Rick Guo Period: 4 5/14/2013 Joseph Stalin And 1984 Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the 1920 until his death in 1953. He has done a lot of good things for his country but during his reign‚ he also has a lot of mistakes and these mistakes we also can see in the story called 1984. 1984 tells the story of a country’s authoritarian regime and the “big brother”
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terrible state. Stalin believed that Russia had to be able to feed itself - hence collectivisation - and that at the very least the peasant farmers should be providing food for the workers in the factories if the Five Year Plans were going to succeed. There was barely any mechanisation‚ the use of scientific measures was minimal and peasant farmers produced usually for themselves and the local area. This was not good enough for Stalin. To change all this and update Russia’s agriculture‚ Stalin introduced
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One of the most murderous dictators in history‚ Joseph Stalin. The “man of steel” was a ruthless dictator who controlled his people through violence and fear. He was born in December in Georgia‚ to the name of Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili.Growing up Joseph was bullied by others at school‚ and was constantly endured beatings from his alcoholic father. his mother was very involved in religion and hoped that her son would be too. She sent him away to become a priest‚ instead on his journeys he
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and Italy‚ to create the team known as the Axis. These two dictators were Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. After a betrayal between the two‚ Hitler stays with the Axis and Stalin joins America and the rest of the countries that formed the side called the Allies. Prior to World War II‚ the truth of Hitler’s terrible reign of genocide and dictatorship comes to the light. However‚ another Hitler and Stalin both served as dictators during World War II. They hated each other but seem to have been triumphant
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and purges. 4. Capitalism - private ownership and the right to make money. 4. Communism - state ownership of the means of production‚ and the belief that wealth should be shared. 5. Led by Truman‚ who believed that Communism was evil. 5. Led by Stalin‚ who believed that capitalism was evil. 6. Had the atomic bomb - but was scared of Russia’s conventional army. 6. Had the biggest army in the world - but was angry that Truman had not warned that he was going to drop the atomic bomb. 7. Feared
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greater majority of historians agree that Peter the Great was a despot‚ but argue that while Peter’s progressive reforms (as will be discussed below) had little effect during his reign‚ they created a firm foundation for the advancement of Russia and defined its future.Peter I (only known as Peter the Great in the latter part of his life) was born on June 9‚ 1672 to Nataliya Naryshkina‚ the second wife of tsar Alexei I
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World War II: Josef Stalin In 1917‚ Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicolas II until the Bolshevik party overthrew the Russian government by storming the palace in October commanded by Stalin‚ Lenin‚ and Trotsky. The Tsar family‚ which had been crueling dictating for centuries‚ was finally overthrown which lead to the creation of U.S.S.R. or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1992‚ Stalin was became the general secretary of the Committee‚ but he isolated the other party members by betraying and
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Passage: Peter Stories (14:28-31; 16:13-20; 17:22-27; 18:21-35). The Literary Context of the Passage/s: The literary contexts of the passages are all related to the stories of Peter throughout the gospel of Matthew. Matthew makes great emphasis on what the role Peter has in his gospel. Structurally‚ in the story we are reading about Peter’s stories during the Progressive Crisis of the Messiah’s Ministry (Matthew 14:1-16:12) and through to the Messiah’s Journey to Jerusalem‚ which includes
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Introduction: Peter Maass is a writer for the New York Times Magazine and has reported from Asia‚ Africa‚ South America and the Middle East. He has written as well for The Atlantic Monthly‚ The Washington Post‚ Slate‚ and The New Yorker. Maass is the author of the short story “The Wild Beast” taken from the book “Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War”‚ in which chronicles the Bosnian War and won prizes from the Oversea Press Club and the Los Angeles Times. He currently resides in New York
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10 Mary Street For nineteen years We departed Each morning‚ shut the house Like a well-oiled lock‚ Hit the key Under a rusty bucket: To school and work - Over that still too-narrow bridge‚ Around the factory That was always burning down. Back at 5p.m. From the polite hum-drum Of washing clothes And laying sewerage pipes‚ My parents watered Plants - grew potatoes And rows of sweet corn: Tended roses and camellias Like adopted children Home from school earlier I’d ravage
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