How Did Mao consolidate his power from 1949-1953? Mao Zedong used a number of different methods constantly to consolidate his power in the years between 1949 to 1953. Most of these are vital to the survival of the Communist Party with Mao as its leader. The new Government faced a lot of challenges in 1949 as the people of China and their economy was exhausted after years of war and conflict. China had been through decades of internal conflict in the civil war which was fought on and off at
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comets‚ they flashed across the sky of world politics; obsessed with power‚ they mobilized enormous masses of people for their ambitious goals ‚” the three historic leaders - Napoleon‚ Stalin and Hitler - all greatly influenced the world till today. Despite the fact that Hitler led Nazi Germany to start WWII and Stalin transformed Soviet Union and started the Cold War‚ I believe that Napoleon had the greatest impact on modern European history‚ because he not only established a new order of Europe with
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Why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin The first reason why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin was because Stalin had an important position of General Secretary. He used his position as secretary to put his supporters on the Central Committee of the party and dismissed Trotsky’s. This helped him establish control over the party and this lead to him building a powerbase in which he was in control. Having mostly his supporters in the party helped as there were few members
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How did Stalin come to be the dominant leader of the Soviet Union? On the eve of Lenin’s death‚ there was no real or clear successor who would take leadership of the party. Even before his death Lenin himself recognised that there would be a power struggle between two of the most prominent leaders in the party‚ Trotsky and Stalin‚ which he expressed in his last testament (which was shielded from the public eye until the early 1950’s). In Lenin’s last testament‚ he even went on to briefly assess
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How would you feel if you had to share everything you had with everyone else around you? Not good? That is how the kulak class felt during the first five year plan issued by Stalin. This plan was supposed to increase the industry of Russia by quite a bit‚ if it had worked. He issued an act called collectivization where every farmer would share farms and equipment to increase efficiency this was part of his plan to liquefy the class. During this era the Kulaks felt horrible and were not treated correctly
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Analyse the conditions and the methods used which helped in the rise to power of Mao Mao’s rise to power was as a result of favourable conditions resulting from both the failures of the Nationalist party (GMD) and the various successes of the Communist party (CCP). Before Mao was able to consolidate his power over China in 1949‚ he first had to become solitary leader of the CCP party; which he accomplished through his ideology‚ policies and leadership qualities. The Long March began Mao’s ascent
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criticizes the actions and injustices that occurred during the reign of Joseph Stalin with the evil character Napoleon. As the farm animals are encountered with no freedom‚ no equality‚ and are being slaughtered by their own kind‚ Orwell illustrates the misinterpretation of a Utopian society and the wrong turn rebellion can take with the wrong leader in charge. Orwell mirrors Napoleon’s characteristics to those of Stalin. Napoleon‚ the greedy‚ lazy pig‚ was made leader of the farm‚ after he had
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After the Russian Revolution concluded‚ Joseph Stalin‚ Russian dictator‚ led to power in the Soviet Union. Stalin was a dictator‚ imposing brutal and horrific policies which killed millions of his citizens. He implemented a series of five-year plans‚ which rapidly increased the economic growth of the Soviet Union. It focused on industrialization and agriculture. According to History.com‚ it states “Stalin implemented a series of Five-Year Plans to spur economic growth and transformation in the Soviet
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Napoleon and Stalin were similar in roles by both being leaders. First as Napoleon is becoming a leader from Old Major’s death he becomes power hungry and expels anyone who is against him‚ just like Stalin. This was Napoleon’s role‚ a leader‚ who highlights Stalin’s actions from the revolution by demanding sacrifice and loyalty. Even paranoia came through the both of them‚ Stalin at the end of his reign and Napoleon when he is executing shouting
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Stalin was responsible to a large extent responsible for the purges in Russia during the 1930s. The purges in Russia in the 1930s began as purges made by Stalin in order to remove political opponents such as the Left and the Right Wing in order to secure his power. However‚ the purges began to spread to the army forces and the people of Russia. Purges were in the form of executions or exiled to labour camps. The purges came about mainly due to Stalin in the various factors of the character and personality
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