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    portrays Joseph Stalin accurately through Napoleon since both used similar methods to slowly gain dictatorship which is currently seen through Bashar Al-Assad. For instance‚ Joseph Stalin used force‚ fear and propaganda to get people to do what he wanted. Joseph shaped Russia negatively by industrializing it‚ assassinating millions of people and made it more military based than before. Stalin used police force and murdered people who counteracted against him. While he was in rule‚ “Stalin

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    Hitler and Stalin Throughout American History there have been many powerful dictators. Two men that stand out very distinctly are Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. These two men from two different places‚ from two different families‚ who grew up two different ways‚ turned out to be the same. Hitler and Stalin both rose to the highest attainable position in their country. Hitler’s ideology was Nazi based‚ or National Socialistic. Natzism is an ideology that recieved its practical political form

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    complete equality for women was proclaimed. Shortly after Lenin’s rule there was a fight for power between Trotsky and Stalin. In the end‚ Stalin prevailed and earned leadership of the Soviet Union during the mid-1920s. However‚ once Stalin came to power‚ the lives of the society changed dramatically. Stalin’s wished to restore society which caused him to reverse Lenin’s previous work. Stalin revoked many laws concerning women’s emancipation because he wanted to strengthen tradition and build up the population

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    Define totalitarianism and assess the extent to which it was achieved in Hitler’s Germany Totalitarianism is the absolute control of a ruler who is a complete dictator‚ unrestricted by constitution‚ laws or opposition. This essay will evaluate the extent to which Hitler had absolute control over Germany in terms of political control‚ control over the Nazi party‚ control over the youth and education. Hitler established single party state and achieved political control to a large extent. Political

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    Model Essay Why did Stalin take control of Eastern Europe? Plan Introduction Explain Stalin’s need for internal security in its historical context Block 1 Discuss Stalin’s tactic for gaining Eastern Europe and the wartime agreements that carved Europe up into ‘spheres of influence’‚ e.g. Tehran‚ 1943‚ Percentages Agreement‚ 1944. Discuss how tensions over Poland intensified Stalin’s need to create friendly states in Eastern Europe‚ i.e. Soviet massacre of Polish officer

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    maintain power and explains the way the masses are controlled. The leader of Animal Farm Napoleon and his parallel‚ the dictator of Russia‚ Joseph Stalin both make it dangerous to speak out against government tyranny. They do this to be able to control the masses so they can stay in power and continue to use it to their personal advantage. Napoleon and Stalin both make it clear that speaking out against them will be dangerous. In Animal Farm the head leader Napoleon has become paranoid that snowball

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    doing so he used this ability to look better for his faction. One of Stalin’s main competitors was Leon Trotsky which he was able to outmaneuver. He did this by appointing members or allies of himself to government positions. With a solid support base Stalin was able to move up on the political

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    Stalin was not the most likely candidate to succeed Lenin. By looking at the facts and the background history of Stalin‚ it is quite clear that he was not the favoured candidate. The cons outweighed the pros and numerous reasons such as Lenin’s testament‚ Stalin’s poor revolutionary record‚ not being an intellectual thinker and being a dull and uninspiring person all led Stalin to being a less favoured candidate. Lenin was the overall leader of communist Russia‚ and was very well respected

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    How was Stalin able to Establish a Totalitarian Regime People believe that the reason why Stalin rose to power was because of his clever political strategy and the way he worked with the civilians to gain their support. Soon they realised that Stalin was now in control of the way everybody thinks and wiping out hundreds of people everyday. This essay will briefly explain how Stalin was able to succeed during the New Economic Policy debate and rise into authority‚ how he managed to establish his

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    As of 1927 Russia was vastly inferior to its neighboring countries industrially. With the ever growing fear of war‚ Joseph Stalin had to industrialize Russia and fast‚ or Russia was going to cease to exist. The result was the First Five Year Plan. In the communist government‚ a ministry was in charge of the execution of plans and there are t wo types of ministries. There was a sectoral ministry and a territorial ministry. The sectoral ministry was in charge of coal steel‚ textiles‚ aviation‚ and

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