Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Ста́лин‚ pronounced [ˈjosʲɪf vʲɪsɐˈrʲonəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈstalʲɪn]; born Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jugashvili‚ Georgian: იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი‚ pronounced [iɔsɛb bɛsariɔnis d͡ze d͡ʒuɣaʃvili]; 18 December 1878[1] – 5 March 1953)‚ was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917‚ Stalin was appointed general secretary
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Hitler and Stalin will probably go down in history as two of the greatest known evil leaders of the 20th Century. You might ask what could bring two men to become the menaces they were. What kind of upbringing would cause someone to turnout the way they did. This report will compare the two through there adolescence till the end of their teenage years. December 21‚ 1879 at Gori in Georgia‚ Joseph Stalin is born. Ten years later on April 20‚ 1889‚ Adolph Hitler is given birth to at Braunanu
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A Comparison of Hitler and Stalin Angelica Calvillo HIS 306: Twentieth-Century Europe April 26‚ 2010 Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union are two controversial regimes. Hitler and Stalin were both Dictators of the countries they ruled. When Hitler and Stalin are compared‚ we can clearly see that each one of them were cold blooded killers. They are both responsible for an absurd amount of innocent deaths. Hitler is believed to be responsible for killing at least
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Between Stalin and Trotsky In 1921‚ Lenin’s health was delicate and fragile; he started suffering a series of strokes that in 1924 finally ended his life. In 1922 he “retired” from any business that had to do with the government. During this time he became more aware of the party’s weaknesses‚ and started to be conscious about the threat that Stalin supposed for not only the Bolsheviks‚ but for Russia’s future. Lenin wrote his “Letter to the Party Congress” in 1922‚ and alerted that Stalin was becoming
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Mechanisms of Control In George Orwell’s 1984‚ the strategies used by Oceania’s "Party" to achieve total control over the population are similar to the ones emplaced by Joseph Stalin during his reign. Indeed‚ the tactics used by Oceania’s "Party" truly depicts the brutal totalitarian society of Stalin’s Russia. In making a connection between Stalin’s Russia and Big Brothers’ Oceania‚ each party implements a psychological and physical manipulation over society by controlling the information and the
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Major Essay Part Two: The Argument The year is 1948‚ Joseph Stalin has just appointed the leader of North Korea as Kim Il-Sung‚ and since that time the same family has been in power. Kim Il-Sung is the man who is responsible for North Korea’s drive to become a nuclear power to this day. It was his demand for nuclear weapons that pushed the regime in its search. Flash-forward‚ it’s 1994‚ North Korea under the leadership of Kim Jong Il‚ Il-Sung’s son‚ announces it’s intentions to retract from
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Hitler‚ Mussolini‚ Stalin….. These three names have a vast impact on the idea of dictatorship. These men established dictatorship and guided this type of rule throughout most of their lives. Dictatorship is a form of government in which absolute power is exercised and practiced by one person without hereditary right or the free consent of the citizens living in the country. It takes a person with a lot of courage and grit to become a dictator. These three proletariats possessed that
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Manipulation of Youth by Dictators Influencing people at a young age is one tactic used by Hitler in Nazi Germany and by Big Brother in 1984 to keep the future of their nations devoted. This tactic is made evident in Nazi Germany and in 1984 by the youth organizations set up by both dictators’. These organizations make their youth feel like they are involved. Both Hitler and Big Brother have ways to brainwash the youth into following. The Spies in 1984 and the Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany grow
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The Best of the Worst How is evil measured? One of the most discussed topics of the century has been the contrast between the command of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Both leaders have had a massive impact not only in their country’s history‚ but also in society itself. Hitler and Stalin wanted to obtain the well-being of their country and people‚ but it is their attempt to achieve this victory is what truly made history. Their tactics ranged from concentration camps to mass murders and wars
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tyrant and a ruthless German dictator who both led their countries with iron fists. Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler have written themselves into the world’s history through their actions in the gruesome‚ looming beast that was World War II‚ of the treatment of their nations‚ and of the governments they represented. In theory‚ these two leaders piloted their nations quite similarly‚ but although both Stalin and Hitler have become known as famous and powerful dictators with analogous aspirations‚ their
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