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    dictatorships of Hitler and Stalin Totalitarianism is when all three powers of the state (judicial‚ executive‚ and legislative) are controlled by one person. This is what happened in the twentieth century when Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin became the dictators of Germany and Russia. They were similar in many ways but had completely different fundamental ideas. Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria . He left school with no qualifications and fought in the First World War. Stalin was born in 1879 in Georgia

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    THE ROLE OF PROPEGANDA AND TERROR IN HITLER & STALIN Propaganda was considered vital in maintaining control and favour. The dictators who implemented terror and propaganda to their tyrannical regimes were Stalin & Hitler. Propaganda is the organized and controlled spreading of information to influence and control the views of people and how they think. This then leads them to behave in a certain way. This was a large part of both Stalin’s USSR and Hitler’s Third Reich. A wide range of

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    are Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler‚ both dictators of their countries. Stalin’s total control of the Soviet Union and Hitler’s total control of Germany both had significant impacts on their countries and societies. Although the two succeeded in very similar ways‚ they showed resentment towards one another. Hitler and Stalin were able to become strong leaders because of their economic‚ social‚ and political policies that they established in order to revive their countries. Joseph Stalin is considered

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    which will be discussed throughout. In the 1930’s Stalin had to use many different devises in order to keep his dominance in leadership. These changes included Collectivization‚ Industrialisation in the first and second five year plans. Other policies which are discussed are The role of women‚ religion‚ arts and culture and education. As Orlando Figes states in ‘The Whisperers’‚ “ Collectivization was the great turning point in Soviet history.” Stalin put in place collectivization in order to increase

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    familiar to the country Russia. Orwell goes beyond to show secret correlations to Stalin and the Revolution in Russia. The books expresses the connection between the novel and Russia from the points by Stalin being represented as a pig named Napoleon‚ the farm trials‚ and lastly from the rules that were made on the farm. Firstly‚ in the novel‚ it is clearly shown that the pig‚ Napoleon‚ is the same exact person named Stalin from Russia who had the same effect on his country‚ or farm in the book. Orwell

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    of dictatorship leading to the downfall of entire communities. Brutus and Caesar from “Julius Caesar” and Napoleon from “Animal Farm” are three great examples of dictatorship causing problems. The name Josef Stalin is very often brought up when talking about dictatorship. In George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”‚ Napoleon is meant to be an allegory for Stalin. He shows the natural desire for power present in people. Firstly‚ he kicks out Snowball. Right off the bat‚ Napoleon is going out of his way to

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    Was Stalin’s Foreign Policy a Failure? This is a question that can‚ I think‚ be tackled on a purely empirical level‚ proceeding by example and analysis. Stalin was in many ways a superb tactician; cool‚ rational‚ intelligent and utterly ruthless. However‚ his grasp of international relations was never the strongest of his talents. On occasions his miscalculations had disastrous implications‚ both for the immediate and long-term security of the Soviet Union. To begin with the problem was one

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    1.Collectivization began in the early 1930’s when Joseph Stalin became the dictator of Russia. Stalin had a five year plan come into action where the members of the communist party carried out his requests to the villagers to join the collective farm in the thought of industrializing Russia. The collective farm affected the farmers who owned agricultural land. The farmers were persuaded to join the collective farm with the thought of having an easier way to care for their land‚ but in reality it

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    throughout history. Governments often justify oppression of their people through laws which are passed for “the betterment of society.” A prime example of oppression justified by “bettering the society” are the policies of the Russian Dictator‚ Joseph Stalin. Stalin believed in order to survive as a whole the russian people must work to increase economic standing against advanced capitalist nations. Stalin’s speech entitled “The Need For Progress” provides proof of his stance‚ “Do you want our socialist

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    Rick Guo Period: 4 5/14/2013 Joseph Stalin And 1984 Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the 1920 until his death in 1953. He has done a lot of good things for his country but during his reign‚ he also has a lot of mistakes and these mistakes we also can see in the story called 1984. 1984 tells the story of a country’s authoritarian regime and the “big brother”

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