Stalin was more effective than any other ruler of Russia in the period 1855 – 1964 in dealing with opposition. How far do you agree? During the second half of the 1920s‚ Joseph Stalin set the stage for gaining absolute power by employing police repression against opposition elements within the Communist Party. The machinery of coercion had previously been used only against opponents of Bolshevism‚ not against party members themselves. The first victims were Politburo members Leon Trotskii‚ Grigorii
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“The easiest way to gain control of a population is to carry out acts of terror. The public will clamour for such laws if their personal security is threatened.” – Joseph Stalin Throughout man-kind‚ there have been countless situations where individuals have used power to gain control of others. By taking physical actions and using verbal speeches to gain population‚ people can effortlessly persuade others to fall into their trap. People who gain power of others physically‚ usually involve fighting
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One form of government can destroy a country. Totalitarianism is a form of government that abandons the working class and gives all the power to the government and upper class. Totalitarianism doesn’t work at all because‚ it limits the freedom of each citizen‚ doesn’t require every class to do work‚ and in total gives all the power and money to the upper class/government. This may all be happening but the citizens don’t know because the government limits the information they receive‚ so the citizens
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1930’s? From the start of Stalins self-imposed reign of control he always had the makings as a leader to create a totalitarian government‚ for example his ideology. Stalin wanted ’his’ people to believe that he cared for them. It’s interesting to say ’his’ because it refers to the sense that Stalin himself believed he owned the Russian people which completely contradicts a lot of what he did and the reasons for which he did it. For example Stalin always told the people that he was doing
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the leaders‚ Adolph Hitler and Stalin. During Adolph Hitler’s time‚ the government had absolute control over everything. This could also be called totalitarianism‚ which was frowned upon by 1984’s author‚ George Orwell. Hitler had complete power over the daily life‚ hunger‚ and even the "vaporization" mentioned in 1984. Big Brother‚ the omnipotent leader in 1984‚ also had complete and total jurisdiction over the lives of every character in the novel. Stalin‚ the second leader of the Soviet
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trials were the manifestation of totalitarianism. Show trials are a public display of many key features typically found in a totalitarian dictatorship. Unlike a court room trial where debate and the introduction of evidence is definitive in a case’s outcome‚ the defendant is already considered guilty of a crime by the state‚ has no legal rights and is purposely humiliated and ridiculed in order to undermine their political power. By having the show trials‚ Stalin established the legitimacy of his
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illustrated throughout the novel can be juxtaposed with other historical events such as the establishment of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin was the totalitarian dictator of Russia and can be equated with Big Brother in 1984. The totalitarianism portrayed in the novel 1984 can be compared closely to the totalitarianism Russia endured under the rule of Joseph Stalin. George Orwell was inspired to write 1984 after World War II. World War II showed the true influence
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The Influential Revolution During the Russian Revolution‚ people lived in a world clouded by propaganda. It was hard to know what is wrong and what is right‚ what is a lie and what is the truth. In today’s world‚ people can distinguish the truth with a click of a button or through various media sources‚ such as newspapers. During the Russian Revolution‚ the newspaper was a very influential tool that affected the thinking of individuals. The Communist Party that was in total control during the revolution
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The eighteen through twentieth century political events have had positive and negative effects on global history. The Rise of Nazi in Germany and The Rise of Totalitarianism in Russia have had different impacts throughout the world. Also the historical circumstances leading up to these two events are different in many ways. After World War 1‚ the Weimar government in Germany faced many problems as people looked for someone to blame for their defeat in the war. Extremists on the far left and on the
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In essence‚ totalitarianism means total control of a people by one individual and the government it has created. First conceptually developed in the 1920’s by Italian fascists‚ primarily Giovanni Amendola‚ totalitarianism has been present in a variety of movements throughout history. Initially‚ the term was spun to be positive and refer to the positive goals of states employing totalitarianism. However‚ Western civilizations most often did not agree with the concept of totalitarianism and a great
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