Stalin or “The Man of Steel” killed over 4 to 10 million people in his reign as dictator. While, Stalin was dictator he used his power to kill or to used people for forced labor. Stalin killed millions of innocent people for power, fear, and intimidation but, some people thought he was a hero. First, Stalin was known for some terrible things. He was a dictator that killed innocent people. Stalin turned peasants into a military superpower killing 20 million innocent people (“Joseph Stalin, 2009”). He got involved with revolutionary politics and criminal activities (breaking laws) in his youth (“Joseph Stalin, 2009”). He was general of socialist party in the 1900’s after being was kicked out of a school where Stalin was learning to be a priest (“BBC- I Wonder -Joseph Stalin: National Hero or Cold Blooded Murderer?”). All of his enemies (people who crossed him) were sent to labor camps or to be executed for no apparent reason; Stalin just believed that some people should die or don’t deserve a life. …show more content…
Stalin was 51 when he became dictator. Switzerland foolishly called on him to serve in the First Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party (“Joseph Stalin, 2009”). His super religious mother sent him to be a priest at Georgian Orthodox Church but, he got kicked out for failing exams, tests, quizzes, and bad behavior. In result, he got into revolutionary politics that made him dictator (“BBC- I Wonder -Joseph Stalin: National Hero or Cold Blooded Murderer?”). Stalin pronounced himself dictator in the late 1920’s giving more power than when he has general of the socialist party (“BBC- I Wonder -Joseph Stalin: National Hero or Cold Blooded Murderer?”). He gained more land after him and Hitler carved up Eastern Europe giving him more power and land to do rule and to send people to labor camps and