to prevent uprising and instability in their newly founded Soviet Republic. The genocide When Joseph Stalin came to power in 1924‚ he wanted to merge all areas of the USSR‚ as well as a greatly strengthen its industrial base. To do this he decided to introduce a “policy of collectivisation of agriculture against the will of the rural population in Ukraine”
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rates.” (Roberts‚ 1968‚ p13) Stalin‚ who was relatively unknown to Lenin‚ took on roles which others would not‚ becoming Commissar of Nationalities and Commissar for the Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspectorate in 1921. As Lenin’s health deteriorated he was appointed General Secretary in 1922. As stated by Haugan: “No one else wanted the job. But no one knew how much power Stalin would acquire because of it.” (Haugan‚ 2006‚ p39) The post granted Stalin the opportunity to build his
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masterfully displays several literary elements. Mandelstam’s poem is in itself an allusion to Stalin‚ but is also rife with smaller references and allusions to other figures and events of the time period. Stalin‚ the central figure of the poem also represents an antagonist to Mandelstam and other ordinary Russians‚ as well as a symbol of the Soviet Union. The entire poem is Mandelstam’s denunciation of Stalin and Stalin’s society‚ as evidenced by “All we hear is the Kremlin mountaineer.” The original
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Josef Stalin is known throughout Russia for his legendry use of terror‚ political manipulation and demanding policies who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. However‚ the question of the legitimacy of his position as leader of the Bolshevik party still remains. Following the death of Lenin in 1924‚ a power vacuum developed within the Bolshevik party and it was clear that a leadership race between candidates had begun. Stalin was able to rise above men like Trotsky‚ Kamenev and Zinoviev to
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faith in him by making him party theorist * Well known he disagreed with Lenin on theoretical issues in 1916‚ showed not true Leninist * Too young? * Supported NEP vigorously‚ made him unpopular with radicals as NEP betrayal communism Stalin * Least likely candidate * Fulfilled important administrative function during Civil War‚ less public and less glamorous. * Not outstanding speaker or intellectual‚ couldn’t compete with Trotsky or Bukharin here * See as safe candidate
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Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1928 until his death in 1953. His use of terror to help the Soviet economy grow is today viewed by most historians as a brutal period in Russian history. However in today’s Russia the view of Stalin is actually very mixed. Surveys regularly show that only forty percent of Russians would absolutely not vote for Stalin if he were alive today. This is despite the fact that the Stalinist regime was responsible for the deaths of millions of people both in Russia
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commander S. P. Kolosov whose final fate is unknown expressed it in an anything but timid letter in 1937: "I am afraid to open my mouth. Whatever you say‚ if you say the wrong thing‚ you’re an enemy of the people. Cowardice has become the norm." Stalin had won the struggle for power and was now dealing death blows to the opposition by organising uncontrolled terror at every level of society. The purges carried out within the party‚ the army‚ among members of the scientific community‚ artists and
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No one clapped nor cheered - there was just a collective feeling of shock. Citizens in the Soviet Union had been taught to revere Stalin and Khrushchev’s speech had torn that down within minutes; this feat represented the heralding of a new
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LENIN Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century‚ who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917‚ and was the architect and first head of the USSR. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was born in Simbirsk on the Volga River on 22 April 1870 into a well-educated family. He excelled at school and went on to study law. At university‚ he was exposed to radical thinking‚ and his views were also influenced by the execution of his elder brother
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Were the five-year plans successful? When Joseph Stalin took control of Russia in 1928‚ he saw that Russia was very industrially behind and with the World War II looming‚ the Soviet Union had no choice but to industrialise at the speed of light. Quoting from a speech he gave in 1931‚ he said: "The history of old Russia has consisted being beaten again and again because of our backwardness. It is our duty to the working class to increase the pace of production. We are 50 to 100 years behind the
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