Who Is Joseph Stalin
Stalin:
In 1922, he was made general secretary of the Communist Party, a post not considered particularly significant at the time but which gave him control over appointments and thus allowed him to build up a base of support
After Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin promoted himself as his political heir and gradually outmanoeuvred his rivals. By the late 1920s, Stalin was effectively the dictator of the Soviet Union.
His forced collectivisation of agriculture cost millions of lives, while his programme of rapid industrialisation achieved huge increases in Soviet productivity and economic growth but at great cost.
Moreover, the population suffered immensely during the Great Terror of the 1930s, during which Stalin purged the party of 'enemies of the people', resulting in the execution of thousands and the exile of millions to the gulag …show more content…
By the winter of 1932, America was facing the greatest economic depression in its history.
The number of unemployed people reached upwards of 13 million. Many people lived in primitive conditions close to famine. One New York family moved into a cave in Central Park.
The American economy did not fully recover until the USA entered the Second World War in December 1941.
The entire American banking system reached the brink of collapse. From 1929 to 1932, 5,000 banks went out of business.
The depression:
Unemployment in Britain rose to 2.5 million (25 per cent of the workforce) in 1933. Worst hit were the areas of heavy industry (e.g coal, iron, steel, shipbuilding) in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the north of England.
The government did not have a clue how to cope with the Depression, and the policies it did put into action were either useless or made matters worse.
These four actions made things worse:
1. Raising income tax.
2. Cutting unemployment pay by 10 per
In 1922, he was made general secretary of the Communist Party, a post not considered particularly significant at the time but which gave him control over appointments and thus allowed him to build up a base of support
After Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin promoted himself as his political heir and gradually outmanoeuvred his rivals. By the late 1920s, Stalin was effectively the dictator of the Soviet Union.
His forced collectivisation of agriculture cost millions of lives, while his programme of rapid industrialisation achieved huge increases in Soviet productivity and economic growth but at great cost.
Moreover, the population suffered immensely during the Great Terror of the 1930s, during which Stalin purged the party of 'enemies of the people', resulting in the execution of thousands and the exile of millions to the gulag …show more content…
By the winter of 1932, America was facing the greatest economic depression in its history.
The number of unemployed people reached upwards of 13 million. Many people lived in primitive conditions close to famine. One New York family moved into a cave in Central Park.
The American economy did not fully recover until the USA entered the Second World War in December 1941.
The entire American banking system reached the brink of collapse. From 1929 to 1932, 5,000 banks went out of business.
The depression:
Unemployment in Britain rose to 2.5 million (25 per cent of the workforce) in 1933. Worst hit were the areas of heavy industry (e.g coal, iron, steel, shipbuilding) in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the north of England.
The government did not have a clue how to cope with the Depression, and the policies it did put into action were either useless or made matters worse.
These four actions made things worse:
1. Raising income tax.
2. Cutting unemployment pay by 10 per