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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Adolf Hitler once said‚ “Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all.” Hitler who came from a very troubled and abusive family was a man who was very enthused with power. Many people think his troubled childhood led to this constant need for power. He went as far as he could to guarantee that power. He didn’t just want to be powerful though. He wanted to be on top of it all‚Hitler wanted the most power. Many people question how he got that power. Adolf Hitler rose to power by using
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Melessanakis 2012) Individually make sure you take more notes (as needed)!!! Hitler invades Russia Who – Germany and Russia When – June 22‚ 1941 What – During the Battle of Britain‚ Hitler decided to attack Russia. Russia countered the Germans using the “Scorched Earth” policy and destroyed everything that could be useful to the Germans. Where – Western Russia‚ along a 1609 km front‚ 39 km from the capital city of Moscow Why – Hitler wanted the large amounts of natural resources (minerals‚ oil and gas)
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contributed to Stalin becoming the next leader are plentiful and can mostly be divided into Stalin’s own strengths and the weaknesses of his most important rival‚ Trotsky. All the factors can also be linked in one way or another‚ as shall be seen in this answer. One of the most important reasons why Stalin won the power struggle is that he used his high positions in the Communist party and the power that came with it to his advantage. Several factors fall under this category. Firstly is how Stalin used
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Stalin utilized education and propaganda to ensure that the minds of both the young and the old supported and agreed with everything Stalin did and how crucial he was to giving everyone a better life in Russia. By controlling what information people were receiving and what that information was saying‚ this was how Stalin was able to keep control for so long; the people who were receiving this ‘filtered’ information didn’t know any better. The people of Russia weren’t aware of the serious problems
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Joseph Stalin played a very important role in the history of Soviet Russia. He was exposed to Karl Marx’s ideas at a very young age in the Tiflis Theological Seminary school he was enrolled in. He continued with these ideas throughout the early years of his life; modifying them as he went along. Eventually‚ Stalin came to power in Eastern Europe. In my opinion‚ Stalin was a harsh and hypocritical leader. He did not have fair policies and he changed them to apply to a particular problem he was facing
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Alternate History 11/29/10 American History 7th period Without Hitler‚ German fascism could possibly die in early stages. At the very least‚ we probably don’t see the militarization of Germany occur quite so fast. So‚ Germany still has some averages left in the government. Italy is still fascist‚ but Mussolini never would have had the resources to lead Europe into a World War. Without Hitler and Mussolini personal bond the teamwork between Germany and Italy is much less than what had
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Women in the late 1800’s were treated as second class citizens through the standards of equality‚ expectations‚ and usefulness. Freedom for women has been a long and tedious fight‚ but has had some success overtime. Women are still not treated as completely equal to men‚ but hopefully someday that will change. Women were treated as inferior to men and were not given the same equality that men were. Women did not have the right to vote. All men could vote at the time‚ even the different races.
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Joseph Stalin is an incredibly important figure in the history of Russia. During his reign of terror‚ Russia developed into a formidable world power. As he worked to modernize Russia‚ his use of violence against the people led to an impressive death toll. Despite this‚ Stalin’s carefully maintained public image made him beloved amongst many of his people. Before Stalin’s rise to power‚ Russia was not industrialized and was based mostly on peasant farmers. Stalin realized the need to Russia’s industry
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World History Mr. Torribio Hitler There is no doubt that Hitler was a very wicked man‚ however learning what I did in Mr. Torribio’s history class‚ though I hate to admit this‚ Hitler was also very keen. Under the circumstances that Germany was facing‚ Hitler took control and cultivated the country to 3x its original magnitude. While other Countries stood silent. How did this happen? And How does Hitler’s rise to power lead to conflict? Hitler rose to power in a blink of an eye‚ and
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