The Great Terror that began with Kirov’s death had many far-reaching results. One of the main results was that Stalin’s political dominance was reinforced a thousand fold‚ but there were other consequences of the purges‚ both social and economic. These consequences changed the lives of ordinary Russian people to a huge extent – food shortages and killings became commonplace. However‚ I would argue that despite these other outcomes of the Great terror‚ the most important result of the 1934-38 repression
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far more fatal. Joseph Stalin expanded the powers of the secret police‚ encouraged citizens to spy and deceive others‚ and had millions of people sent to labor camps or a system called the “Gulag” system‚ which were “Concentration camps were created in the Soviet Union shortly after the 1917 revolution”. (Gulag History.com). Another event instituted by Joseph Stalin that showed his totalitarian grip on his people was the institution of the Great Purge‚ which was a series of campaigns designed to
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“Stalin transformed Russia from a backward country into a great world power… but the cost was certainly exorbitant” (The Guardian newspaper‚ 6 March 1933) Discuss. After becoming leader of Russia‚ a country that by his accounts‚ ‘was 50 to 100 years behind advanced countries’ Joseph Stalin sought to enhance Russia quickly‚ before ‘being crushed by his opponents’ (Stalin‚ 1931) To make up the vast difference between the agrarian country he had‚ and the superpower he dreamt about‚ Stalin determined
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The Soviet and Chinese governments while both Communist served the needs of different classes of people. Both of the Governments were extremely repressive to their citizens and they were responsible for the death of millions of its citizens. Both nations manufactured a form of cult around their leaders that to this day is still prevalent in both nations. The Russian revolution began in 1905 when unarmed civilian marched towards Czar Nicolas II Winter Palace. Bloody Sunday as it is called was January
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is a grave violation of the law of God‚ since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person Pope John Paul II ( found on : http://www.finestquotes.com/select_quote-category-Euthanasia-page-0.htm ) -"From the Soviet gulag to the Nazi concentration camps and the killing fields of Cambodia‚ history teaches that granting the state legal authority to kill innocent individuals has dreadful consequences." ... Pete Du Pont‚ former Delaware governor -"The fundamental question
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The Ggreat Terror‚ or also known as the Great Purge‚ was one of the few Genocides which killed over a million people‚ including political parties. The political purge was primarily an effort by Stalin to eliminate any challenge from past and potential opposition groups. iIn 1934‚ Stalin used the murder of Sergey Kirov as a pretext to launch the purge years later‚.I in which millions perished. The NKVD detained 1‚546‚366 people‚ of whome 681‚692 were shot‚ with almost 1‚000 executions a day. {In the
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King of Dictatorship World War II was a major conflict between many nations. Two major dictators of this time were Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin they brought terror and fear to the battlefield forcing their enemies to retreat. How do these giants compare? These gods of war are very similar in many ways. Hitler and Stalin as children had very abusive fathers. These dictators were born outside of the countries they ruled. They also worked on killing anyone they disagreed with or they didn’t
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Guantanamo Bay Prison The United States government has broken its long lasting tradition of protecting human rights by allowing the mistreatment of prisoners in the Guantanamo bay prison on the island of Cuba [Gitmo]. America has always been a nation that promotes and protects human rights to the rest of the world. The long standing tradition of obeying the values instituted by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has been reversed by Guantanamo Bay. The human rights that the U.S. stands for
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The abdication of the Tsar Nicholas II brought light to ideologies that were present in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Sentiment towards that Tsar was negative as the USSR was ruled by a small nobility with a population that was composed of mainly peasants. The main groups trying to cause revolution in the USSR were the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. Both groups had ideologies that were based on Marxism‚ and they were anti-Tsar with the Mensheviks having a longer-term plan and the
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his family in France Questions: How did Joseph Stalin encourage emigrants to return to the USSR at the end of World War II? Why would he do this? A: Why are Alexei and his family spared while the rest of the returnees on their ship were sent to gulags or executed? The Soviet Union had major housing shortages and living in communal
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