controversial leaders in world history was Joseph Stalin. He transformed the Soviet Union into a modern superpower between the years of 1928 and 1941. His ruling could be characterized as rapid industrialization‚ collectivized agriculture‚ great purges‚ and the extermination of opposition. Stalin’s rule could be proven both positively and negatively towards Russia. He powered the Russians military force but his methods negatively affected Russians. Stalin launched his first Five-Year Plan in 1928 by
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tyrant and a ruthless German dictator who both led their countries with iron fists. Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler have written themselves into the world’s history through their actions in the gruesome‚ looming beast that was World War II‚ of the treatment of their nations‚ and of the governments they represented. In theory‚ these two leaders piloted their nations quite similarly‚ but although both Stalin and Hitler have become known as famous and powerful dictators with analogous aspirations‚ their
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Sian (1T30) Question: Assess the view that Truman was more responsible than Stalin for the outbreak and development of the Cold War in the years 1945 – 1949. Focus: Origins/Causes of the CW‚ 1945 - 1949 Assumption: Both were responsible‚ but who was more responsible? Was Truman really more responsible than Stalin? Criteria : “responsible” – whose actions had greater impact? Whose actions more expansionistic? Which player had a strong position? Who was truly to blame? Evidence: Policies and motives
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pockmarked. This biography is about Joseph Stalin. Stalin was known for being the founder of the Soviet Union after the founder the Soviet Union. Stalin was born on December 18‚ 1878.Joseph was born in Gori Georgia‚ Russia.Born on December 18‚ 1879‚ in Gori‚ Georgia‚ Joseph Stalin rose to power as
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Afghanistan is one of the poorest and most troubled countries in the world. The land that occupies Afghanistan has a long history of domination by foreign conquerors and strife among internally warring factions. At the gateway between Asia and Europe‚ this land was conquered by Darius I of Babylonia circa 500 B.C.‚ and Alexander the Great of Macedonia in 329 B.C.‚ among others. In recent years‚ war and lawlessness had destroyed much of the country; millions of people went into exile and brought
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their ideologies Stalin‚ under Socialism‚ and Mussolini‚ under Fascism‚ used these ideas to advocate and carry out their own policies. However‚ it is important to realise that many areas of their policies did veer away from the direction of their original ideologies. This shows that‚ although Stalin’s and Mussolini’s policies were decided largely by their respective ideologies‚ they were in many situations neglected by the leaders for personal reasons. During Stalin’s Russia‚ Stalin had two main policies
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Joseph Stalin’s Genocide: 50 Million Deaths From 1919 to 1953 when Stalin died about 50 million lives were taken in the Gulags of Russia (“Videofact”). In total there were 53 Gulags and 423 labor camps (“Gulag”). Stalin was considered one of the most feared dictators because of his secret police and the Gulags. During a series of interviews in 1996‚ a Soviet veteran who lived in Minsk claimed to have seen a U.S. POW in May or June 1953. The POW was a Korean War F-86D pilot whose plane had been
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Do you agree with the view that the main effect of increasing media coverage of the Royal family from the 1970s onwards was to damage the image of the monarchy? As British society went through a massive paradigm shift‚ the media took into account these changes and the sources or entertainment greatly changed in nature. It began with political figures being subject to media scrutiny and eventually the prying eyes of the British media focused on the Royal family: however the effects are questionable
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Joseph Stalin‚ Adolf Hitler‚ and Benito Mussolini were all famous leaders of their time. When the word famous is mentioned for their description‚ it is not necessarily good. In fact none of them were known for anything good. You could say they were in"famous". They all lead during the same time period; during the early to mid 1900s. Stalin was part of the Russians‚ Mussolini was with the Italians‚ and Hitler was with the Germans. Joseph Stalin‚ of Russia‚ was completely uninterested in ideological
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Stalin and the Struggle for Power The Communist Party in the 1920’s‚ Stalin’s Rise to Power and the Defeat of His Rivals. When Lenin died he left no clear successor to lead the Communist Party. Lenin’s Testament criticised all the leading candidates e.g. he described Stalin as ‘not being able to use power with sufficient caution’ and Trotsky for ‘excessive self assurance’. A group of leaders emerged; a ‘collective leadership’. By 1929 one of these leaders‚ Stalin had become a dominant force
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