The Reign Of Terror In George Orwell's Animal Farm

The year is 1917 and the Russian Revolution had just taken place the Czars were overthrown and the Communist party takes over. At this time, it puts into power Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin is the leader of the Communist party creating the USSR. When Lenin dies in 1924 Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky are fighting for power Stalin spreads lies about Trotsky causing him to flee to Moscow, thus giving Stalin control of the USSR in the year 1929. The book Animal Farm by George Orwell shows in an allegory style the way the Russian Revolution happened and how Joseph Stalin came to power and the way he treated the people of Russia. During Stalin’s years of power, he used a “Reign of Terror” to keep his control of the Russian people in control at
Kirov was an orphan that was grew up and believed fully in the Revolution of 1917 he was in fact mentored personally by Joseph Stalin (histclo.com). However, after the famine that accord killing millions of people he no longer believed in what Stalin was doing and spoke out against him thus causing Stalin to ask him to move to Moscow from Leningrad so that he could keep a better eye on him and he wouldn’t be able to keep talking out against him (histclo.com). When Kirov was first assassinated the blame was put on the two-party heads of the “Trotskyite-Zinovievite terrorist center” said A. Lengyel. Stalin used this as an opportunity to get rid of all those who opposed/ spoke out against him in the government and then with the local common people who dared to speak out against him. To find these people Stalin “appointed Nikolai Ezhov as the head of the NKVD, secret police, in 1936” (A. Lengyel). Stalin chose well for his new “attack dogs” like shown in the book Animal Farm by George Orwell they took in anyone that spoke anything ill against Stalin and his regime so says A. Lengyel. It was so good that in 1937 “most of the Red Army general staff either disappeared or were executed” (A. Lengyel). Once you were arrested though you weren’t just put in jail you were tortured until you confessed to something didn’t matter if it was
One girl, Antonina Golovina who grew up in Siberia with her family after being exiled, years later once was allowed back into the USSR she never spoke bad against Stalin or the communist party due to the fear instilled in her at such a young age as told to us by weebly.com. All those who lived during Stalin’s time lived in fear of the ruler and didn’t dare speak out against in any way to ensure that they didn’t meet the fate of so many others who were never seen or heard of again. They lived this way even after Stalin’s death. Thus showing in the greatest terms Stalin was no hero he was a monster that forced his people into loving him with the use of his fearful tactics against them and those who dared go against him for power.
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