Mechanisms of Control In George Orwell’s 1984‚ the strategies used by Oceania’s "Party" to achieve total control over the population are similar to the ones emplaced by Joseph Stalin during his reign. Indeed‚ the tactics used by Oceania’s "Party" truly depicts the brutal totalitarian society of Stalin’s Russia. In making a connection between Stalin’s Russia and Big Brothers’ Oceania‚ each party implements a psychological and physical manipulation over society by controlling the information and the
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this lag in ten years. Either we do it‚ or they crush us!" Josef Stalin 1931‚ this quote sums up Stalin’s desire to modernize the Soviet Union. Stalin attempt to modernize the Soviet Union through a series of five year plans had various outcomes on the people‚ economy and politics in the country. The results of Stalin’s policies where mixed economically they where great‚ but politically and socially they had major flaws. Stalin increased the amount of heavy industry and the production of raw materials
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Yousef Khalil Modern World History Research Paper Stalin Hollywood seems to portray most of the historical movies it produces inaccurately in order for them to sell. Movie producers twist the original story and make up some facts‚ translated into scenes‚ which would attract the audience to a particular movie. But should we blame Hollywood‚ or the audience for being less aware of our history‚ and just pay to watch movies for the sake of entertainment‚ not caring on how historically
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To what extent did Stalin rise to power because of his cunning personality? Explain your answer. [12m] Stalin rose in power because of his cunning and manipulative personality. He used propaganda to manipulate the images he created for himself and Trotsky as he wanted to get more popularity and support from the people because he wanted to portray himself as the legitimate successor and destroy Trotsky’s positive image as Lenin’s chosen successor. Stalin was cunning enough to prevent
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The Rise of Communism: Marx and Lenin Marx’s class struggle was one of the founding ideas of Lenin’s modern socialism. Marx’s ideas were socialist- he believed in equalizing the economic asymmetry. Marx’s (and Engels) ideals consisted of a passive and natural mental shift from one political mentality to the next‚ claiming that society evolved together: from one phase to the next. According to Marx‚ class struggle evolved from hunter to slavery to feudalism to capitalism to imperialism to socialism
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To what extent was Lenin ‘heir to the Russian tradition of government’? Since the tsar‚ Lenin has taken the ‘throne’ and along with the Bolsheviks proceeded to turn Russia into a one-party state. It can be argued that Russia has remained almost unchanged in terms of government policies and its traditions this is shown by Lenin’s oppressive policies such as censorship. Lenin was not born into power and this shows he is in fact not an "heir" to Russian tradition. Similarly he had as little time
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Stalin vs. Hitler If two men were to be tagged with having the most impact‚ good or bad‚ on twentieth century Europe the names Joseph Stalin and Adolph Hitler would ring loud and clear. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were the most recognizable and known totalitarian leaders in Europe. They both had a great impact on the world’s history. Adolf Hitler was the Fuhrer of the III Reich and a leader of the Nazi Party. He is to blame for the break out of the II World War and for the creation of
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Stalin is a biography/ drama HBO film. The movie Stalin is about the life of Stalin from the time Lenin became ruler to when Stalin died. It shows the life and career of the leader of the Soviet Union‚ Joseph Stalin. Stalin is portrayed as a man who craved power and thrived for the goal in turning the nation of The USSR into a communist government. Stalin was also a horrible person and led the murder of millions of Russian people. This movie was very informational in my opinion. If you want to
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The New Economic Policy (NEP) was a measure implemented in order to counter the arguably disastrous effects War Communism. The New Economic is controversial. Some historians argue it allowed the Soviet economy to solidify and begin to recover‚ and also allowed the Bolsheviks to retain control over Russia. Others‚ like Orlando Figes‚ state it was ultimately a failure‚ arguing that under the NEP the peasants grew away from the Bolshevik regime‚ inviting a future‚ and brutal‚ reassertion of central
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How Successful Was Stalin’s Economic Policy? Stalin’s economic policy primarily consisted of two factors‚ collectivisation and the five year plans. The aim of collectivisation was to destroy private ownership that had been allowed whilst the NEP was in effect. The reason for this is that private ownership was a capitalist idea and therefore it went against Marx’s theory of communism. Another aim of collectivisation was to make the state a proletariate; this was needed because in order to reach
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