this lag in ten years. Either we do it‚ or they crush us!" Josef Stalin 1931‚ this quote sums up Stalin’s desire to modernize the Soviet Union. Stalin attempt to modernize the Soviet Union through a series of five year plans had various outcomes on the people‚ economy and politics in the country. The results of Stalin’s policies where mixed economically they where great‚ but politically and socially they had major flaws. Stalin increased the amount of heavy industry and the production of raw materials
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The primary strengths of Ancient Greece that led to its rise to power during ancient times include the following: their form of government‚ their strive for glory and bravery‚ and their culture as a means of expressing themselves and creating their own identity. The kind of government that Ancient Greece had was democracy‚ wherein everyone is given a chance to be heard and “the administration is in the hands of the many and not the few” (Reilly 91). This gave its citizens to have a say on the events
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that took place in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933‚ that millions of Ukrainians died of starvation. This was the deliberate mass starvation of an entire country that was carried out under the orders of one of the most brutal leaders in all of history‚ Josef Stalin. The Holodomor means “murder by hunger” that is what the Ukrainians called it by‚ and it would leave about ten million people dead. About seven million of these people actually died from starvation. And many more were executed on the spot or they
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11.30.10 The U.S.S.R. Under Stalin 1924-1941 Paper 1 Questions & Answers 1)a) Evidence in Source D that suggests that Stalin’s motive for the mass arrests of the late 1930s was to obtain slave labor is that “the mass arrest of the late 1930s may have been carried out to satisfy Stalin’s desire for slave labor‚” and “more prison laborers were urgently needed.” b) In Source D‚ “absurd inefficiency” means that the overpopulation of the prison laborers in the camps made them disorganized
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Chelsea Harden Miss French Period 3 03/06/11 Life under Stalin Joseph Stalin was able to establish a strong dictatorship over the Soviet Union by being a good organizer and being able to make many people appeal to him and his ideas of a communist society. Although his ideas were misleading‚ he managed to gain believers and kill off any of those who disagreed with any of his sayings or teachings. Much of the credit goes to his army who helped commit many of these murders that went on
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Major Essay Part Two: The Argument The year is 1948‚ Joseph Stalin has just appointed the leader of North Korea as Kim Il-Sung‚ and since that time the same family has been in power. Kim Il-Sung is the man who is responsible for North Korea’s drive to become a nuclear power to this day. It was his demand for nuclear weapons that pushed the regime in its search. Flash-forward‚ it’s 1994‚ North Korea under the leadership of Kim Jong Il‚ Il-Sung’s son‚ announces it’s intentions to retract from
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Why did Stalin win? Throughout the summer of 1923 it was apparent that Lenin’s reign was coming to an end and this overshadowed the political struggle however in the Politburo and central committee battle lines were forming. They all thought that they were deserving candidates with so thinking that they were untouchable and were destined to lead USSR . Leon Trotsky seemed to have the stronghold as he had a close relationship with Lenin. However in the background there was opposition growing. Stalin
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Rise of Totalitarianism At the end of World War I‚ totalitarianism began to rise. To keep the countries at peace they created The League Of Nations. It did not execute its duties well‚ and failed to enforce treaties‚ and prevent invasions. At the end of the war France designed the Treaty of Versailles to punish Germany‚ and it caused many problems in Germany. The rise of totalitarianism could have been stopped if‚ the Treaty of Versailles was not as severe‚ the League of Nations was more effective
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Germany had led to the Weimar government facing difficulties in resolving the economic crisis. As the government failed to deal with the economic problems support for the Nazis grew. It can be argued that the fall of the Weimar Republic led to the rise of the Nazi Party‚ with the strength of the SA and the Nazis appeal to different groups of society. The failure of the Weimar government to solve the problems faced by Germany during the 1920’s and early 30’s had many
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Stalin: In 1922‚ he was made general secretary of the Communist Party‚ a post not considered particularly significant at the time but which gave him control over appointments and thus allowed him to build up a base of support After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ Stalin promoted himself as his political heir and gradually outmanoeuvred his rivals. By the late 1920s‚ Stalin was effectively the dictator of the Soviet Union. His forced collectivisation of agriculture cost millions of lives‚ while his programme
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