Stalin Declassified “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic” • Murders more than his own country than all killed in war Russia were in wars combined • May 1945‚ victory. USSR celebrate end of WWII. Victory at great cost. Death toll at 7mill according to Stalin. Soviet documents declassified rose and said at 9million military‚ 17 military civilians. 26 million total. • January 1924 Lenin dead. Stalin began to emerge as the chief • Goal of soviet communism-
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Assess the role of Lenin in the Bolshevik consolidation of power from 1917 to 1924. Lenin’s contribution to the Bolshevik Party was an essential factor in their consolidation of power during 1917-1924‚ however; Lenin’s role was not the only factor contributing to their success. The Bolsheviks were regarded as a “minor feature of Russian political life” and it was not until Lenin’s return to Russia that the party became a key player. It can be seen that Lenin played a pivotal role in the consolidation
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Why Did Stalin Become a Dictator? At the beginning of the 20th century‚ Russia was a very poor country. Most of the people were peasants‚ and there was very little industry. After the First World War‚ things only got worse; the army suffered many huge defeats. The poorest of the people were starving‚ due to a shortage of food. During the war‚ in 1917 the Communists came about by two important revolutions; they were led by Lenin. Communism is a system of government in which the state controls the
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with every Leader which is dependent on various factors. Analysing their Leadership qualities and traits gives us a coherent data about their manner of Leadership. This report presents the leadership styles of three leaders: 1. Donald Trump 2. Joseph Stalin 3. Benito Mussolini Donald Trump Donald John Trump Sr. was born on the 14th of June‚ 1946 to Fred Trump‚ who was also a successful businessman. Fred was a self-made real estate millionaire located in New York City. Donald Trump acquired
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How did Stalin transform the Russian economy? 1924-1941 In 1924‚ Russia faced significant economic‚ political and social changes. In the next 17 years‚ a relatively short period of time‚ Russia‚ under Stalin would undergo domestic measures. During this period we would see rapid industrialisation‚ enormous growth in agriculture and a tripling in the workforce‚ resulting in a modernised Russian economy. Without exception‚ all of the economic policies introduced were ruthless and designed to transform
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Stalin and Hitler: Similarities and Differences Stalin and Hitler emerged when political and economic instability had crippled the USSR and Germany in the 1920s. They began making improvements which encouraged their people to believe that prosperity awaited them. This notion was unfortunately a delusion as both figures would eventually rule by decree. Despite treading on different paths of dictatorship‚ both figures still find some commonalities. Two prominent differences would certainly come
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party would strengthen itself by purges‚ expelling all but the most fundamental disagreements. He stood for the rigid reaffirmation of Marxian ideas and fundamentals- dialectical materialism and irreconcilable class struggle. 14. What did Lenin add to Marxism? He developed and transformed it into a first-rank element of Marxism certain theories of “imperialism” and of the “uneven development of capitalism‚ that is captilism that
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Economic and Policy Development of the Republic of Ireland in comparison to Iceland. Ireland and Iceland‚ having both undergone economic problems in recent years‚ have current economic situations which are very comparable. Experts claim that “Both economies experienced deep crises in 2008-2010: Icelandic economy contracted to 90.41% of 2007 levels by the end of 2010‚ while Irish economy declined to 92.13%”. Their reaction to their banking crisis‚ however‚ was poles apart. Employment In the
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because of their nuclear capabilities and their political power. The Russian country became the great Communist powerhouse after a great revolution in 1922‚ when the provisional government was overturned and the Bolshevik leader‚ Vladimir Ilyich Lenin‚ took power over the chaotic and backward country. Once the Communist ’s took power over the nation‚ they began to make sweeping changes that would‚ eventually‚ lead the people into a golden age‚ where Russia had true power and could sway other countries
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communism had been established it is important to understand how they maintained power as well as the policies they instituted while in power. In the Soviet Union the goal of Lenin had been to institute a full blown socialist state‚ but in reality it didn’t pan out like he had hoped. From 1918 until 1921 the Bolsheviks had implemented War Communism. War Communism was not only meant to be an economic system but also a social system; it included the virtual elimination of all private trading‚ there was
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