The Warsaw Uprising of 1944: The Forgotten Heroes of the Poland The end of the Second World War was a time of jubilation. It was the end of a bloody conflict ripe with crimes against humanity. It was the triumph of good over evil against all odds. A victory produced by heroism and bravery of allied soldiers. The end of the war created an enormous amount of optimism about the future. It was a time to rebuild a world that had been left in shambles after half a
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The Russians went back to their hard approach on capitalism and there was no way to negotiate with them. After listening to the Stalin election speech‚ The U.S. administration realized that the soviets are in the process of violating the agreement made with the U.S. and other allies. Agreement Declaration of the Liberated Europe which was made by the end of the WW2 by Stalin‚ Truman‚ and Churchill. All the nations‚ previously being under foreign occupation‚ were granted to hold free political elections
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philosophies‚ and the difference in foreign policies led to the inception of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was ruthlessly expansionary. This is evidenced by their failure to comply with the agreements made during the Yalta Conference. Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would allow Poland‚ Bulgaria‚ and Romania to have free‚ democratic elections after the war. He failed to honor this promise and placed communist governments in power in those countries without an election. This action
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successes made by Stalin through Collectivisation are that‚ by 1937‚ grain production rose to nearly 100 million‚ as opposed to the 72 million tonnes harvested at the beginning of the process. Another success made by Stalin was the liquidation of the Kulaks. The reason why this was important for Stalin is because ’dekulakisation’ signified the end of Capitalism and independent farming in Russia. Furthermore‚ it quickly increased the speed of Collectivisation‚ as‚ to begin with‚ Stalin proposed that only
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Ukraine’s history in the 20th century has been dramatic. In two periods‚ particularly‚ there has been a great deal of suffering and death on its territory. During the Stalin era in the 1930s‚ forced collectivisation of agriculture is widely accepted to have led to the death of millions in the Soviet Union‚ mainly Ukrainian peasant farmers. The famine was largely man-made‚ although the episode remains controversial. In 2006 (under the West-leaning Viktor Yushchenko) the government of Ukraine passed
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There are many factors that can determine why a historian arrives at a certain viewpoint. These are factors not limited to: The zeitgeist in which the source was written‚ the information available to them (e.g. where the US or Soviet archives open to the historian)‚ the focus of the source‚ the historical methods employed‚ the assumptions they make‚ their political convictions and their agenda (the purpose of the source). Evaluating these different areas can help explain the various discrepancies
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Nikita Khrushchev became party leader after the death of Stalin in 1953‚ and rose above his opponents. Khrushchev distanced himself from his predecessor by presenting new policy reforms and denouncing the "cult of personality" that surrounded Stalin. This famous Secret speech was presented to the delegates of the 20th Party Congress on February 25‚ 1956 and accused Stalin of crimes and the use of terror as an instrument of policy. This effectively distanced Khrushchev from Stalin’s close associates
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What in your view is the short-term impact of collectivisation on Soviet society at the time? In my view there are a number of significant impacts of collectivisation which were the famine‚ elimination of the kulaks and successful creation of collective farms‚ I believe these made major impact because of their scope and pace which they occurred. One of the short-term impacts of collectivisation on soviet society was the famine‚ which killed millions in the major grain producing areas of the
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nations; especially the ideological differences. Political Long Term * Stalin feared Mao as a rival for the leadership of the communist world * Didn’t want the Cold War to spread to Asia * Stalin underestimated the CCP * Believed the GMD would be stronger‚ * Wanted the communists to unite * Even when the victory of the CCP seemed inevitable. * Mao became convinced that Stalin wanted a divided and weak China to leave the USSR dominant in Asia.
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of the press ‚ with twice the amount of books being in circulation during the 1890’s then there was in the 20’s. Comparisons can be made between the way Alexander II ‚ Lenin and Stalin used censorship to aid their ruling of Russia ‚ all three clamped down on publications ‚ with all press freedoms abolished. Lenin and Stalin continued in the same vein and had punishments in place for anyone who produced work which presented their regime
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