Bolsheviks up until his death‚ and his successor‚ Joseph Stalin‚ kept the idea of rapid change by implementing five-year plans. The
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The Ukraine Famine In 1924 Joseph Stalin came to power in the Soviet Union. He eventually came to be known as one of the most terrible rulers of the 19th century next to Hitler. He was responsible for the Ukraine famine‚ lasting from 1929 to 1933‚ that resulted in the death of over 10 million people. When Stalin came to power in 1924 he began with the great purge. The purpose of this was to decimate any potential threats and opposition to his rule. Not only did he target members of the communist
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you agree or disagree with this view... In some ways the weaknesses of the left wing were responsible for Stalin’s victory‚ however‚ there were other factors that influenced his victory also. One of the main weaknesses of the left which benefitted Stalin majorly was Trotsky and his constant misjudge when it came to making decisions. Trotsky‚ being the leader of the left wing was an arrogant man who wasn’t trusted by his fellow party members due to his poor attitude towards the party‚ his late membership
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ascent of Khrushchev led to more hostile relations between the superpowers than there has been during the friendlier interlude of the Stalin years. Mao had great respect for Stalin‚ regarding him as the guiding head of the world revolutionary movement and was happy to present China as a junior partner to the Soviet Union. An official report from the CCP presented to Stalin in 1949 stated that the CCP would “submit and will resolutely carry out the decisions of the Soviet Communist Party”. However Mao
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elucidation of the context in the Soviet Union from 1917-1945. Orwell’s attitude and political view towards Russia is evident in his representation of the farm animals on Communist Party leaders: Napoleon and Snowball‚ for example‚ are figurations of Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky‚ respectively. He expresses the anthropomorphic characters of farm animals‚ and major events in Animal Farm such as the Rebellion and the construction of the windmill‚ reminiscent of the Russian Revolution and the “Five-Year Plans”
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Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was a powerful Communist leader in the early years of the Soviet Union. Stalin was a dictator leader who terrorized the Russian citizens and sent many people to prisons and labour camps. Born into poverty‚ Stalin became involved into revolutionary politics‚ as well as criminal activities as a young man. After leader Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) died‚ Stalin outmanoeuvred his rivals in the party to oversee the party. Forcing rapid industrialization of Russia and collectivization
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succumbing to a foreign invasion. Internally‚ there was an increase in the identification of anti-Soviet sentiment spreading. Though these threats were largely untrue‚ the constant uncovering of them justified Stalin’s policy to counteract them. Finally‚ Stalin also used the mass terror to consolidate his power. However‚ before the immediate reasons as to why the regime resorted to mass terror are discussed‚ the reason as to why terror
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people; this tragic incident occurred because Stalin wanted to convert the world to communism. After 250 years of living under Russian Tsarist rule‚ the Ukrainians became part of the Soviet Union in 1922. Farmers thrived‚ economic freedom was permitted‚ and private enterprise was allowed. Among these‚ writers‚ artists‚ and scholars grew. Stalin‚ in 1924‚ took over Russia after the previous leader‚ Vladimir Lenin‚ died. Later‚ in 1928‚ Stalin launched a plan to force farmers into giving up
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variety of rulers‚ some more autocratic and reactionary than others. Stalin’s period of rule in Russia could be seen as the most brutal rule Russia saw in this period‚ but a lot of changes were made whilst he was in power. Historians’ opinions on Stalin are‚ as ever‚ wide ranging‚ Marxist historians tend to be of the opinion that the brutality was a means to an end which was a necessity. Martin McCauley believes that Stalin’s personal impact was not that great and that he was simply at the head of
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Europe. Source 8 - an extract from Inside the Kremlin’s Cold War: From Stalin to Krushchev‚ published in 1996 - agrees with Source 7 on the fact that misjudgements were responsible for the Cold War developments‚ however the source describes the Soviet Union‚ not the USA for being solely responsible‚ the source states that Stalin’s road to the Cold War was “strewn with miscalculations” and that in response to the Marshall Plan‚ Stalin “began to consolidate
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