‘Stalin’s position in the party bureaucracy made him Lenin’s likely successor’ Do you agree? I agree to this only to a small extent‚ as there were a large number of other factors that affected the successor of Lenin. Josef Stalin was born into a peasant background in Georgia. Stalin was ‘safe’ in the eyes of the public and the Bolsheviks due to his perception of him. He was considered a pedestrian to them due to his background. Stalin wanted the idea of socialism in one country. After Lenin’s
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what the world would be like if he had not been there. If Vladimir Lenin had not been born‚ there would be no Cold War‚ no Soviet Union and Russia might still be ruled by a Tsar. However‚ Lenin was not simply a catalyst in the many changes Russia faced; he was a most volatile reactant in the chemistry of Russian and world politics. Breaking the barrier between attaining both economic success and political achievement‚ Vladimir Lenin almost singlehandedly ended the Tsardom and brought the socialist
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2.2 Uses of Power………………………………………………………………. page 4 2.2.1 Stalin’s Uses of Power…………………………………………….. page 4 2.2.2 Gorbachev’s Uses of Power………………………………………. page 4 2.3 End of the USSR..………………………………………………………….. page 5 2.4 Foreign Perspectives…………………………………………………….. page 5 - 6 2.4.1 View of Stalin…………………………………………………….. page 5 2.4.2 View of Gorbachev……………………………………………….. page 6 2.1.1 Stalin’s Rise to Power…………………………………………….. page 3 2.3.1 Gorbachev’s
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Q) Describe how Stalin became supreme leader by 1929‚ using the source and your knowledge. (8) - this is a short timed essay intended to be written in 20 mins. - When Lenin died in 1924‚ everybody expected Trotsky to take over the leadership. However‚ Stalin schemed his way into power‚ using his position as General Secretary‚ and series of ruthless political moves. His moves can be categorised into two groups; Stalin’s Strengths and Trotsky’s mistakes. The first of Stalin’s strengths was
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After becoming the leader of Russia‚ a country which was struggling‚ Stalin stated that Russia ‘was 50 to 100 years behind advanced countries’ Stalin knew that he had to modernise Russia and fast‚ or they may face the reality of ‘being crushed by his opponents.’ To make up the vast difference between the agrarian countries he had‚ and the superpower he dreamt about. Stalin decided to use every method available to him‚ often these methods would include force and destruction‚ however he found this necessary
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the death of Lenin in 1924‚ there was an immense power struggle in the politburo of the Communist Party‚ as its leading figures competed to replace him. By 1929‚ Joseph Stalin had defeated his rivals - and therefore become leader of the party - through three stages: the defeat of the left opposition (and therefore Trotsky)‚ the united opposition (Zinoviev‚ Kamenev and Trotsky)‚ and finally the right deviation (Bukharin). Stalin gained power due to a number of factors‚ particularly his position as
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Reconstruction amplified racial discrimination. Some examples being “Black codes‚” sharecropping‚ and the Ku Klux Klan. The “Black Codes” were laws set by state governments in 1865. The laws were set up to single out black people. They restricted their rights. Among these laws were “apprenticeship” laws that allowed children to be taken away from their homes if they were unable to be taken
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One of the most important questions in the late 1800s is how do you rebuild after the death of the one man who held the country together through a civil war‚ President Lincoln‚ and after the decimation of Southern infrastructure; much to the dismay of the Republican party‚ who controlled the politics at this time‚ the Reconstruction failed to accomplish its chief goal of promoting equality as the country fell back into its antebellum ways. In an effort to right the wrongs of the past‚ Republicans
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state established in the USSR in the 1930’s? From the start of Stalins self-imposed reign of control he always had the makings as a leader to create a totalitarian government‚ for example his ideology. Stalin wanted ’his’ people to believe that he cared for them. It’s interesting to say ’his’ because it refers to the sense that Stalin himself believed he owned the Russian people which completely contradicts a lot of what he did and the reasons for which he did it. For example Stalin always
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The Romans confined Acragas with four legions guided by both consuls L.Postumius Megellus and Q. Mamilius Vitulus in 262 BCE‚ and the Carthaginians endeavored to cover their ally‚ they were beaten and the city got sacked. The rough handling of Acragas portrayed to the city-states on Sicily what Rome was competent of. Segesta was again loss to Carthage‚ the city was conlusive to join the Raman cause in 263 BCE. Small level engagements came down without any conclusive result‚ and Acragas was terminated
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