History Why were Stalin’s opponents unable to prevent him from becoming the leader of the USSR by 1929? There are several reasons why Stalin’s opponents were unable to prevent him form becoming the leader of the USSR by 1929; the personality’s of the opponents being a hinting factor for themselves‚ Stalin’s cunning and sly ways to get what he wanted in the party‚ and Lenin’s testament not being publicly read out. Trotsky was Stalin’s main opponent for the next leader after Lenin’s death. Trotsky
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during Stalin’s Great Terror The “Great Terror” or “Great Purge as it was called was a time of as the name states terror. Stalin’s secret police the NKVD and the Soviet government killed hundreds of thousands to millions of Russian peasants. Those who weren’t killed were detained in Gulags. How the Cold War could’ve escalated into something akin to WW3. How if it did turn into a live conflict what it would do to the world. Or how leaders of Russia from the USSR really shaped Russia today. But how the
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and his rise to power in the Soviet Union. The book titled “Stalin’s Curse” that is written by Robert Gellately goes all the way back in history to his life as an exile before being a ruler. There are many books written by Gellately that look into the life of Hitler‚ Stalin‚ and Lenin. Writing many books‚ Gellately is one of the leading historians of Europe especially in the time of World War II and the Cold War. To make this book even more interesting‚ it does not only focus on Stalin and his adventures
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Soliloquies Reveal His Personality "To be or not to bethat is the question (Hamlet‚ III‚ i‚ 64)" The previous quotation is the opening line from Hamlet’s most famous soliloquy in which he is contemplating suicide as an end to all of his adversities. "Hamlet’s world is bleak and cold because almost no one and nothing can be trusted ("Folger Shakespeare Library")." Hamlet allows his words to exhibit his emotions through the soliloquies in the play. While dealing with the sudden loss of his father‚ Hamlet
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Lastly‚ the cinema was considered to play a significant role‚ and Stalin himself liked watching films and had his personal cinema. Cinemas came under the control of the Politburo’s economic department. The objectives of films were to gain understandings by the masses and promote the state. Plots and storyline were prescribed by Stalin. Accordingly‚ many documentaries supporting the First Five-Year Plan were produced. Moreover‚ all the films had to be precensored in the State Committee for Cinematography
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and their intolerance of each other. A tradition of revolutionary activity was established by the Populists and their appeal to the peasants‚ though they were weakened by the assassination of Alexander II and the repression established by Alexander III. The Social Revolutionaries tried to gain support among both peasants and townspeople‚ but were divided between anarchists and revolutionaries. The Social Democrats split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks at the 1903 Congress‚ while the Liberals did not
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The Tsar had made an enemy of his people while simultaneously entangling Russia in a war that they were unequipped to handle. World War 1 appeared to be a complete disaster for Russia in 1917. The Great Retreat of 1915 brought the Austrian-Hungarian Army to Russia’s doorstep and Nicholas II decides to abandon the home front to command the Russian army in the borderlands. This left the unpopular Tsarina in charge of the country contributing to the anger and discontent of the autocracy. 1916 brought
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Stalin’s Foreign Policy Joseph Stalin rose to power in the USSR by 1928. His foreign Policy means how the USSR interacted with other nations such as France and Germany. Historians interpret Stalin’s foreign policy in two different ways: One side describes his foreign policy being aimed at manipulating the western nations (Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany and the US) into a destructive war between them‚ making it easier for Stalin to expand towards the west. This view describes Stalin as being
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nor inevitable. Following the incapacitation and subsequent death of Vladimir Lenin‚ there were many legitimate claimants to this leadership: Grigory Zinoviev‚ Lev Kamenev‚ Nikolai Bukharin and‚ particularly‚ Leon Trotsky‚ Lenin ’s right-hand man and heir apparent. Among such company Stalin - the bureaucrat from humble origins in the Slavic republic of Georgia - seemed unlikely to fill the political vacuum left by Lenin ’s death. This essay examines Stalin ’s rise to power. It argues that a combination
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switches his title of “first consul” or “consul for life”‚ or basically as the dictator‚ the only ruler of France. And at first no one complained. As long as there was peace and order to the country‚ they thought all was well. So‚ Napoleon goes on more wars to fulfill his dream of conquest. Some successful examples are the French defeating and capturing 50‚000 Austrian troops at Ulm (558). And other time was when it was: “At Austerlitz on December 2‚ 1805‚ Napoleon tricked his opponents into an attack
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