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    powerful leaders who have developed their countries as well as having had major impact on the world. Joseph Stalin‚ Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler were three of these leaders. Even though they assumed power legally‚ they where totalitarian leaders.They had positive and negative reflects during their rule. Russia‚ Italy‚ and Germany were just some of the countries that were affected. Joseph Stalin took over leadership after Lenin. His rise was of terror and brutality since he was right under Lenin

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    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 of the KGB‚ and all the technologies they used to monitor people. Another way was by altering all forms of media. The Ministry of Truth worked to change the past in all forms of media‚ making Big Brother appear to have always been right. Stalin had books rewritten

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    J. V. Stalin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Joint Plenum of the C.C. and C.C.C.‚ C.P.S.U.(B.) 1 January 7-12‚ 1933 The Results of the First Five-Year Plan Report Delivered on January 7‚ 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source: Works‚ Vol. 13‚ 1930 - January 1934 Long before the five-year plan appeared on the scene‚ in the period when we were finishing our struggle against the I The International Significance

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    Stalin utilized education and propaganda to ensure that the minds of both the young and the old supported and agreed with everything Stalin did and how crucial he was to giving everyone a better life in Russia. By controlling what information people were receiving and what that information was saying‚ this was how Stalin was able to keep control for so long; the people who were receiving this ‘filtered’ information didn’t know any better. The people of Russia weren’t aware of the serious problems

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    either Hitler‚ Stalin or Mao. [20] Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR after it’s first leader Vladimir Lenin died. Stalin’s rise to power was violent and ruthless‚ however the result was just what he wanted to achieve. In this essay I will analyse the rise to power of Joseph Stalin as well as look at the steps‚ which he took towards becoming a totalitarian leader of the USSR. Joseph Stalin was studying to be a priest but he was expelled for his revolutionary activity. Stalin has attracted

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    Authority is maintained by eliminating new ideas and silencing voices of change. This method of obtainment is seen in the rule of Joseph Stalin . Joseph Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. Throughout the course of his rule‚ more than a million people died because of his actions. “Under Stalin‚ the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower”.(History. Com) Fear is definitely seen in Stalin’s rise to

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    Joseph Stalin‚ and Peter the Great: Two Great Leaders If someone asks about the Great Leaders of Russian History‚ there will be the two leaders‚ Stalin and peter the great. Stalin is the Dictator of the Soviet Union‚ the 19th century of Russia that industrialize the Soviet Union. Whereas the Peter the Great‚ the 17th century dictator of Russian Empire that modernize and westernize the Russia during early Russian history. Both leaders are considered whom impacted the Russia‚ by westernization‚ and

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    In his pursuit for power and influence‚ Stalin went to severe measures to make sure that he remain the leader of the Soviet Union. To keep his place as ruler of Russia‚ he provoked fear amongst his people‚ got rid of political opponents‚ and promised the people a better future. As Adolf Hitler once said‚ “To conquer a nation‚ first disarm its citizens.” By steadily inflicting punishments on anyone who disobeyed the government‚ Stalin weeded out those who would not cooperate with the Soviet Union

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    Josef Stalin and Mao Zedong were both very similar and still quite different. Each of these great leaders wished to transform his country into something new and powerful. Though their methods of rule were not the same‚ they each were extremely effective leaders and had enormous impacts on his own country. Russia‚ before Stalin‚ could absolutely be considered as being a weak and peasant country. China‚ before Mao Zedong‚ was attempting‚ but failing‚ to modernize efficiently under Nationalism.

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    there were two men who were on opposing sides‚ the men were Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin. These men were each triumphant in their rise to power in their countries and they were very comparable in the ways that they succeeded. Their success was mostly attributed to their new ideas and their politics.<br><br>Although Hitler and Stalin hated each other‚ the two leaders were similar in many ways. Hitler and Stalin each rose to the highest position attainable in their respective countries‚ and there

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