11.30.10 The U.S.S.R. Under Stalin 1924-1941 Paper 1 Questions & Answers 1)a) Evidence in Source D that suggests that Stalin’s motive for the mass arrests of the late 1930s was to obtain slave labor is that “the mass arrest of the late 1930s may have been carried out to satisfy Stalin’s desire for slave labor‚” and “more prison laborers were urgently needed.” b) In Source D‚ “absurd inefficiency” means that the overpopulation of the prison laborers in the camps made them disorganized
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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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Hitler‚ Mussolini‚ Stalin….. These three names have a vast impact on the idea of dictatorship. These men established dictatorship and guided this type of rule throughout most of their lives. Dictatorship is a form of government in which absolute power is exercised and practiced by one person without hereditary right or the free consent of the citizens living in the country. It takes a person with a lot of courage and grit to become a dictator. These three proletariats possessed that
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Mussolini and Stalin were two very powerful leaders of their countries. Mussolini was an Italian Leader whose goal it was to rebuild Rome to its former glory. His ruling was a form of dictator called a totalitarianism. A totalitarianism leader ruled‚ “a government in which a single party or leader controls the economic‚ social‚ and cultural lives of its people” (Pearson text). In 1922 the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to come up with a form of government. Mussolini opposed liberalism
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Sanmiguel 2 Joseph Stalin served as the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. Stalin assumed the leading role in Soviet politics after Vladimir Lenin’s death in 1924‚ and gradually marginalized his opponents until he had become the unchallenged leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin was son of a cobbler‚ he studied at a seminary but was expelled for revolutionary activity in 1899. He joined an underground revolutionary
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Disney- undoubtedly a strong and dominant fantasy and magical brand from the West had successfully expanded this brand to Japan. However‚ we can trace back that it has had failure record in the opening of the Paris Disneyland. It is now ambitious to build one in Shanghai. Before that‚ it used Hong Kong as a platform or so-called stepping stone to try getting some ideas of how to negotiate and strike a balance between Disney culture and Chinese traditional culture. So what is it mean by Disney culture
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this lag in ten years. Either we do it‚ or they crush us!" Josef Stalin 1931‚ this quote sums up Stalin’s desire to modernize the Soviet Union. Stalin attempt to modernize the Soviet Union through a series of five year plans had various outcomes on the people‚ economy and politics in the country. The results of Stalin’s policies where mixed economically they where great‚ but politically and socially they had major flaws. Stalin increased the amount of heavy industry and the production of raw materials
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Hitler Vs. Stalin Did you know that in the early 1930’s two men gained control‚ and power among their countries? Adolf Hitler admired‚ and feared Joseph Stalin. Very ironically Stalin admired‚ and feared Hitler as well. Stalin was a communist‚ and Hitler was a fascist. Civilians from these countries were about to face disaster. A communist is defined as one who is a supporter of any type of communism. A fascist is defined as a dictatorial movement‚ and also dealing with extreme nationalism. On
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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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“Comrades! We have pushed back the Fascists from the outskirts of Moscow‚” Commissar Petronov said. The wailing sound of Katyusha rockets blazed from behind‚ “you see‚ my friends? We have destroyed the enemy’s spirits‚” sounds of screaming came from the ashes of smoke that laid ahead‚ “and now‚ we destroy their lives! Onwards‚ to Berlin!” “URRRAAA!” I screamed‚ drowned in the sounds of others. The smoke slowly dissipated. The sound of a whistle pierced the explosions. For I‚ Dimitri‚ of the 28th
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