In his rise to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin‚ Joseph Stalin sought to grow his vast control over the Soviet Union. Stalin recognized that his country possessed a greatly inferior military‚ industry‚ and economy to the other world powers; he wanted to change that. Stalin authorized a series of initiatives designed to rapidly industrialize the country into a world superpower. In terms of output‚ Stalin’s “five-year plan” was a complete success. Industrial production rose 250 percent and heavy
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impact of Stalin on Russia and the Russian people By 1929‚ Stalin had become sole leader of Russia. He said‚ "We are between 50 and 100 years behind the west. We must make good this difference in 10 years or go under." He wanted things to change in Russia quickly and so he brought up the five year plans‚ these were to modernise the Russian economy. He also brought up the idea of collectivisation. This was to modernise Russian agriculture. These two things would transform Russia. Stalin had "borrowed"
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Hitler and Stalin. You probably recognize Hitler as the one of the evilest man in history. But the communist dictator‚ Stalin‚ is just as bad as Hitler. Hitler and Stalin are different in many ways. Hitler is Part of the national socialist party also known as Nazi‚ while Stalin is a Communist‚ they are also similar as they both killed many people and Both are Dictators. Hitler was not exactly the best guy you could meet. He is mostly known for causing world war two and for creating the holocaust
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Vissarionovish Dzhugashvili‚ better known as Joseph Stalin‚ was born in 1878 and rose to power in 1922. Being granted the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party‚ Stalin implemented new economic policies that brought 1‚ rapid industrialization‚ 2‚ equality of the classes‚ and 3‚ social services for all. Stalin introduced a series of economic plans for the people. His most famous‚ and perhaps most effective‚ being the Five Year Plan. Stalin forced everyone to merge their farms and skills
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Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1928 and became Lenin’s successor. Stalin was a dictator but with his leadership he developed Russia from a backward country to a world superpower. Stalin had many triumphs during his leadership and brought both good and bad long lasting effects to Russia. Joseph Stalin’s aims were to make Russia an industrial and military superpower‚ and this was a time of clarity and strength for his followers. Therefore‚ he was also responsible for 20 million
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Iosef Dzhugashvili‚ more commonly known as Joseph Stalin‚ ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist from 1924-1953. His biography has long been obscured by legends propagated by his fanatical cult of personality and the many monuments that he has forcibly made in his honor‚ but with the fall of the Soviet Union‚ more information regarding him has been revealed. Stalin’s rise to power originated from his central role in the Russian Civil War as the secretary general of the Bolsheviks‚ and after Vladimir
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When Stalin rose to power he wanted to centralize the control the control over the entire soviet economy in the 1920’s. If anyone opposed Stalin’s political views was killed‚ exiled or put in jail for a long period of time. During the time he was ruling World War II broke out and the Russians fought with Germany. In the middle of the war Germany decided to break their pact and turn on the Russians and they invaded the Soviet Lands. While he was ruling the Soviet Union‚ he launched a five year plan
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which will be discussed throughout. In the 1930’s Stalin had to use many different devises in order to keep his dominance in leadership. These changes included Collectivization‚ Industrialisation in the first and second five year plans. Other policies which are discussed are The role of women‚ religion‚ arts and culture and education. As Orlando Figes states in ‘The Whisperers’‚ “ Collectivization was the great turning point in Soviet history.” Stalin put in place collectivization in order to increase
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The 60th anniversary of one of the most fateful events in world history went unremarked this week. On Aug. 23‚ 1939 Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin agreed to what became known as the Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact. With that‚ Stalin made World War II possible. Assured that he was protected from Soviet counter-aggression in the East‚ Hitler invaded Poland a week later‚ Sept. 1. The signal that something was up between the two totalitarian powers had come some four months earlier but European chancelleries
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Cellphones and technology have become a major part of todays’ society. A totalitarian government is centralized and has total control over its people. On the other hand a democratic government makes major decisions through majority vote. In George Orwell’s novel 1984‚ Winston’s perspective depicts his life living in Oceania under a totalitarian. In this age of cell phones and mobile devices equipped with recording capabilities‚ when anyone says or does could wind up on the “internet” within minutes
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