What was the short-term significance of Stalin’s economic policies for the people of Russia in the years to 1941 ? The nature of Stalin’s economic policies and their impact on the people of Russia is a widely debated topic. It’s also a difficult topic on which to focus an enquiry‚ complicated as it is by the reluctance of the Soviets to release all relevant documents‚ and the political views of those interpreting to documents‚ driven as many were by their own agendas. However‚ the documents
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What was the short-term significance of the 5 year plans? Joseph Stalin gained the effective leadership of Russia in 1929. Stalin’s time‚ as leader of Russia‚ was to gain fame for three reasons; 1.The Five Year Plans 2.Collectivisation 3.The Purges. This essay will look at the short-term significance of Stalin’s 5 year plans. Stalin introduced the Five Year Plans as he realised that if Russia was to become a key player within the global market then the country needed to industrialise rapidly and
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org/C0112205/stalinsrussia.html http://ibatpv.org/projects/soviet_union/stalins%20impact%20on%20society.htm http://www.gendercide.org/case_stalin.html Essay It was said by many that Stalin was a great and successful leader‚ however‚ though he was successful in industrialising Russia‚ Stalin proved to be a cruel‚ merciless leader to his people. The economic growth of Russia under Stalin’s rule was abundant‚ but the human loss was devastating. Stalin was also very paranoid and took great measures in the purging
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What in your view was the short-term significance of Boudicca? Boudicca is a historical figure of undeniable significance‚ “one of those rare individuals from the past who have become folk heroes…” (Hingley‚ R & Unwin‚ C‚ 2005‚ 7). In Iron Age Britain‚ Boudicca was able to emerge as a Queen with unwavering passion‚ determination and the upmost of bravery in her rebellion against Roman rule. It therefore seems fitting to assess her significance and the impact she had in the years following her defeat
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Above all other aims‚ it was certainly that of rapid industrialisation which was a key factor in the design of both Stalin’s major economic policies during the 1930s. It can therefore be argued that overall the policies employed were successful in that they did achieve their aims and pushed the USSR forward in industrialisation terms. However‚ the price paid for this rapidity was great‚ and so it is arguable that Stalin was still unsuccessful to a certain degree. As many historians – such as Medvedev
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Joseph Stalin was the leader of Soviet Russia from the mid-1920s to his death in 1953. Though Hitler and Stalin never met or even spoke on the telephone‚ their lives and fates were inextricably linked. Though each loathed and feared the other‚ there was much Hitler and Stalin had in common. Both were born into humble backgrounds‚ their early lives shaped by destitution and impoverishment. As young men‚ both were drawn to radical political movements. Both became revolutionaries and unlikely national
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Joseph Stalin was one of the most influential dictators of the 20th century. He cleverly gained and maintained control of the Communist USSR and today is considered both a monster and a revolutionary. Stalin‚ throughout the duration of his rule‚ concentrated on the internalised and localised revolutionary development of the Soviet Union. Stalin desired a revival of communist revolutionary ideas and the creation of a truly socialist society‚ contrary to the direction his predecessor‚ Lenin‚ and his
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impact of Stalin on Russia and the Russian people By 1929‚ Stalin had become sole leader of Russia. He said‚ "We are between 50 and 100 years behind the west. We must make good this difference in 10 years or go under." He wanted things to change in Russia quickly and so he brought up the five year plans‚ these were to modernise the Russian economy. He also brought up the idea of collectivisation. This was to modernise Russian agriculture. These two things would transform Russia. Stalin had "borrowed"
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Why was there tension between Stalin and his people between 1928-1941? After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ the two leading candidates for his successor were Stalin and Trotsky-both with opposing ideologies in the manner in which the country should be run. Despite being a brilliant speaker and writer‚ Trotsky’s policy on a ‘permanent revolution’ worried people in the fear that the USSR would get involved with more conflicts while Stalin’s proposition of ‘Socialism in One Country’ was far more comforting
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Marriage as an institution did not at first win the favour of all Bolsheviks. During the 1920s the Soviet government had tried to weaken the family as a unit of society because it believed it exploited women. Government propaganda‚ as early as the 1920’s emphasised the role of woman workers as well as homemakers. Wedding rings were abolished. Abortion became available on demand. Marriages were performed in brief ceremonies only in register offices. Divorce could be obtained simply by one partner in the
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