1929. Stalin used the legacy at Lenin’s funeral. He was firstly able to make the speech by making sure that Trotsky was not present at the funeral. Due to Trotsky’s absence Stalin was able to praise the work of Lenin‚ making out that he was going to carry on Lenin’s work‚ which gave him extra support from the public‚ due to the fact after Lenin’s death the entire nation was in mourning and believed that Lenin was a good man giving his all to make the USSR a better place. It also gave Stalin the chance
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Josef Stalin is known throughout Russia for his legendry use of terror‚ political manipulation and demanding policies who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. However‚ the question of the legitimacy of his position as leader of the Bolshevik party still remains. Following the death of Lenin in 1924‚ a power vacuum developed within the Bolshevik party and it was clear that a leadership race between candidates had begun. Stalin was able to rise above men like Trotsky‚ Kamenev and Zinoviev to
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Collectivization”). This came at the cost of the agricultural industry‚ which suffered immense shortages‚ however this was the intent of Stalinist policy. After all‚ it was through collectivization that Stalin justified the removal‚ essentially a pre-purge‚ of the entire “kulak” (rich peasant) class‚ who Stalin claimed held the revolution back (Skocpol 230). While this was not an entirely new belief‚ Engels would write in response to Tchakov’s pamphlet on Russian wealthy peasants as being bloodsuckers‚ it
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was approximately fifty years behind the dominant powers in technology and production rates. Stalin set about rectifying this problem by introducing the Five Year Plans. There were three in total‚ which saw Russia grow through the world’s depression. These Plans‚ however‚ did not have the people’s welfare as priority‚ but the country’s. As the people make the country‚ it is essential to put them first. Stalin was not concerned for the people’s comfort and happiness‚ which contributed to their reluctance
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Were the five-year plans successful? When Joseph Stalin took control of Russia in 1928‚ he saw that Russia was very industrially behind and with the World War II looming‚ the Soviet Union had no choice but to industrialise at the speed of light. Quoting from a speech he gave in 1931‚ he said: "The history of old Russia has consisted being beaten again and again because of our backwardness. It is our duty to the working class to increase the pace of production. We are 50 to 100 years behind the
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faith in him by making him party theorist * Well known he disagreed with Lenin on theoretical issues in 1916‚ showed not true Leninist * Too young? * Supported NEP vigorously‚ made him unpopular with radicals as NEP betrayal communism Stalin * Least likely candidate * Fulfilled important administrative function during Civil War‚ less public and less glamorous. * Not outstanding speaker or intellectual‚ couldn’t compete with Trotsky or Bukharin here * See as safe candidate
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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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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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economy. Then the Americans and Soviets started to lose trust in each other. In the Yalta Conference‚ Stalin promised an established “broadly representative” government and free elections in Eastern Europe and to divide Germany only temporarily into zones of occupation‚ but he didn’t follow through. After‚ the American’s needed to MEET THE SOVIET CHALLENGE‚ because Truman thought that the Stalin had ambitions toward world domination. He wanted to face the Soviets head on. He feared that if the US
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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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