’Joseph Stalin’s foreign policy during and after the Second World War was an unmitigated failure.’ Do you agree with this statement? Joseph Stalin‚ the General Secretary of the USSR‚ who had signed two agreements during and after the Second World War. The two agreements were signed under Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference in February 1945 and 17 July - 2 August 1945 respectively. These two agreements were both influenced USSR future. In the following essay‚ it proves whether Joseph Stalin’s
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Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union as a virtual dictator between 1928 and 1954. During the first ten years of his rule Stalin introduced dramatic change to the Soviet Union in the areas of industrialisation‚ agriculture‚ culture and education. While there were some benefits for both the nation and the people with respect to the consequences of his policies on industrialisation and education‚ the impact of his policies regarding agriculture‚ and culture was overwhelmingly damaging to the Russian
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The Five-Year Plans were first used by Joseph Stalin in 1928 and were split into three parts. They were introduced because of the realisation that if attacked by countries in the West‚ the Soviet Union wouldn’t be able to defend itself. Other reasons included the expansion of industrial production and collectivising agriculture. During the Five Year plan the Soviet Union gave opportunities to young Communists‚ who were often called Pioneers and women. The Pioneers turned empty land into new towns
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Why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin The first reason why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin was because Stalin had an important position of General Secretary. He used his position as secretary to put his supporters on the Central Committee of the party and dismissed Trotsky’s. This helped him establish control over the party and this lead to him building a powerbase in which he was in control. Having mostly his supporters in the party helped as there were few members
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How did Stalin come to be the dominant leader of the Soviet Union? On the eve of Lenin’s death‚ there was no real or clear successor who would take leadership of the party. Even before his death Lenin himself recognised that there would be a power struggle between two of the most prominent leaders in the party‚ Trotsky and Stalin‚ which he expressed in his last testament (which was shielded from the public eye until the early 1950’s). In Lenin’s last testament‚ he even went on to briefly assess
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How would you feel if you had to share everything you had with everyone else around you? Not good? That is how the kulak class felt during the first five year plan issued by Stalin. This plan was supposed to increase the industry of Russia by quite a bit‚ if it had worked. He issued an act called collectivization where every farmer would share farms and equipment to increase efficiency this was part of his plan to liquefy the class. During this era the Kulaks felt horrible and were not treated correctly
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Stalin was not the most likely candidate to succeed Lenin. By looking at the facts and the background history of Stalin‚ it is quite clear that he was not the favoured candidate. The cons outweighed the pros and numerous reasons such as Lenin’s testament‚ Stalin’s poor revolutionary record‚ not being an intellectual thinker and being a dull and uninspiring person all led Stalin to being a less favoured candidate. Lenin was the overall leader of communist Russia‚ and was very well respected
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character Napolean and the real individual Stalin‚ rule the same way. The both rule in a very cruel way. Our group has determined that there is not really that much that they do not have in common. Stalin ruled through terror and through acts of cruelty. He was born into poverty‚ but was able to the position of a ruler. When his ruler‚ Vladimir Lenin‚ passed away‚ he pushed his way to the top‚ beat his enemies‚ and gained the position of ruler. When Stalin gained the power‚ he had any and every enemy
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Throughout Europe’s history‚ no attack on its own people was as grueling or as cruel to its citizens as Stalin’s forced famine. These victimized people lived on farms in the “breadbasket of Europe”‚ which was a nickname Ukraine got for its fertile land. Stalin used his authority to deprive these people of food they had grown. During this famine‚ present-day Russia identified itself as the Soviet Union and Ukraine was the Ukrainian SSR. Before Stalin’s rule‚ Ukraine had already fought for its independence
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Explain how Stalin developed the cult of personality in the 1930s. Stalin became leader of Russia in 1927. He needed to achieve the support of the Russian people and he managed to do this by using his intellect and power. He used propaganda and mass media. He also cleverly rewrote history‚ making it look as if he had a bigger part in the October revolution than he actually did. He also managed to make his relationship with Lenin look much closer than they were. He cunningly told Trotsky the wrong
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