Abril Argenal Ms. Trilce Enríquez Literature March 25th‚ 2014 Joseph Stalin Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhuhashvili or the world knows him‚ Joseph Stalin‚ was born on December 18th of the year 1879. He is an important figure in history and made some changes‚ though I must admit not for the best. He can be classified as one of the most powerful leaders and dictators of the Soviet Union. He was the leader of the Soviet Union for twenty five years and in this period of time made so many changes and
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"A great luck for Russia was that at the times of hardships she was headed by such a genius and talented commander as Joseph Stalin." W. Churchill Stalin was a man of extraordinary energy‚ erudition and a powerful will. Him even I‚ a person taught by the Parliament‚ could not counter. W. Churchill "Stalin is the Lenin of today‚" said a popular propaganda slogan of the thirties and the forties. The situation has changed drastically since that time; people ’s opinion of Stalin has changed
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land. Yet‚ there were 3 main reasons why this project failed. Khrushchev had discouraged the use of the highly popular and efficient crop cycle and fallow land techniques. Furthermore‚ he did not provide these farms with the basic tools and materials to grow crops. He did not even provide them with fertilizer. This caused much of the farmland to be ruined and in 1960 half of all the farmland designated for this new
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Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev was a self-made man‚ even with his unfortunate and harsh upbringing he still managed to make a name for himself. He became one of the most powerful and influential leaders in Russia‚ simultaneously holding the offices of Premier of the U.S.S.R. and First Secretary of the Communist Party. Strong willed‚ and committed‚ Nikita Khrushchev fought for what he believed in and strived to make his country‚ Russia‚ a better place. Nikita Khrushchev was born in a southern
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to their advantage” How accurate is this statement in relation to the rise of power of either Joseph Stalin or Benito Mussolini? Joseph Stalin’s rise to power in relation to the statement “People can be swept along by events‚ whilst others use events to their advantage” is that of the latter when taking a look at how he was able to rise to the position of dictator of the Soviet Union. Stalin meticulously plotted his way into power using influential events‚ such as the occurrence of his promotion
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troubles it faced following its Mongolian rule--Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. These two rulers did precisely what was required for them to do for Russia to accelerate and become a nation able to boast its power. Like many other rulers who rule with an iron fist‚ Czar Peter I was not someone one would label amiable or even simply cold to others--he was cruel. He was a tall man who possessed a fiery temper‚ which he did not attempt to suppress. Peter I was cruel and ruthless to the point where
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’collective leadership’ which would prevent corruption and idealisation which went against Marxism. This very idealisation brought the cult of Stalin. Whilst he was recognised as a leader by communist party members‚ with some influence it became adapted by the soviet people who were manipulated into thinking no wrong could come from their God like figure Stalin. The psychology of adulation played a key role in he creation of the cult. Many historians believe that as the cult grew‚ it became harder to
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was bullied as a child‚ Joseph Stalin grew up to be a bully himself” (Klehr). These events in Stalin’s childhood dramatically influenced the later events as an adult. Joseph Stalin had caused social injustice in Russia through two wars‚ during the Great Purge‚ and in the Russian government. Joseph Stalin used social injustice during World War II and during the Cold War. During World War II‚ Stalin killed many different groups of people. According to Klehr‚ “Stalin was unpredictable in his killings
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04/29/2002 Saddam vs. Stalin Since the beginning of the world‚ there has been an ongoing cycle of tyrannical leaders that have ruled their lands with an evil hand. Since the beginning of the twentieth century we have seen perhaps the deadliest dictators of them all. Stalin’s regime in the 1930’s and 1940’s in the Soviet Union and Saddam’s regime in the present day Iraq share an exceptionally strong similarity. In order to understand the similarities between Stalin and Saddam‚ we must go back
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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 process‚ eliminating
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