helped build the Red army and was able to defeat the anti-Communist opposition in the Civil War. As Lenin got sick most thought that Trotsky was bound to take over Russia. Unfortunately Trotsky did not get the spot‚ it was Joseph Stalin who did. Trotsky went against Stalin. Stalin responded by banning him from most political groups leading Trotsky to leave Russia. He ended up in Turkey where he wrote his autobiography and about the Russian
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Cited: Baker‚ Russell. “Preface.” Animal Farm. By George Orwell. New York: Signet Classic‚ v-xii. Print. Orwell‚ George. Animal Farm. New York: Signet Classic‚ 1996. Print. "The Flow of History." FC130B: The Communist Dictatorships of Lenin & Stalin (1920-39). Web. 04 Dec. 2012. <http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/etc/19/FC130B>. Woodhouse‚ C.M.. “Introduction” Animal Farm. By George Orwell. New York: Signet Classic‚ 1996. xiii-xxiii. Print.
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view (45 marks) The naivety of the Nazi conquering force and the sheer size of Russia and the recourses it had at its disposal played a far more significant role in determining the outcome of the war than the dictatorial leadership employed by Stalin. Stalin’s commitment to expand and modernise Russia’s industry prior to 1941‚ established the Soviet power base capable of defeating the Germans in the 1941-45 war. Stalin’s mass industrialisation through his Five Year Plans provided Russia with
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Why has the revolutionary‚ idealistic novel Animal Farm remained such an interesting piece of literature?[d][e] It encourages readers to think about the Soviet Union in a new way. Orwell took his in-depth[f] understanding[g] to create a setting using symbols‚ metaphors‚ themes‚ and characterization to embody the events of the Russian Revolution. He helped the readers to understand the accounts of the rise and development of soviet communism in the form of an animal tale. Thus[h]‚ throughout the novel
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government has more time to focus on important issues such as industrialization‚ foreign policies‚ and imperialization. By analyzing the totalitarian leaders of this time like Stalin‚ Hitler‚ and Mussolini we can better understand why democracy is such an effective form of government. Ruling with an iron fist‚ Joseph Stalin took control of Russia in 1922 after Vladimir Lenin had a stroke and Leon Trotsky had been exiled. He was a totalitarian leader who wanted to create a purely communist world
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known as the Holodomor‚ wiped out millions of Ukrainians. The Soviet Union denied that this tragic event was genocide but some facts say different. Joseph Stalin‚ who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the famine‚ did not want Ukrainians to be independent from the Soviet Union‚ therefore he created the famine to target Ukrainians. Stalin did not only see Ukraine’s independence as a threat‚ he also saw their resistance to collectivization as a threat to industrializing Russia‚ therefore he used
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The murders of innocent victims‚ or purges‚ with which Josef Stalin eliminated any potential threats and demanded his political title find expression in Animal Farm when the forced confessions and executions of animals‚ such as other pigs‚ sheep‚ and hens whom Napoleon finds distrustful following the collapse of the windmill. Though thought to have been merely out of fear‚ the confessions were previously coerced and forced by Stalin. In fact‚ the fear was instilled in Napoleon who warned the other
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can see these differences. For example‚ Stalin wanted to cripple Germany. Truman knew that Stalin was wrong‚ and didn’t want to repeat the mistakes of the Treaty of Versailles. Stalin didn’t understand why they wanted to help Germany so much‚ and thought that they were trying to get Germany strong again so they could defeat him. Also at the meeting‚ Truman informed Stalin that America had successfully tested their atomic bomb. Truman wanted to scare Stalin and wanted him to know that they were just
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criticized or opposed the Bolsheviks. Stalin believed that he was threatened by the people inside Russia who disliked him or the government. The purges were not planned at all and were random. Victims of them included anyone who had sympathy‚ acquaintance‚ or association with the Trotskyites (the enemy)‚ or anyone who doubted or opposed Stalin’s government. Stalin would hunt down any person who was even the slightest bit suspicious (The Great Purges 1 and 3). Stalin was so obsessed with the idea that
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States was upset that Joseph Stalin signed a non- aggression pact with Germany because that’s who they were fighting in the war. Joseph Stalin signed this in 1939 right in the middle of World War II. The second reason was that Joseph Stalin was upset that the United States and other allies did not attack the part of Europe that was occupied by Germany sooner. These two disagreements are what drove the United States and Russia apart and
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