalin personally ordered, inspired and organised the operation. He received weekly reports of, as a recent Soviet article put it, He personally examined and signed, it is true, only the top – level death sentences”.
From that references I can see Conquest has no evidence based on this, instead he is mentioning a Soviet article, he doesn’t say where the article came from.
Conquest doesn’t have any statistics over the deaths but he does agree with Scott and mentions that the terror was directed to the people of Russia.
“By the middle of 1938 he had killed, or had in prison ready for execution, the great majority of the Central committee.”
This may be true and coincides with Scott's version of events.
Its a point of view rather than based upon evidence and is based on his assertions rather than fact.
Suny mentions the purges escaped Stalin's control. He gives descriptions of what happened in Magnitogorsk.
“ The purges destroyed primarily those in power. It is one of the mysteries of Stalinism,”
“There are among the apparatus member of the government or party apparatus, too many former members of the original Leninist party.”
He was writing about how the Purges members who were trying to be seen as revolutionaries but ended up as dictatorial.
“One of the effects of the purges was the replacement of an older political and economic elite with a younger, potentially more loyal one.
Part 1 Stalin
What does this source tell us about the creation of myth surrounding Stalin? Krushchev on Stalin
He argues that under Lenin was a “collectable leadership” with which they discussed political strategy. Stalin was power-hungry who repressed those who would stand up for their opinion, he didn't listen to the people and attacked those who supported him. Using the idea of “Enemy of the people” to justify his actions.
“It is clear that here Stalin showed in a whole series of cases his intolerance, his brutality, and his abuse of power......”
He regarded Stalin who's idea of rule was a copy of the original revolution. He compares Lenin to Stalin, “Here we see no wisdom but only a demonstration of the brutal force which had once so alarmed V.I. Lenin.”
“Lenin used severe methods only …show more content…
in the most necessary cases, when the exploiting classes were still in existence and were vigorously opposing the revolution, when the struggle for survival ….” It is clear that the repressions were established by Lenin after the revolution.
This is one of the myths that fuel ideas about Stalin. Others give their views about Stalin and their stories of the said accounts.
Scott, makes assumptions about the purges without evidence, he experienced stalinism first hand.
He suggests that the purges were about the control of administration,using the documents of the criminal code of the R.S.F.S.R - “Any action is counter – revolutionary which is directed towards the overthrow, undermining, or weakening of the power of the workers and peasants....”
Scott was in no position to know what they were up to. He argues that workers were able to use the rise of the purges to control management of the factories, their superiors were put in prison. Scott recalls that some arrests created opportunity for social mobility and shows how the arrests created fear and protests.
“ Incidents of this kind, occurred in various parts of the Soviet Union and reports of them in one form probably reached Stalin and the other leaders of the government.” “Many people acted by shunning
responsibility.” Conquest believes that Stalin was to blame for the purges.
“Stalin personally ordered, inspired and organised the operation. He received weekly reports of, as a recent Soviet article put it, He personally examined and signed, it is true, only the top – level death sentences”.
From that references I can see Conquest has no evidence based on this, instead he is mentioning a Soviet article, he doesn’t say where the article came from.
Conquest doesn’t have any statistics over the deaths but he does agree with Scott and mentions that the terror was directed to the people of Russia.
“By the middle of 1938 he had killed, or had in prison ready for execution, the great majority of the Central committee.”
This may be true and coincides with Scott's version of events.
Its a point of view rather than based upon evidence and is based on his assertions rather than fact.
Suny mentions the purges escaped Stalin's control. He gives descriptions of what happened in Magnitogorsk.
“ The purges destroyed primarily those in power. It is one of the mysteries of Stalinism,”
“There are among the apparatus member of the government or party apparatus, too many former members of the original Leninist party.”
He was writing about how the Purges members who were trying to be seen as revolutionaries but ended up as dictatorial.
“One of the effects of the purges was the replacement of an older political and economic elite with a younger, potentially more loyal one.