Why were a series of industrial plans launched between 1928 and 1938? In 1928 it was clear to Stalin that the USSR needed a new economic system. Everybody knew that the NEP was failing and that Russia was economically backward compared to it surrounding countries. Stalin knew that for the USSR to make make money for herself she must first start to make money from grain exports‚ given that grain exports were at 13% that of pre-war levels he knew something must be done. The first of the five year
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Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1929 to 1953. He was born December 18‚ 1878 and he died in 1953. He was born in Georgia. He was the leader of the Soviet Union‚ he ordered every citizen to the Soviet Union to not surrender and to use a single drop of blood. By saying this he is ordering a massacre killing 27 million soviets in WW2. He killed dissidents‚ sent millions of untrained Russians into the war and industrialized the Soviet Union‚ which required
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altering time in the history of the Soviet Union. During this time‚ Joseph Stalin used several means to rapidly industrialize the country. Some of these means did not take any one else’s perspective into consideration and Stalin did not care if he hurt one’s feelings or not. Having the USSR undertake a massive push toward industrialization would only mean that they would become a communist state. One of the ways that Stalin used to industrialize the Soviet Union very rapidly was by enforcing the
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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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Communism in Russia; Lenin; Stalin; Show-Trials Key concepts: Communism; propaganda; dictatorship; cult of personality; totalitarianism; collectivisation Key personalities: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; Josef Stalin To what extent did Lenin and/or Stalin bring about social and economic change? (2011) How effective were the internal and external policies of Josef Stalin? (2010) How did dictators use propaganda and/or terror to maintain power? (2009) What did Lenin and Stalin contribute to communism in
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in the Origins of Totalitarianism. In Arendt’s essay “Total Domination”‚ she uses thesis to support her opinion that totalitarianism is a scary system and totalitarian leadership should never be used. However‚ in some facts‚ I disagree with Arendt’s statement that she mentions in essay. In the beginning of Arendt’s essay‚ she states: “The concentration and extermination camps of totalitarian regimes serve as the laboratories in which the fundamental belief of totalitarianism that everything is
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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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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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