How/why did Stalin become head of state? After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ everyone thought Trotsky‚ the brilliant leader of the red army would become leader‚ especially as Lenin left a Testament saying that Stalin was dangerous and a ‘grey blur’ and should be dismissed‚ but Stalin schemed his way into power‚ using his position as General Secretary as well as using a serious of ruthless political moves‚ devious tactics‚ the weakness of opposition‚ his own strengths‚ party weakness’ and factors out of
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Stalin’s rule over the USSR from 1929 onwards saw his country and his people devastated as he forced them to industrialise‚ ruthlessly eliminated his opponents and lead his county to a costly victory in the Second World War. Although his leadership was brutal his ideas to industrialise were successful‚ if he had not drove his country to industrialise defeat in the Second World War would be certain. The purges also offered small opening for peasants and workers to become involved in the running of
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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 death Stalin opposed the idea of socialism spread across the world and the idea of permanent revolution‚ although this
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whole of the progressive mankind is celebrating the glorious jubilee of our very greatest contemporary‚ the wise leader‚ the teacher of the peoples‚ the luminary of all the sciences‚ the outstanding military leader‚ our own dearest beloved Comrade Stalin.” This quote marks the beginning of a Soviet Russia historical marker in Vladimir Voinovich’s novel Monumental Propaganda. Titled; Monumental Propaganda gives reference to an original strategy used in the era of Lenin to visually place or stand
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would happen next. Over all I thought that this book was excellent. I would definitely recommend this book to someone who loves a good suspense story. While reading this book I learned that during World War II Joseph Stalin was just as bad if not worse than Hitler. Like Hitler‚ Stalin tried to wipe “anti-soviet” people off the face of the earth. He killed millions of innocent people. I also learned that the conditions at the labor camps were completely unbearable. The Siberian winter is very
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Jerome Bixby’s ‘It’s a Good Life’ is a short story following an unusually gifted‚ three-year-old boy named Anthony Fremont. In spite of his age‚ Anthony has the capacity to transform other people or objects into anything he wishes‚ think new things into being‚ teleport himself and others where he wishes‚ read the minds of people and animals and even revive the dead. If either citizens or animals of the area do not comply with Anthony’s capricious whim‚ grim consequences occur‚ often Anthony placing
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outcome. Consider the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two‚ in which fear that citizens of Japanese ancestry would act as spies caused America enact one of their worst human rights violations. Also consider the extreme case of Joseph Stalin‚ in which fear of betrayal and sabotage caused him to murder and execute members of his own government‚ many of whom were actually loyal. While many historians and psychiatrists have since argued that Stalin’s paranoia stemmed from underlying mental
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Why was Stalin able to achieve total power in the USSR by the end of the 1920’s? Stalin’s rise to power was due to many different factors. Firstly‚ on Lenin’s funeral day Stalin had given the wrong date to Trotsky which meant that Trotsky never turned up. Stalin took great advantage of the ‘Lenin Levy’ and how they worshipped Lenin. Stalin had written a short book which had summarised all of Lenin’s ideas and plans. From the side of the new Bolsheviks‚ this showed Stalin as the ‘true heir’ or natural
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How did Stalin use industrialisation and collectivisation to consolidate his power in the 1930s? Stalin used both collectivisation and industrialisation to consolidate power in Russia during the 1930s. Both policies allowed him to gain control over the economy‚ and to discredit or eliminate his rivals within the Communist Party. Without these programs‚ there could have been no totalitarian rule in Russia. Even before launching his economic program in 1929‚ Stalin used the industrialisation
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Stalin had several methods of social control that gave him such a powerful rule in Russia that even today he still has supporters. Socialist Realism was an essential method to create this‚ although it was not the most important method of social control. Socialist Realism was the second most important method of social control as it was very effective‚ but not as effective as the Terror. Social Realism allowed Stalin to be portrayed in a positive light but it was also an attempt to use art forms to
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