Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Ста́лин‚ pronounced [ˈjosʲɪf vʲɪsɐˈrʲonəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈstalʲɪn]; born Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jugashvili‚ Georgian: იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი‚ pronounced [iɔsɛb bɛsariɔnis d͡ze d͡ʒuɣaʃvili]; 18 December 1878[1] – 5 March 1953)‚ was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917‚ Stalin was appointed general secretary
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Stalin: In 1922‚ he was made general secretary of the Communist Party‚ a post not considered particularly significant at the time but which gave him control over appointments and thus allowed him to build up a base of support After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ Stalin promoted himself as his political heir and gradually outmanoeuvred his rivals. By the late 1920s‚ Stalin was effectively the dictator of the Soviet Union. His forced collectivisation of agriculture cost millions of lives‚ while his programme
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A primary factor that led to the rise of Stalin was due to the weakness of Leon Trotsky‚ who was one of the strongest competitors that Stalin faced in succeeding Lenin as leader of the Communist Party. However‚ there are actions taken by Trotsky that weakened himself as an opposition. For example‚ Trotsky believed in permanent revolution‚ and he sought to promote and incite revolutions all over the world. However‚ he failed to convince his fellow Party members of his idea of world revolution. In
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Between Stalin and Trotsky In 1921‚ Lenin’s health was delicate and fragile; he started suffering a series of strokes that in 1924 finally ended his life. In 1922 he “retired” from any business that had to do with the government. During this time he became more aware of the party’s weaknesses‚ and started to be conscious about the threat that Stalin supposed for not only the Bolsheviks‚ but for Russia’s future. Lenin wrote his “Letter to the Party Congress” in 1922‚ and alerted that Stalin was becoming
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Contemporary History Hitler Vs Stalin essay January 26‚ 2013 Hitler Vs. Stalin Many historians consider tyrants - Hitler and Stalin - and their ideologies to be quite similar. These two despots were the most famous and probably the bloodiest dictators in this period. No wonder these two are compared to one another. In addition‚ the scheme of taking power by any autocrat seems to be very simple: dissatisfaction from contemporary rules or death of the leader
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righteous and moral man wills not exploit its power as opposed to corrupt leader who will pursue his self-interests by misusing his power. Such assumptions can be made with the ruthless and mass murderer dictator‚ Joseph Stalin and the cruel tyrant from Shakespeare play Macbeth. Joseph Stalin is known as the most merciless and murderous dictator in history. While ruling the soviet USSR for quarter of the century his regime caused many deaths of innocent people and prominent political members. From 1924
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STALIN: PEOPLES HERO OR MONSTER? (1928-1941) Were the Five-Year Plans and Collectivisation policies successful? Stalin’s five-year plans and collectivisation policies were not the first attempt to reorganise the soviet workforce. The New Economic Policy was applied in March 1921‚ which was a mixture of socialism and capitalism. By 1927 the NEP had revived Soviet industry to 1913 levels and was successful in heavy goods‚ however agriculture was in turmoil. Stalin would no longer allow
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What in your view is the short-term impact of collectivisation on Soviet society at the time? In my view there are a number of significant impacts of collectivisation which were the famine‚ elimination of the kulaks and successful creation of collective farms‚ I believe these made major impact because of their scope and pace which they occurred. One of the short-term impacts of collectivisation on soviet society was the famine‚ which killed millions in the major grain producing areas of the
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Stalin: Modernising the USSR Joseph Stalin is now remembered as one of the most ruthless and powerful dictators of all time. His regime was one of terror and oppression‚ and resulted in the deaths of millions of Soviets. As a young man‚ Stalin was involved in the revolutionary movement against the Russian monarchy. In 1904‚ he met Lenin at the first national Bolshevik conference in Finland before becoming the delegate to the Social Democratic Party. His job was to gather support for the Bolshevik
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Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili renamed himself ’Josef Stalin’‚ the man of steel‚ a foreshadowing of the iron hand he would rule the Soviet Union with a mere 15 years later. Lenin knew that Stalin was dangerous and sought to get rid of him: " I propose to find a way to remove Stalin" (Stalinism Chronology)‚ but died before accomplishing this‚ leaving Stalin free to ascend to absolute power in both the Communist Party and the country. This absolute power enabled Stalin to unleash a reign of terror and death on
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