-Body Paragraph (repeat as necessary‚ BE REALISTIC) What they built Topic Sentence: Prisoners in the labor camps slaved away at construction for the Soviet Union and built a majority of their economic infrastructure. Position: - The prisoners who lived in the Gulag produced mass amounts of railroads to canals working day after day with no stop. Evidence: “Gulag prisoners constructed the White Sea-Baltic Canal‚ the Moscow-Volga Canal‚ the Baikal-Amur main railroad line‚ numerous hydroelectric stations
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There is a debate among historians about whether or not the Cold War was inevitable. Some argue that despite their alliance during World War II (WWII)‚ the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) had conflicting ideologies and postwar plans in Europe such that the Cold War was inevitable. However‚ there is evidence to support that the Cold War was not inevitable. Roosevelt and Churchill’s commitment to the Big Three‚ Stalin’s actual goals after WWII‚ and the Soviet position on the inevitability
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About 75 to 80% those executed during repression in the Soviet Union were sentenced in the Yezhovshchina (Werth page 7). Including dekulakization campaign in the early 1930s and the 1942-1943 years of repression within World War Two. This is no coincidence that during the Yezhovshchina all of the national operations by the NKVD. This supports Shearer’s argument that policing in the 1930s was “unprecedented for a peacetime period” and that methods of terror including execution and deportation were
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In the years 1928-1941 Stain started a series of Five year plans for industry‚ how far were these successful? Once in power‚ Stalin was determined to modernise the USSR as quickly as possible‚ he wanted to compete with other foreign countries‚ but also he was afraid of a German invasion hence forth he set about achieving modernisation through a series of five year plans. These plans were set up by the GOSPLAN‚ the state planning organisation which Lenin had set up in 1921. The GOSPLAN set ambitious
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How/why did Stalin become head of state? After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ everyone thought Trotsky‚ the brilliant leader of the red army would become leader‚ especially as Lenin left a Testament saying that Stalin was dangerous and a ‘grey blur’ and should be dismissed‚ but Stalin schemed his way into power‚ using his position as General Secretary as well as using a serious of ruthless political moves‚ devious tactics‚ the weakness of opposition‚ his own strengths‚ party weakness’ and factors out of
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small extent‚ as there were a large number of other factors that affected the successor of Lenin. Josef Stalin was born into a peasant background in Georgia. Stalin was ‘safe’ in the eyes of the public and the Bolsheviks due to his perception of him. He was considered a pedestrian to them due to his background. Stalin wanted the idea of socialism in one country. After Lenin’s death Stalin opposed the idea of socialism spread across the world and the idea of permanent revolution‚ although this
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whole of the progressive mankind is celebrating the glorious jubilee of our very greatest contemporary‚ the wise leader‚ the teacher of the peoples‚ the luminary of all the sciences‚ the outstanding military leader‚ our own dearest beloved Comrade Stalin.” This quote marks the beginning of a Soviet Russia historical marker in Vladimir Voinovich’s novel Monumental Propaganda. Titled; Monumental Propaganda gives reference to an original strategy used in the era of Lenin to visually place or stand
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Eastern Europe. Stalin took the advantage of this in order to strengthen the Soviet Union and spread communism. In the Yalta conference (Feb 1945)‚ Stalin demanded parts of Poland to be given to USSR. Stalin made a communist government of Poland although there was already a Polish government in UK. This kind of behavior made the West (USA‚ UK etc) fear that USSR would gain permanent control over Poland. Stalin went even further‚ in the same year (1945 July~August) Potsdam conference‚ Stalin wanted parts
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Ariana Biagioni DBQ: Topic A: The Ancient Near East November 24‚ 2013 Professor Goldman During the time of Dynasty 18 in Egypt‚ many religious‚ economic‚ and social connections were created amongst the various regions in the Near East. In these regions‚ new groups of people‚ religions‚ and empires were formed. The Near East helped surface civilization. It established centralized governments‚ law codes‚ and writing systems. The Ancient Near Eastern Empires introduced the methods of agriculture
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Kyle Whisman Government – B1 2/15/15 DBQ The definition of democracy is “a form of government where the supreme power is vested within the people and exercised by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.” The main principles of democracy include majority rule with minority rights‚ competing political parties‚ individual liberty‚ and free elections. These ideals have been the foundation of American democracy since the Declaration of Independence. However‚ other democracies value
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