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    Greatest Leader A great leader consists of power‚ care‚ understanding‚ and believing you are making improvements while others may oppose of it. Joseph Stalin is a very acceptable image of what this is. Although his people may not have believed in him at the time he did do a lot of valuable things‚ let us see why. While Stalin was in power he accomplished a lot‚ the USSR went from a very poor society to a force to be reckoned with when it came to industrial and military power considering where it

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    party leadership and amongst these was Stalin. Through the next 5 year period‚ a great power struggle occurred between the contenders‚ but Stalin eventually emerged successful as the new leader of the USSR. Stalin’s position as General Secretary and other factors all contributed to this appointment. Prior to the start of the power struggle‚ Stalin had already used sly tactics to trick Trotsky

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    come to power in Russia. Commonly known as Josef Stalin‚ a name that translates to mean the man of steel. Stalin‚ along with Hitler‚ was one of the most brutal men in recorded history. In relation to the criteria on ethical leadership constructed by Lino and myself‚ we believe that Stalin was a very unethical leader. According to his actions‚ it is clear‚ that Stalin failed in all aspects of our criteria. Born Iosef Vassarionovich Dzugashvili‚ Stalin had no respect for human rights and made decisions

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    STALIN: PEOPLES HERO OR MONSTER? (1928-1941) Were the Five-Year Plans and Collectivisation policies successful? Stalin’s five-year plans and collectivisation policies were not the first attempt to reorganise the soviet workforce. The New Economic Policy was applied in March 1921‚ which was a mixture of socialism and capitalism. By 1927 the NEP had revived Soviet industry to 1913 levels and was successful in heavy goods‚ however agriculture was in turmoil. Stalin would no longer allow

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    In 1928 the USSR was still in crisis‚ after all revolutions‚ and the civil war. Russia was still not ass well developed as other European countries 20 years ago‚ therefore Stalin needed to transform his country into a modern and powerful nation. He wanted to industrialize Russia. Stalin’s main aims were to create a good defense from foreign attacks and to catch up economically with other countries so Russia will not depend on import from mainly Germany and‚ other nations. Industrialization

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    what extent was the success of Stalin in retaining power in the USSR through fear? Section A It is assumed by most from a Western prospective that Stalin was the sole creator of the Great Purges and his regime was held together by the constant and consistent fear he infiltrated through it. Many historians put Stalin forward as an evil tyrant so much so that he can seem superhuman. My investigation’s aim is to explore to what extent was the success of Stalin in retaining power in the USSR through

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    Test Essay (Question 2) During the Second World War‚ Truman and Stalin were allies because the US and the USSR were the two most powerful countries that took part in the war. Their will do defeat Germany is what kept their alliance stable and they became much more powerful after combining their powers. After the Second World War the east and the west were having bad relations which caused a separation of the two areas‚ Stalin controlled the east while Truman controlled the western areas. The events

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    Joseph Stalin was a Bolshevik revolutionary who became the general secretary of the communist party and succeeded Lenin as the premier of the USSR. Stalin shared the same dream as Lenin in the making of the USSR the most

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    Kiara Luis Mr. Butler February 25‚ 2015 Global Honors DBQ: Evaluation of Stalin’s Leadership Loved and hated by many‚ Joseph Stalin is one of the most controversial leaders in world history. Joseph Stalin transformed the Soviet Union into a modern superpower between 1928 and 1941. His rule is characterized by the creation of Collectivized Agriculture‚ Rapid Industrialization like the Five Year plan‚ and the many aspects of life under a totalitarian regime like purges‚ censorship

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    The rise of Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union for 31 years between 1922 and his death in 1953. During this time‚ he revolutionised the Russian economy with a combination of rapid industrialisation and centralised economic collectivism‚ reforms that in some instances caused massive devastation in rural parts of the country (including the famine of 1932-1933‚ in which up to 6m people starved to death). A hugely controversial figure on the global political

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