Kiara Luis Mr. Butler February 25‚ 2015 Global Honors DBQ: Evaluation of Stalin’s Leadership Loved and hated by many‚ Joseph Stalin is one of the most controversial leaders in world history. Joseph Stalin transformed the Soviet Union into a modern superpower between 1928 and 1941. His rule is characterized by the creation of Collectivized Agriculture‚ Rapid Industrialization like the Five Year plan‚ and the many aspects of life under a totalitarian regime like purges‚ censorship
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Stalin’s technique to take Germany forward was using five year plans. Stalin believed there was need for these five- year plans as : First of all many of the regions were behind other countries in growth and that the USSR were backward Stalin believed that to be be backward you are defeated and enslaved but if you are powerful people must beware of you. Stalin also believed (with Lenin) the USSR should overtake and out strip the capitalist countries He believed Socialism in one country and the USSR
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mistake‚ but was luck on the Soviets side or was it all just the leader Stalin’s good tactics and leadership? Even though Stalin was a mass murderer and a ruthless leader‚ he did one thing right. After the Soviets were losing battle after battle Stalin let his commanders fight the war as they knew it‚ did not interfere with their plan and stuck to his word‚ unlike Hitler did. Stalin let his commanders be true commanders and did not use them as puppets or for his own use. He was a true leader stuck to
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Why did Stalin become leader of the USSR? Lenin‚ the leader of Russia died from ill health in 1924‚ without choosing a successor‚ but how did Stalin‚ one of the least likely people to take over become leader of the Ussr? His role as General Secretary was used by Stalin to great advantage. It allowed him to see all important documents flowing in and out of the party. This fortunate for Stalin‚ included Lenin’s last testament‚ which stated Lenin’s desire for a dictatorship of the party as well
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A Dictator is known as being maniacal or crazy. These words describe the dictators Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin very precisely. Both men were powerful during their rule‚ but both also caused immense destruction to their countries. Hitler ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. He turned Germany into an unstoppable force‚ but also initiated World War II. But where Stalin was a hated man‚ however‚ he changed the Soviet Union from an underdeveloped plan and was cruel even to his closest friends‚ and allies
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education and propaganda in Stalinist Russia. Intro: Education and Propaganda were tools used by Stalin to maintain and consolidate his power in Russia. The exact year as to when Stalin was in power is controversial. For the purpose of this paper‚ Stalin will be recognized as in power of Russia in 1929‚ the year when most of his oppositions were defeat‚ especially Trosky. Education Though Stalin always addressed himself as the follower of Lenin‚ and all what he is doing is a continuation of
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what extent was the success of Stalin in retaining power in the USSR through fear? Section A It is assumed by most from a Western prospective that Stalin was the sole creator of the Great Purges and his regime was held together by the constant and consistent fear he infiltrated through it. Many historians put Stalin forward as an evil tyrant so much so that he can seem superhuman. My investigation’s aim is to explore to what extent was the success of Stalin in retaining power in the USSR through
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in “Joseph Stalin Quotes”). This startling statement by the former leader of Russia‚ the brutal dictator Joseph Stalin‚ is a strong reflection of the society portrayed in George Orwell’s 1984. In his novel‚ the totalitarian regime controls most aspects of society and destroys any opposition‚ including Winston‚ the protagonist‚ who fails in his attempt to resist the government. Similar to this society‚ many Communist Party members and other Russians who had conflicting views from Stalin during his
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Joseph Stalin actually killed more people than Adolf Hitler did. He was one of the most notorious leaders in the world’s history. He was the leader of the Soviet Union in World War II and during the height of the Cold War. He developed the Soviet nuclear program and put the Soviet territories into an economic downturn. I am in the Pentagon. My desk is cluttered with top secret files marked with red “Top Secret” stamps. The phone on my desk rings‚ and I pick it up quickly. It is the president
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Stalin and Hitler: Similarities and Differences Stalin and Hitler emerged when political and economic instability had crippled the USSR and Germany in the 1920s. They began making improvements which encouraged their people to believe that prosperity awaited them. This notion was unfortunately a delusion as both figures would eventually rule by decree. Despite treading on different paths of dictatorship‚ both figures still find some commonalities. Two prominent differences would certainly come
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