Stalin Declassified “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic” • Murders more than his own country than all killed in war Russia were in wars combined • May 1945‚ victory. USSR celebrate end of WWII. Victory at great cost. Death toll at 7mill according to Stalin. Soviet documents declassified rose and said at 9million military‚ 17 military civilians. 26 million total. • January 1924 Lenin dead. Stalin began to emerge as the chief • Goal of soviet communism-
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history of the Soviet Union there had been many rulers who led the Soviet Union into a superpower. Lenin and Stalin‚ two of the most controversial dictators of the Soviet Union‚ were those dictators that brought the Soviet Union to that position. Though their social policies were the same‚ the way they ruled the country and their economic policies differed greatly. The aspects of Stalin and Lenin’s rule which made them so similar were that they both rules were similar. They ruled the Soviet Union
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powerful leaders who have developed their countries as well as having had major impact on the world. Joseph Stalin‚ Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler were three of these leaders. Even though they assumed power legally‚ they where totalitarian leaders.They had positive and negative reflects during their rule. Russia‚ Italy‚ and Germany were just some of the countries that were affected. Joseph Stalin took over leadership after Lenin. His rise was of terror and brutality since he was right under Lenin
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In 1928‚ Joseph Stalin became one of the world’s most antagonistic leaders. During the period that Stalin was in control of mother Russia‚ he transformed the Soviet Union into a modern super power. He did this by modernizing the Russian economy with his Five Year Plans. Stalin’s Five Year Plans were designed to strengthen the U.S.S.R’s economy and make the nation self-sufficient. This proved successful in industrializing Russia and greatly increasing industrial output which improved the economy.
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Why Did Stalin Become a Dictator? At the beginning of the 20th century‚ Russia was a very poor country. Most of the people were peasants‚ and there was very little industry. After the First World War‚ things only got worse; the army suffered many huge defeats. The poorest of the people were starving‚ due to a shortage of food. During the war‚ in 1917 the Communists came about by two important revolutions; they were led by Lenin. Communism is a system of government in which the state controls the
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Through the show trials and ‘The Terror’‚ Stalin shaped the Communist Party and Soviet society to a significant extent from 1934 to 1941 through the use of fear and control to assume total power with no opposition. The Great Terror aimed to target individuals who undermined Stalin’s regime‚ and was catalysed by the assassination of Sergei Kirov‚ a Bolshevik revolutionary working below Stalin who would often challenge him. Through the use of political purges‚ Stalin shaped the Communist party to a significant
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In his pursuit for power and influence‚ Stalin went to severe measures to make sure that he remain the leader of the Soviet Union. To keep his place as ruler of Russia‚ he provoked fear amongst his people‚ got rid of political opponents‚ and promised the people a better future. As Adolf Hitler once said‚ “To conquer a nation‚ first disarm its citizens.” By steadily inflicting punishments on anyone who disobeyed the government‚ Stalin weeded out those who would not cooperate with the Soviet Union
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Stalin utilized education and propaganda to ensure that the minds of both the young and the old supported and agreed with everything Stalin did and how crucial he was to giving everyone a better life in Russia. By controlling what information people were receiving and what that information was saying‚ this was how Stalin was able to keep control for so long; the people who were receiving this ‘filtered’ information didn’t know any better. The people of Russia weren’t aware of the serious problems
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outcome. Consider the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two‚ in which fear that citizens of Japanese ancestry would act as spies caused America enact one of their worst human rights violations. Also consider the extreme case of Joseph Stalin‚ in which fear of betrayal and sabotage caused him to murder and execute members of his own government‚ many of whom were actually loyal. While many historians and psychiatrists have since argued that Stalin’s paranoia stemmed from underlying mental
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with every Leader which is dependent on various factors. Analysing their Leadership qualities and traits gives us a coherent data about their manner of Leadership. This report presents the leadership styles of three leaders: 1. Donald Trump 2. Joseph Stalin 3. Benito Mussolini Donald Trump Donald John Trump Sr. was born on the 14th of June‚ 1946 to Fred Trump‚ who was also a successful businessman. Fred was a self-made real estate millionaire located in New York City. Donald Trump acquired
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