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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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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Joseph Stalin‚ Adolf Hitler‚ and Benito Mussolini were all famous leaders of their time. When the word famous is mentioned for their description‚ it is not necessarily good. In fact none of them were known for anything good. You could say they were in"famous". They all lead during the same time period; during the early to mid 1900s. Stalin was part of the Russians‚ Mussolini was with the Italians‚ and Hitler was with the Germans. Joseph Stalin‚ of Russia‚ was completely uninterested in ideological
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How to prepare for the DBQ: | | | | |Preparation Work: | | | |6 Cs- Teaching students how to analyze sources.
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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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their ideologies Stalin‚ under Socialism‚ and Mussolini‚ under Fascism‚ used these ideas to advocate and carry out their own policies. However‚ it is important to realise that many areas of their policies did veer away from the direction of their original ideologies. This shows that‚ although Stalin’s and Mussolini’s policies were decided largely by their respective ideologies‚ they were in many situations neglected by the leaders for personal reasons. During Stalin’s Russia‚ Stalin had two main policies
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Unfortunately for the world Joseph Stalin was the one child out of the four in his family that survived past his childhood. Joseph Stalin was born on December 21‚ 1879‚ in Gori‚ Russia. Joseph Stalin’s father died when he was just eleven years of age‚ so his mother took complete responsibility of taking care of the boy. Joseph Stalin’s mother was a very religious woman and she also made sure that her son was educated. Joseph Stalin attended an elementary school in which was under the administration
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Stalin and the Struggle for Power The Communist Party in the 1920’s‚ Stalin’s Rise to Power and the Defeat of His Rivals. When Lenin died he left no clear successor to lead the Communist Party. Lenin’s Testament criticised all the leading candidates e.g. he described Stalin as ‘not being able to use power with sufficient caution’ and Trotsky for ‘excessive self assurance’. A group of leaders emerged; a ‘collective leadership’. By 1929 one of these leaders‚ Stalin had become a dominant force
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Investors of asset backed securities (ABSs) are subject to interest rate risk. When interest rates rise‚ the prices of ABS fall‚ and vice versa. The risk of rising interest rate will affect yields because it may influence the pace of prepayments of the underlying loans. This is normally in the case of mortgages consumer asset backed securities. The underlying borrowers of asset backed securities may fail to make interest and principal payments when due and unable to meet other obligation such as
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the Nazi Germany and Stalin from the Soviet Union. Both of the two leaders share some similarities in their rule‚ for example they had total control of their countries. However‚ there are few differences between them as well. By examining the historical events‚ we can see that how Hitler and Stalin led Germany and Soviet Union to the top of world stage. Hitler rose to power in Germany while Stalin rose to power in the Soviet Union in 1920s‚ although the Soviet Union under Stalin stayed longer than
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