Since the 1500s Russia was in a depression with very little industrial development. Josef Stalin’s plans were to quickly industrialize to make them a significant power in the world. His plans included collectivising farms to produce more food for the russian people and building factories to produce goods such as weapons‚ and clothes. It provided jobs for many people and made russia an important power in WWII and the cold war. All this development was at the cost of its citizens. Tens of thousands
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policies of Lenin and Stalin and evaluate their success. Comparing Lenin and Stalin one finds that both were following a communist ideal but what is the communist ideal? The main principal is to share a country’s wealth amongst its people. This is the theoretical side of the communist idea; the practical side requires a careful planning of the country’s economy and also a system that makes sure that everybody is treated equally. When Lenin and the communist party took over power‚ following the revolution
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To what extent was the United States of America responsible for the collapse of the Grand Alliance? A capitalist state‚ a Communist state and a colonial power all joined power during World War II and formed the Grand Alliance. The United Stated which was led by Franklin Roosevelt‚ the Soviet Union which was led by Joseph Stalin and Great Britain which was led by Winston Churchill united powers as they all shared one main objective. The three leaders were famously known as the big three‚ they all
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When Stalin rose to power he wanted to centralize the control the control over the entire soviet economy in the 1920’s. If anyone opposed Stalin’s political views was killed‚ exiled or put in jail for a long period of time. During the time he was ruling World War II broke out and the Russians fought with Germany. In the middle of the war Germany decided to break their pact and turn on the Russians and they invaded the Soviet Lands. While he was ruling the Soviet Union‚ he launched a five year plan
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Was Collectivisation a success or failure? Economic AIMS: Large farms = would increase efficiency = fewer workers needed = more man power for industry = increase in production = more overseas trade = even more resources for industrialisation = further increase in production SUCCESSES: 1928-1935 = grain doubles from 11 million tonnes to 75 million tonnes Mass migration from countryside to cities = accelerated urbanisation= relieved
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Germany’s General plan Ost was Hitler’s proposition to slaughter millions of Jews‚ Polish‚ and other undesired races. Hitler then organized a racial classification system in which one would be enslaved‚ expelled‚ killed or resettled to a new place of residence. Millions of Slavic territories were viewed as undesirable and had to resettle in western Siberia. Most non-Aryans were enslaved‚ while for the Jews living in conquered territories‚ they were exterminated and Germans and other Volksdeutsche
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History Essay: Why Stalin Not Trotsky Stalin’s race to become the all mighty ruler fully started after Lenin died of a stroke on the 21st of January 1924. With Lenin gone‚ Stalin started to eliminate the other members of the Communist Party: Trotsky‚ Zinoviev‚ Kamenev‚ Rykov‚ Tomsky and Bukharin. He very cleverly switched between the left wing and the right wing‚ by making alliances with one wing the suddenly breaking with them‚ only to join the other wing‚ going against everything that they had
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To what extent was Lear constructed as a tragic hero in acts 2‚ 3 and 4 The definition of tragedy in the Oxford dictionary is‚ "drama of elevated theme and diction and with unhappy ending; sad event‚ serious accident‚ calamity." However‚ the application of this terminology in Shakespearean Tragedy is more expressive. Tragedy does not only mean death or calamity‚ but in fact‚ it refers to a series of steps which leads to the downfall of the tragic hero and eventually to his tragic death. Lear‚ the
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SUCCESS THROUGH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE These are a couple of readings that I have been asked to do for our friends from Russia who visited with us as a part of the Children of Chernobyl Program. I’m going to read a short selection from a motivational book called "Insight". This particular reading has to do with the importance of understanding and using foreign languages that might be appropriate to the Russian students‚ because‚ certainly‚ we’re living in a world that is getting smaller and smaller
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Who was more to blame for the cold war‚ the USA or the USSR? This Cold War has affected the world from 1945 until now. The blame lies on one of these two countries. I believe it is these party’s leaders who should be blamed for the cold war‚ not the countries. At the time‚ these two countries were on very precarious political and military terms‚ which were ready to fluctuate at any moment. These two countries had lead Europe to a standstill. The two‚ were in a dangerous state of political tension
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