fighting force; though‚ because of the actions and plans laid out by Stalin‚ the USSR was able to overcome and triumph over the technologically advanced nation. Along with the creation of the new state‚ new leaders and statesmen emerged from the great cauldron known as the Communist party‚ some of these included Lenin‚ Trotsky‚ and Stalin. Although there were many great leaders of the nation‚ this paper will consist of Stalin and what his impact on the Soviet Union was‚ as a result of the NEP and
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Joseph Stalin caused terrible deaths to more than twenty million people. He had a hard childhood that made him seem to have a soul made of steel. After the death of the Soviet Union’s leader‚ Stalin fought hard to gain control of the country. With this‚ he caused a huge famine under his control. Stalin had a contract with Hitler and soon became too trusting. But‚ towards Stalin’s death‚ people thought he was out of his mind. Stalin’s childhood that was full of hardships caused him to become thirsty
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America was a capitalist country. The citizens believed in respect for individual differences‚ private property‚ free elections‚ and religious and economic freedom. Meanwhile‚ the Soviet Union was a dictatorship. Under Joseph Stalin‚ the communist party made every military‚ political and economic decision. The soviet citizens could not do as they please. President Harry S. Truman wanted nothing but peace with the Soviet Union but the Soviet Union did not want peace‚ they wanted expansion. This was
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1930s Joseph Stalin became increasingly concerned that the Soviet Union would be invaded by Nazi Germany. Stalin believed the best way to of dealing with Germany was to form an anti-fascist alliance with countries in the west. Stalin argued that even Adolf Hitler would not start a war against a united Europe. Adam B. Ulam‚ the author of Stalin: The Man and his Era has argued: "Soviet diplomacy sought (in a much more realistic way than that of Britain and France) to avoid war. To do Stalin justice‚ he
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Vissarionovish Dzhugashvili‚ better known as Joseph Stalin‚ was born in 1878 and rose to power in 1922. Being granted the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party‚ Stalin implemented new economic policies that brought 1‚ rapid industrialization‚ 2‚ equality of the classes‚ and 3‚ social services for all. Stalin introduced a series of economic plans for the people. His most famous‚ and perhaps most effective‚ being the Five Year Plan. Stalin forced everyone to merge their farms and skills
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STALIN Joseph Stalin was the prime minister of the soviet union He was basically a Russian .He was the prime minister from 6may 1941 until his death . EARLY LIFE: Stalin was born on 18 December 1878[1] to Ketevan Geladze and Besarion Jughashvili‚his father was a clobber in gori‚ Russian empire‚ now Georgia. He was their fourth child; their three previous sons died in infancy. At the age of seven‚ he contracted smallpox. At ten‚ he began attending church school where the Georgian children
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Joseph Stalin was born December 18th‚ 1878. He grew up a poor and only child with an abusive father. While he was in school he began reading the works of Karl Marx and became intensely interested in the movement against the Russian monarchy. After he was expelled from school he became very involved in politics‚ protesting and even taking part in criminal activities. He married twice and had several children in and out of wedlock having little time or interest in domestic life. Stalin was appointed
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Joseph Stalin was a General Secretary of the Central committee of the communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. He changed Russia from an undeveloped country into a modernised country. As Stalin became secretary general‚ he intended to transform the Soviet Union from a peasant society into a new modern country. To do this‚ he introduced the new industrialisation plans. Theses industrialisation plans had a major effect on the lives of people in the Union Socialist Republics (USSR) during
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Joseph Stalin was a man who brought fear to the eyes of society. He was a ruthless leader who was determined to succeed no matter what the cost may be. However‚ he wasn’t always a man who brought fear to another mans eye‚ but a man most people would poke fun at. Sometimes he wasn’t even acknowledged would not even be acknowledge. Despite all of the abominable things he had done while in power. Stalin was able to transform a country that was behind the world in development and technology into a industrial
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Josef Stalin was apart of the allied nations during World War II‚ however‚ afterwards he started to threaten the world with nuclear warfare. Even before World War II‚ he did evil things to his people such as assassinations‚ laboring his people to death‚ and making himself dictator of Russia and renaming it the Soviet Union. Josef Stalin did many other horrid things‚ such as killing his wife and not releasing his son from prison‚ and he killed over 60‚000 million Russian people.Josef Stalin is the
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