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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Under the governance of Joseph Stalin since 1928 saw the Soviet Union governing a large territory especially in the Eastern Europe and raising its importance as a world wide power throughout the Cold War. The Stalin system revolutionized the Soviet Union and turned out to be the foundation for the expansion of communist persuasion into the bordering regions and territories. The Stalinist system was distinct in that; it was a solitary party system governing political assignations‚ monetary policies
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How did Stalin’s rule change the soviet union? Stalin totally hanged the country. When he gained power the economy was still based on agriculture and the majority of people lived in the countryside; when he died‚ the country was a global superpower‚ with a huge heavy industry sector and the majority of the people lived in cites. He achieved these through two policies; collectivization of agriculture and‚ for agriculture‚ a centrally planned command economy - the Five Year Plans. In purely
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biggest totalitarian leaders in Europe. When talking about two men who have had the biggest impact good or bad on the world then Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin come up. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party and Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He is the one to blame for World War 2‚ the Holocaust and the destruction of other nations. Stalin governed the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1952. He formalized Marxism and Leninism to make his own policies known as Stalinism. He started
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How far was Stalins personality responsive for the great purges? By researching Stalin we can see he had a very different personality. He started of life as the son of a poor family. He was strong willed and managed to weave his way to the top of the soviet government all because of his sneaky personality. But saying his personality was responsible for the great purges are a debatable question. Some historians believe he did it just because he thought it was the right action for power in soviet
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Why did Stalin‚ rather than Trotsky emerge as the leader of the USSR? (12 marks) A power struggle for control of the Bolsheviks party began after Lenin’s death in 1924. Among the several contenders‚ the two main rivals to take his place as leader were Stalin and Trotsky. Trotsky was Lenin’s right hand man in the October Rebellion and it seemed that Trotsky was the natural replacement; however it was Stalin who ultimately was able to secure power. There were many reasons why Stalin rather
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Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s Central Committee. After Lenin’s death‚ he became the second leader of the Soviet Union. He was always Supporting Lenin and the Bolshevik system‚ even before the Bolshevik revolution. The political Communist of the Soviet Union was Marxism–Leninism which depends on the theories of Marxism and Leninism. The term Marxism–Leninism was called by Stalin. When Stalin became the leader of Soviet Union‚ he wanted to follow
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What methods did Stalin use to control the Soviet Union? There are several methods Stalin had introduced to obtain control over the Soviet Union by directing individual policies and techniques into a particular group. Early on the time Stalin had seized power over Russia‚ he had immediately brought out his version of the cult of personality. It was also referred as the ’cult of Stalin’. As a technique it was brought out to push the glorification of Stalin into every corner of the work place
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Bukharin‚ Kamenev‚ Zinoviev‚ Trotsky and Stalin. It seemed so obvious that there only was one man to take over Lenin’s reign - Trotsky. He was Lenin’s right hand man‚ but a close second was Stalin. People saw him as the one who came second‚ that’s all he was; there was no way that he would beat Trotsky in the race for leadership‚ but what they didn’t know that Stalin’s cunning would overtake then all and he would end up being the leader of Russia. Stalin knew he would have to worry about the other
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conformity had erased any form of originality‚ drive or initiative. For a period in his rule after eliminating land owners and other fascists‚ Stalin began eliminating generals that he suspected of being disloyal. Thus‚ when the war was brought to his corner‚ he had already he gained full control over the military (Riemer and Simon 129). The twist however‚ is that Stalin unlike Hitler was more willing to depend on the few Generals that remained for tactical advise (Riemer and Simon 130). Stalin’s address
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