Explain how Stalin developed the cult of personality in the 1930s. Stalin became leader of Russia in 1927. He needed to achieve the support of the Russian people and he managed to do this by using his intellect and power. He used propaganda and mass media. He also cleverly rewrote history‚ making it look as if he had a bigger part in the October revolution than he actually did. He also managed to make his relationship with Lenin look much closer than they were. He cunningly told Trotsky the wrong
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Stalin was not the most likely candidate to succeed Lenin. By looking at the facts and the background history of Stalin‚ it is quite clear that he was not the favoured candidate. The cons outweighed the pros and numerous reasons such as Lenin’s testament‚ Stalin’s poor revolutionary record‚ not being an intellectual thinker and being a dull and uninspiring person all led Stalin to being a less favoured candidate. Lenin was the overall leader of communist Russia‚ and was very well respected
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How was Stalin able to Establish a Totalitarian Regime People believe that the reason why Stalin rose to power was because of his clever political strategy and the way he worked with the civilians to gain their support. Soon they realised that Stalin was now in control of the way everybody thinks and wiping out hundreds of people everyday. This essay will briefly explain how Stalin was able to succeed during the New Economic Policy debate and rise into authority‚ how he managed to establish his
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doing so he used this ability to look better for his faction. One of Stalin’s main competitors was Leon Trotsky which he was able to outmaneuver. He did this by appointing members or allies of himself to government positions. With a solid support base Stalin was able to move up on the political
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Under the governance of Joseph Stalin since 1928 saw the Soviet Union governing a large territory especially in the Eastern Europe and raising its importance as a world wide power throughout the Cold War. The Stalin system revolutionized the Soviet Union and turned out to be the foundation for the expansion of communist persuasion into the bordering regions and territories. The Stalinist system was distinct in that; it was a solitary party system governing political assignations‚ monetary policies
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How did Stalin’s rule change the soviet union? Stalin totally hanged the country. When he gained power the economy was still based on agriculture and the majority of people lived in the countryside; when he died‚ the country was a global superpower‚ with a huge heavy industry sector and the majority of the people lived in cites. He achieved these through two policies; collectivization of agriculture and‚ for agriculture‚ a centrally planned command economy - the Five Year Plans. In purely
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biggest totalitarian leaders in Europe. When talking about two men who have had the biggest impact good or bad on the world then Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin come up. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party and Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He is the one to blame for World War 2‚ the Holocaust and the destruction of other nations. Stalin governed the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1952. He formalized Marxism and Leninism to make his own policies known as Stalinism. He started
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How far was Stalins personality responsive for the great purges? By researching Stalin we can see he had a very different personality. He started of life as the son of a poor family. He was strong willed and managed to weave his way to the top of the soviet government all because of his sneaky personality. But saying his personality was responsible for the great purges are a debatable question. Some historians believe he did it just because he thought it was the right action for power in soviet
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Why did Stalin‚ rather than Trotsky emerge as the leader of the USSR? (12 marks) A power struggle for control of the Bolsheviks party began after Lenin’s death in 1924. Among the several contenders‚ the two main rivals to take his place as leader were Stalin and Trotsky. Trotsky was Lenin’s right hand man in the October Rebellion and it seemed that Trotsky was the natural replacement; however it was Stalin who ultimately was able to secure power. There were many reasons why Stalin rather
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In 1932 things looked very good for Stalin; the First Five Year Plan was complete‚ the peasants had been collectivised and Stalin was the ’boss’ and firmly in control. However‚ there was still a little opposition in the Communist Party and a Party member called Ryutin circulated criticism of Stalin and how he ran the Party among the Central Committee arguing for his removal as General Secretary. Of course‚ Stalin was furious that someone of so little importance had the audacity to say circulate such
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