helped build the Red army and was able to defeat the anti-Communist opposition in the Civil War. As Lenin got sick most thought that Trotsky was bound to take over Russia. Unfortunately Trotsky did not get the spot‚ it was Joseph Stalin who did. Trotsky went against Stalin. Stalin responded by banning him from most political groups leading Trotsky to leave Russia. He ended up in Turkey where he wrote his autobiography and about the Russian
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Bolsheviks up until his death‚ and his successor‚ Joseph Stalin‚ kept the idea of rapid change by implementing five-year plans. The
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unskillful and over-reacted actions. Both have responsibility in causing the Cold War rather than solely blaming Stalin. By the way‚ the responsibility of Stalin is greater than the others. 2. Violation of promises by the USSR First of all‚ the first action obviously offending the others‚ greatly violating the wills of the others‚ & destroying the trusts and alliance was produced by Stalin‚ which broke the agreements about benefits division they made together at the Yalta Conference & was easily
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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 General Secretary of the party‚ along with his
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The command system‚ which is also described as Marxism‚ socialism‚ or communism‚ is both a political and economic philosophy. In a communist economy‚ the government owns most of the firms‚ subsequently controlling production and allocation of resources. One of the most well-known and well-documented cases of a communist government took place in the Soviet Union‚ beginning in 1917 and eventually falling in 1992. Idealistically‚ communism eliminates social classism and provides equal work for all
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The Cold war has been done and dusted for a little more than two decades‚ however‚ its reminiscents are still very active. The attempt to spread communism worldwide was an attempt made during the cold war; Joseph Stalin made that call‚ America answered. The policy of containment is the reason that communism did not spread and Democracy and Capitalism are still high functioning government systems. Containment is the action of keeping something harmful under control or in check. This is what went on
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"I believe in one thing only‚ the power of human will" said Stalin once. He certainly did have cause to believe in the power of a human’s will as he experienced it in himself firsthand‚ having had extraordinary willpower and perseverance (He didn’t call himself "Man of Steel" for nothing‚ folks)‚ rising up from the lowly station of alcoholic’s son in Georgia to one of the biggest monsters in human history‚ supposedly killing more than Hitler. Exactly how did he do this? Why? And how did his corruption
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have been the cause of the major deadly historical event. World War II was fought between two sides‚ the Allies and the Axis powers. In the Allies side consisting of the U.S‚ Soviet Union and the UK‚ with political leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill‚ fought the Axis Powers consisting of Germany‚ Japan and Italy‚ with political leaders Adolf Hitler‚ Hirohito and Benito Mussolini. The result of WWII was the Allies winning with the invention of the
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deciding the fate of the world. While Potsdam was more of a steep decline‚ marking the collapse of the Big Three. The change of Roosevelt to Truman in the second conference also greatly affected the alliance because Truman had different approach towards Stalin than Roosevelt did. The conferences that were suppose to decide the post-war world and ensure no future war only worsened the situation as the different visions for that post-war world collided with already heightened misconceptions. The Yalta
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blood purges can be defined as the elimination of Joseph Stalin’s opposition or anyone who criticized or opposed the Bolsheviks. Stalin believed that he was threatened by the people inside Russia who disliked him or the government. The purges were not planned at all and were random. Victims of them included anyone who had sympathy‚ acquaintance‚ or association with the Trotskyites (the enemy)‚ or anyone who doubted or opposed Stalin’s government. Stalin would hunt down any person who was even the slightest
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