3a) Why did Stalin introduce the Five-Year Plans and did they achieve for Russia what Stalin had planned for? Explain your answer. [12] In 1929‚ Stalin took over Russia who was considered one of the most backward economies in Europe. The Russian economy was in a very bad state‚ many of the factories were run-down and most people could not fend for themselves. Hence‚ to improve the economic conditions of Russia‚ Stalin set about transforming her economical and agricultural sectors by introducing
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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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overcome national differences. The first leader of The U.S.S.R. was Vladimir Lenin (April 22‚1870-January 21‚ 1924) who had lead the Bolshevik Revolution. Lenin had fallen from power and had the transition to the well known Joseph Stalin (December 18‚ 1878-March 5‚ 1953) who had led Russia in WWII from 1929 to 1953. Stalin had attempted to keep the power of the Soviet Union at its height during WWII. Stalin had wanted to increase the scientifics of the U.S.S.R. Stalin‚ had many scientific experiments under
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the rise of Stalin was due to the weakness of Leon Trotsky‚ who was one of the strongest competitors that Stalin faced in succeeding Lenin as leader of the Communist Party. However‚ there are actions taken by Trotsky that weakened himself as an opposition. For example‚ Trotsky believed in permanent revolution‚ and he sought to promote and incite revolutions all over the world. However‚ he failed to convince his fellow Party members of his idea of world revolution. In addition‚ Trotsky only had the
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They did this first and foremost by constantly observing the people. Both Stalin & "The Party" believed in total control over their "party members". The objectives of the Spies‚ the Ministry of Truth‚ Thought Police‚ and the telescreens in Oceania are mirrored in Stalin’s Russia by the actions
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and Japanese had managed to do this successfully‚ but the invasion and eventual win of France might not have been possible without the attack the Allies had staged. Hitler was taken by surprise at the attack on the beach head‚ and this is probably why the Allies had managed to win France
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Wednesday‚ October 5‚ 2011 HIST 113: Article Summary: Why did the Bank of Canada Emerge in 1935? The article‚ Why did the Bank of Canada Emerge in 1935‚ written by Micheal Bordo and Angela Redish‚ discusses the creation of the Bank of Canada in 1935. In a time where other westernized countries had already existing central banking systems‚ this article questions why the Bank of Canada emerged in 1935‚ and the authors question why it even emerged at all. The article looks at three major reasons
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Ch. 29 THE STALIN REVOLUTION Political * Stalin was a military dictator whose radical ideas weakened Russia but industrialized it very fast and turned the people hard workers by oppressing them. * Stalin was highly paranoid and persecuted many of his top officials and supporters * People who moved to the cities‚ worked enthusiastically‚ and asked no questions could hope to rise into the upper ranks of the Communist Party * Cultural and social * Women entered careers and
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form of rule‚ whereby the interest of the state was given priority. Many describe his soviet social policy during the 1930s as a ‘Great Retreat’‚ it was named this as his policies saw a return to earlier social policies under the Tsar and former leaders. It is debatable as to how far his actions were a retraction of previous decisions…and the areas impacted were women‚ family‚ and education. A common theme of the great retreat was the gender role in society. It was believed that sexual equality
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5. How did the field of psychology emerge? The field of psychology emerged 130 years ago‚ when researchers began to directly study and observe psychological effects. The first psychological laboratory was established in Germany 1879 by Wilhelem Wundt. 6. What a contemporary perspectives in psychology? Three complementary streams of psychology are the: a) Biological perspective(including biopsychology and evolutionary psychology) b) Psychological perspective (including behaviorism‚
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