Lenin Lenin and his principals are the subject of a huge historiographical debate. The controversy surrounding Lenin’s pragmatism in the face of social‚ political and economic instability begs the question: did Lenin compromise his principals in the race for survival? It is astonishing that surrounded by the turmoil that was Russia in the early 20th century Lenin actually survived for so long. During the years of 1917-18 he encountered food shortages‚ war and a vast amount of strikes. In 1921
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Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1929 to 1953. He was born December 18‚ 1878 and he died in 1953. He was born in Georgia. He was the leader of the Soviet Union‚ he ordered every citizen to the Soviet Union to not surrender and to use a single drop of blood. By saying this he is ordering a massacre killing 27 million soviets in WW2. He killed dissidents‚ sent millions of untrained Russians into the war and industrialized the Soviet Union‚ which required
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How did Stalin come to be the dominant leader of the Soviet Union? On the eve of Lenin’s death‚ there was no real or clear successor who would take leadership of the party. Even before his death Lenin himself recognised that there would be a power struggle between two of the most prominent leaders in the party‚ Trotsky and Stalin‚ which he expressed in his last testament (which was shielded from the public eye until the early 1950’s). In Lenin’s last testament‚ he even went on to briefly assess
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Napoleon and the Modern Europe “Like comets‚ they flashed across the sky of world politics; obsessed with power‚ they mobilized enormous masses of people for their ambitious goals ‚” the three historic leaders - Napoleon‚ Stalin and Hitler - all greatly influenced the world till today. Despite the fact that Hitler led Nazi Germany to start WWII and Stalin transformed Soviet Union and started the Cold War‚ I believe that Napoleon had the greatest impact on modern European history‚ because he not only
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examples of totalitarian leaders who are similar and different in many ways are Joseph Stalin and Hitler. Joseph Stalin was the totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union from 1929-1953. As leader Stalin controlled police‚ education‚ religion and all other aspects of the people’s lives. This government is known as Communism. In Communism‚ government officials make all basic economic decisions. In the U.S.S.R Stalin forced all other states to follow Russian culture. In the industrial business‚ there
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“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Over the centuries‚ this famous saying voiced by Lord Action has been analyzed and dissected numerous times by historians and philosophers. Some individuals say that power does not corrupt‚ it only attracts the corruptible. However‚ to judge fairly‚ past and current events accurately depict the ideology that power corrupts absolutely‚ and has convinced me‚ that its meaning holds true. Ivan the Terrible of Russia‚ Louis XIV of France‚ Henry
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The Power of Thought Dmitri Staicov Professor Serguey Ivanov RLG 200a New Age Spirituality April 28‚ 2008 Introduction “Whatever a mind can conceive‚ it can achieve.” W. Clement Stone (1902-2002) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t‚ either way you are right.” Henry Ford (1863-1947) People have been exploring their thoughts for thousands of years. They were always curious about the structure of their brain and
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reign of Joseph Stalin with the evil character Napoleon. As the farm animals are encountered with no freedom‚ no equality‚ and are being slaughtered by their own kind‚ Orwell illustrates the misinterpretation of a Utopian society and the wrong turn rebellion can take with the wrong leader in charge. Orwell mirrors Napoleon’s characteristics to those of Stalin. Napoleon‚ the greedy‚ lazy pig‚ was made leader of the farm‚ after he had conquered Snowballs (his opponent) out of power. Napoleon who
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Napoleon and Stalin were similar in roles by both being leaders. First as Napoleon is becoming a leader from Old Major’s death he becomes power hungry and expels anyone who is against him‚ just like Stalin. This was Napoleon’s role‚ a leader‚ who highlights Stalin’s actions from the revolution by demanding sacrifice and loyalty. Even paranoia came through the both of them‚ Stalin at the end of his reign and Napoleon when he is executing shouting
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Why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin The first reason why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin was because Stalin had an important position of General Secretary. He used his position as secretary to put his supporters on the Central Committee of the party and dismissed Trotsky’s. This helped him establish control over the party and this lead to him building a powerbase in which he was in control. Having mostly his supporters in the party helped as there were few members
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