‘’Explain the methods taken by Stalin to transform the Soviet Union in the period 1924-1939’’ Commencing from the year 1924 and ending in 1939‚ Stalin undertook many methods to change the Soviet Union socially and economically. Socially‚ he developed a ‘cult of personality’‚ which portrayed Stalin as an all knowing and powerful figure‚ consequently ensuring his position as leader of the communist party and justifying many of his policies and actions. However‚ to maintain his position as dictator
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Stalin: Modernising the USSR Joseph Stalin is now remembered as one of the most ruthless and powerful dictators of all time. His regime was one of terror and oppression‚ and resulted in the deaths of millions of Soviets. As a young man‚ Stalin was involved in the revolutionary movement against the Russian monarchy. In 1904‚ he met Lenin at the first national Bolshevik conference in Finland before becoming the delegate to the Social Democratic Party. His job was to gather support for the Bolshevik
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Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution Questions Page 48 Question 1: What were the social‚ economic and political conditions in Russia before 1905? Answer The social‚ economic and political conditions in Russia before 1905 were variously beneficial and bad for the masses. 85% of Russia’s population was agriculturist‚ far more than France or Germany with 40-50%. Industry was existent‚ but sporadically. Most of this was privately owned. Workers either came from villages‚ or migrated
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one brother of my father."1 His father’s name was Sergey Adreyevich Gorbachev. He was a combine harvester operator and was a veteran of World War II. Mikhail’s mother’s name was Maria Panteleyevna Gorbachev. She worked long hours as a kolkhoz worker. The term‚ “kolkhoz” implies that she worked on the collective farms. As a teenager Mikhail started doing the family’s work. He began to help his father as a combine harvester. In 1948‚ Mikhail and his father brought in a record breaking harvest. For this
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Animal Farm When story-lines of novels are used to make movies‚ many of the details from the books are left out making the movie less "effective" and will lack details that will modify the course of the events. In the case of Animal farm‚ the same exact mistake happens: to name a few changes from novel to movie before I get into the main topic‚ many of the characters have either a different role or completely inexistent; also many of the events don’t correspond to the ones in the original novel
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The USSR and Stalin 1924-53 How successful was Stalin in solving Russia’s economic problems? What were Russia’s economic problems? Stalin believe rapid expansion of heavy industry was essential to deal with evident attach from west Industrial workers were the communists; greatest allies Peasants: enemies of socialism Industrial: Peasant ration Greater it was‚ greater communist state would be The Five Year Plans for industry Stalin = no economic experience Plans designed to overcome
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Why was there tension between Stalin and his people between 1928-1941? After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ the two leading candidates for his successor were Stalin and Trotsky-both with opposing ideologies in the manner in which the country should be run. Despite being a brilliant speaker and writer‚ Trotsky’s policy on a ‘permanent revolution’ worried people in the fear that the USSR would get involved with more conflicts while Stalin’s proposition of ‘Socialism in One Country’ was far more comforting
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Assess the impact of Stalin on Russia and the Russian people By 1929‚ Stalin had become sole leader of Russia. He said‚ "We are between 50 and 100 years behind the west. We must make good this difference in 10 years or go under." He wanted things to change in Russia quickly and so he brought up the five year plans‚ these were to modernise the Russian economy. He also brought up the idea of collectivisation. This was to modernise Russian agriculture. These two things would transform Russia. Stalin
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had died from starvation and all 7 million Kulaks had been liquidized‚ through shooting or the labour camps or ‘Gulags’. However‚ by 1939‚ Collectivization was working efficiently with 99% of land merged and 90% of peasants living ¼ of a million Kolkhoz. Although at a heavy price‚ the exports needed to obtain the capitol for industrialization had been acquired. The 5-year plans objective was to dramatically increase industrialization‚ helped along by collectivization. Within a decade‚ Soviet Russia
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main points in achieving true communism was the confiscation of all property of rebels and immigrants. If you take a look at the document Branded Kulaks and Dispossessed‚ the very first paragraph states that everyone opposed or resisted joining the kolkhoz was punished and had all property confiscated from them. (Dubova‚ 1928-1929) To Stalin‚ this met the definition
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