James Alkilany Gym 2/27/13 Black athlete essay. As my athlete I picked Magic Johnson. He was born on august 14‚ 1959 in Lansing‚ Michigan. He had grown up with nine brothers and sisters and both of his parents had worked. He had a passion for basketball‚ and he would start practicing at his high school sometimes as early as 7:30am. He had earned his nick name “Magic” as a sports writer had witnessed him score 36 points 16 rebounds and 16 assists in a single game. He went on to play in college
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database website questia was utilized to obtain relevant academic journals and scholarly articles while local libraries were visited to obtain the books and biographical materials. The first component of the essay to be researched was the steps that Stalin took to rise to power. Then the historiography behind each of the steps was looked into. The intentionalists and functionalists were the main schools of thought. Originally the conclusion reached
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8/13/14 Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin was born on December 18‚ 1879‚ in Gori‚ Georgia. Stalin was the Soviet Union dictator for over two decades. Joseph Stalin rose to power as General Secretary of the Communist Party. When Vladimir Lenin died Stalin took power as the Soviet Dictator. Stalin’s Red Army helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II. Joseph Stalins’ birth name is Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. He changed his name later on in his life he changed his name to Joseph Stalin‚ Stalin meaning man
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World War II: Josef Stalin In 1917‚ Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicolas II until the Bolshevik party overthrew the Russian government by storming the palace in October commanded by Stalin‚ Lenin‚ and Trotsky. The Tsar family‚ which had been crueling dictating for centuries‚ was finally overthrown which lead to the creation of U.S.S.R. or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1992‚ Stalin was became the general secretary of the Committee‚ but he isolated the other party members by betraying and
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How did Stalin transform the Russian economy? 1924-1941 In 1924‚ Russia faced significant economic‚ political and social changes. In the next 17 years‚ a relatively short period of time‚ Russia‚ under Stalin would undergo domestic measures. During this period we would see rapid industrialisation‚ enormous growth in agriculture and a tripling in the workforce‚ resulting in a modernised Russian economy. Without exception‚ all of the economic policies introduced were ruthless and designed to transform
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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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"Compare and contrast the internal policies of Mussolini and Stalin." Mussolini and Stalin were two of the most significant dictators of the 20th century. Both aimed to establish a totalitarian system but their different characters and circumstances in their respective countries resulted in two very different approaches in obtaining their goals. At the beginning of Mussolini ’s era‚ Mussolini was supported by the Liberals in parliament. With their help he introduced strict censorship and altered
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Under the leadership of Joseph Stalin‚ the Soviet Union came out of WW2 with the goals of safeguarding and rebuilding the nation‚ expanding the communist sphere of influence and thereby‚ creating an indestructible Soviet Empire. In the twentieth century‚ Russia suffered three attacks from the West and these aims seek to prevent similar loss and ensure that countries‚ such as Germany and Poland‚ will never pose a future threat to the Soviet Union again. As Stalin worked towards achieving these objectives
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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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Hitler’s Nazi-Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union. Many features of Big Brother and Oceania mimic those of Stalin and the USSR. Through propaganda and media control‚ citizens glorify their leaders as their heroes and saviours. With the ability to manipulate the past‚ present‚ and future‚ this allows leaders to change history thus controlling their citizens’ ways of thought. Both Big Brother and Stalin carefully keep tight surveillance of citizens in order to monitor and keep track of all activities during
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