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    Josef Stalin

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    General Secretary of the Soviet Union‚ Josef Stalin encountered many social‚ economical and political problems which were left unsolved at the time of Lenin ’s premature death in 1924. Economic problems involving issues such as agriculture and industrialisation. Political problems related to politics‚ both in terms of foreign and domestic policy and also the military. Social problems being related to aspects of life such as education‚ religion and culture. Stalin had problems in all three areas‚ some of

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    vilification of Stalin in his address to the Twentieth Party Congress was meticulous in detailing precise failures of his predecessor’s rule. Above all‚ Khrushchev strongly elaborated on Stalin’s extremities‚ especially the cult of personality that he had built up over the years. The speech also in turn attacked ‘Stalinist repressions‚ arrests‚ terror and murders…[and] for bungling foreign affairs and mishandling the war’. Despite this‚ Khrushchev was cautious in limiting his other criticisms of Stalin‚ and

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    Joseph Stalin

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    Vladimir Lenin’s health‚ Joseph Stalin stepped into the position of the general secretary of the Russian communist party in 1922 (Stock). This was the very beginning stage of Joseph Stalin’s enormous impact on the communist party‚ as well as the rest of the world. Although Stalin’s rule is sometimes considered extreme‚ Stalin had an enormous impression on Russian history as well as the collective history of the world. One of the most important things Joseph Stalin did was develop and enforce the

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    Stalin and Purges

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    A: Plan of the Investigation How were the Purges of 1934-1938 successful in helping Stalin maintain his autocratic power? The aim of this investigation is to assess how the purges of 1934-38 helped Stalin preserve his power in the Soviet Union. In order to evaluate this‚ the investigation assesses Stalin’s role in relation to the purges‚ as well as their purpose. An analysis of this should indicate the extent to which the purges were successful‚ and their contribution to Stalin’s power. In

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    camcorder cults

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    Real Lives: Camcorder Cults By Jon Dovey Suddenly camcorder footage is everywhere. After 20 years as the poor cousin of moving-image culture‚ video is being embraced in an embarrassingly hurried courtship by TV executives world-wide. Major programmes‚ like You’ve Been Framed‚ Video Diaries‚ Undercover Britain‚ Emergency 999‚ Private Investigations‚ Horizon‚ Video Nation‚ Living With the Enemy‚ Caught on Camera‚ have all been based on the use of low-gauge camcorders or even smaller fibre-optic-based

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    Hitler and Stalin

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    Compare and contrast the methods used by Stalin and Hitler to keep opposition to their rule to a minimum To start off this comparison and contrast between the two great leaders‚ I would like to take in to account that both of them gained absolute power in the similar period of time. As we know Hitler was declared chancellor of Germany in January 1933‚ a few years back in 1929 Stalin emerged as the great leader and by the early 1930s he was unstoppable having no opposition that can stop his reign

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    Joseph Stalin

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    Abril Argenal Ms. Trilce Enríquez Literature March 25th‚ 2014 Joseph Stalin Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhuhashvili or the world knows him‚ Joseph Stalin‚ was born on December 18th of the year 1879. He is an important figure in history and made some changes‚ though I must admit not for the best. He can be classified as one of the most powerful leaders and dictators of the Soviet Union. He was the leader of the Soviet Union for twenty five years and in this period of time made so many changes and

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    Cult of Thinness

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    The author talks about the different ways in which the American popular culture‚ families‚ schools‚ peer groups‚ and the health and fitness industry undermine women’s self-confidence as they instill the notions that thinness is beauty and that a woman’s body is more important than her mind. She makes it known that there are many different factors as to why there is such a need to be thin these days and why there are so many eating disorders in our society. She blames the media as one of the leading

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    Rise of Stalin

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    to their advantage” How accurate is this statement in relation to the rise of power of either Joseph Stalin or Benito Mussolini? Joseph Stalin’s rise to power in relation to the statement “People can be swept along by events‚ whilst others use events to their advantage” is that of the latter when taking a look at how he was able to rise to the position of dictator of the Soviet Union. Stalin meticulously plotted his way into power using influential events‚ such as the occurrence of his promotion

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    Stalin Essay

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    1928 with the first Five-Year Plan? There were many reasons why Stalin decided to replace the New Economic Policy with the first Five-Year Plan in 1928. These consisted of economic problems‚ ideological problems‚ political problems‚ as well as a fear of a capitalist invasion. Although economic problems certainly were an important reason for Stalin’s decision to change policy‚ the most significant reasons were political‚ since for Stalin the consolidation of power had always been his main priority.

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