What Was Stalin's Dominance
What would you do if one country’s dominance over your country changed your life for the worse? This is what was occurring to the lithuanians. During Stalin's rule, There were many things he did to ensure soviet dominance. Stalin had a five year plan. This five year plan was to gain complete soviet dominance through the secret deportation of Lithuanians to siberia. The lithuanians faced many hardships not only in Siberia but on the way there as well.
The first part of the plan was to deport them to Siberia.”We were shoved tightly into cattle cars. Sometimes 80-100 people per car.”(Stalin’s Purge). The deportees were treated poorly from the beginning. The cattle cars were overloaded,cramped together with no privacy,and conditions were poor. …show more content…
when these shipments would arrive they would force the remaining lithuanians to unload the food and bring it to the guards rooms. After doing this they would not receive any food for doing so. The only food they would receive is bread. Very small portions. If other food was wanted they would have to fish.While all of this was happening there were many distractions that turned the americans and other leaders attention. One of these reasons was Stalin and the Communist party. Stalin at this time was purging the Communist party. He was trying to gain more power. America along with other leaders were so focused on this they were unaware of the cruelty that was going on. Another distraction was the NKVD. The nkvd were Stalin's tool. They were his secret police. He used them to gain power against the citizens. Anyone who dared to speak up against the government was “dealt” with. The nkvd would kill entire families. “People lived in such fear they slept with packed suitcases.”(nkvd facts).In coordination with these distractions, Stalin was able to pay off other public figures for their silence. They were treated like royalty for their complete cooperation. Another way Stalin was able to gain power was voting. The citizens were scared into voting for stalin. They were threatened by the nkvd and forced to vote for whatever Stalin wanted. The nkvd was
The first part of the plan was to deport them to Siberia.”We were shoved tightly into cattle cars. Sometimes 80-100 people per car.”(Stalin’s Purge). The deportees were treated poorly from the beginning. The cattle cars were overloaded,cramped together with no privacy,and conditions were poor. …show more content…
when these shipments would arrive they would force the remaining lithuanians to unload the food and bring it to the guards rooms. After doing this they would not receive any food for doing so. The only food they would receive is bread. Very small portions. If other food was wanted they would have to fish.While all of this was happening there were many distractions that turned the americans and other leaders attention. One of these reasons was Stalin and the Communist party. Stalin at this time was purging the Communist party. He was trying to gain more power. America along with other leaders were so focused on this they were unaware of the cruelty that was going on. Another distraction was the NKVD. The nkvd were Stalin's tool. They were his secret police. He used them to gain power against the citizens. Anyone who dared to speak up against the government was “dealt” with. The nkvd would kill entire families. “People lived in such fear they slept with packed suitcases.”(nkvd facts).In coordination with these distractions, Stalin was able to pay off other public figures for their silence. They were treated like royalty for their complete cooperation. Another way Stalin was able to gain power was voting. The citizens were scared into voting for stalin. They were threatened by the nkvd and forced to vote for whatever Stalin wanted. The nkvd was