Between the years 1928 and 1941‚ both the Five Year Plans and Collectivisation were in their early stages . The reason for the eradication of the NEP and the creation of the Five Year Plans is that‚ even though the first Five Year Plan did increase production in factories‚ there was a large unpopularity for the plan from the peasantry and some workers‚ as they believed they were being treated unfairly. The two first Five Year Plans focused solely on improving heavy industry‚ which‚ at that time‚
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Stalin’s rule was disastrous in certain aspects such as industrialisation‚ collectivisation‚ the purges and the culture and social aspects of Russia at this time‚ but in the course of the hardship endured by all‚ a new and better country was formed. Through the period of Stalin’s dictatorship‚ it was not an ideal place to live‚ but his goals were substantially fulfilled for the model Russia. Industrialisation was a major enforcement that mostly brought about disastrous effects on Russia and its
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In the years 1928-1941 Stain started a series of Five year plans for industry‚ how far were these successful? Once in power‚ Stalin was determined to modernise the USSR as quickly as possible‚ he wanted to compete with other foreign countries‚ but also he was afraid of a German invasion hence forth he set about achieving modernisation through a series of five year plans. These plans were set up by the GOSPLAN‚ the state planning organisation which Lenin had set up in 1921. The GOSPLAN set ambitious
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up. In November of 1917‚ Lenin and his communist followers known as the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government and set a communist government in Russia. However‚ in 1924‚ Lenin died and Josef Stalin assumed leadership of the Soviet Union‚ which was the name for the communist Russia. Stalin was a ruthless leader who brought many changes to the Soviet Union. Stalin’s goal was to transform the Soviet Union into a modern superpower and spread communism throughout the world‚ and he was determined
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the documents that have been selected for this enquiry have been chosen for the light they shed on the problem and in the expectation that they will enable a conclusion‚ however provisional‚ to be drawn. Stalin himself justified his policy of rapid industrialisation and collectivisation at the 1926 Party Congress as one that sought to achieve ’ the transformation of our country from an agrarian to an industrial one‚ capable by its own efforts of producing the necessary means of production.’ This
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what extent and with what consequences‚ was Stalin able to convert Russia from a backward agricultural state to an advanced industrial power by 1939 With his five year plans‚ Stalin‚ the ‘constructive monster’ changed Russia into one of the strongest industrial powers. He also brought about a remarkable change in Russia within a period of 10 years; however‚ this was at a cost of much human loss and suffering. In the essay below‚ I will elaborate how Stalin achieved this transformation of Russia. Lenin
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Mechanisms of Control In George Orwell’s 1984‚ the strategies used by Oceania’s "Party" to achieve total control over the population are similar to the ones emplaced by Joseph Stalin during his reign. Indeed‚ the tactics used by Oceania’s "Party" truly depicts the brutal totalitarian society of Stalin’s Russia. In making a connection between Stalin’s Russia and Big Brothers’ Oceania‚ each party implements a psychological and physical manipulation over society by controlling the information and the
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towards socialism. Hence‚ dissidents (those who opposed the Stalinist vision) could be swept away on the grounds that they were standing in the way of history. Politically‚ the Soviet system had many characteristics of totalitarianism even before Stalin had consolidated his rule. Russia had become a one party state within a year of the Bolsheviks seizing power‚ and that party soon grew to have millions of members. With the outbreak of the civil war‚ the Cheka had been given the power
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Stalinism defined the ideology‚ policies and actions led by Stalin and the Communist Party in the years 1929 to 1941. Stalinism in practice was vital in the economic growth of Russia with Industrialisation and Collectivisation which in turn improved social welfare including women’s rights and levels of education. Furthermore‚ Stalinism targeted key aspects of the Bolshevik past and ‘sought to achieve Socialism in a backward country’ (Thomas and McAndrew). However‚ Stalinism had a number of detractors
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the result of the popularity of his policies? Even though Stalin’s victory in the power struggle was partly due to his popular policies‚ it was not just this that allowed Stalin also because of the mistakes made by other rivals and factors that played into his hands. For example Trotsky was a former menshevik which helped Stalin accuse him of not been a true Bolshevik. There are many reasons that suggest Stalin’s victory in the power struggle was because his popular policies. For example Stalin’s
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