A: Plan of the Investigation How were the Purges of 1934-1938 successful in helping Stalin maintain his autocratic power? The aim of this investigation is to assess how the purges of 1934-38 helped Stalin preserve his power in the Soviet Union. In order to evaluate this‚ the investigation assesses Stalin’s role in relation to the purges‚ as well as their purpose. An analysis of this should indicate the extent to which the purges were successful‚ and their contribution to Stalin’s power. In
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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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’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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Napoleon Bonaparte “The human race is governed by its imagination.”(Napoleon Bonaparte)is This quote by Napoleon shows how he believed that government should be made by the voice of the people. Napoleon Bonaparte was a great leader of war for France‚ and ruled as a democratic reformer. Ever since he was a kid‚ Napoleon had great leadership skills‚ and a love for the military. He was an excellent student‚ and he studied the tactics of previous rulers. Napoleon led many great battles and won most
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Hitler and Stalin will probably go down in history as two of the greatest known evil leaders of the 20th Century. You might ask what could bring two men to become the menaces they were. What kind of upbringing would cause someone to turnout the way they did. This report will compare the two through there adolescence till the end of their teenage years. December 21‚ 1879 at Gori in Georgia‚ Joseph Stalin is born. Ten years later on April 20‚ 1889‚ Adolph Hitler is given birth to at Braunanu
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righteous and moral man wills not exploit its power as opposed to corrupt leader who will pursue his self-interests by misusing his power. Such assumptions can be made with the ruthless and mass murderer dictator‚ Joseph Stalin and the cruel tyrant from Shakespeare play Macbeth. Joseph Stalin is known as the most merciless and murderous dictator in history. While ruling the soviet USSR for quarter of the century his regime caused many deaths of innocent people and prominent political members. From 1924
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Lydia Turner 10M Napoleon and Snowball are characters who represent Stalin and Trotsky. Explore the conflict between these two characters presented by Orwell in Animal Farm ‘Animal Farm’ is an allegory which presents George Orwell’s views on communism in the form of an anthropomorphic fable. The main characters are Snowball and Napoleon‚ who represent Trotsky and Stalin‚ are two opposing characters whose conflict is presented in a number of linguistic and structural ways. An example of this are
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1928 with the first Five-Year Plan? There were many reasons why Stalin decided to replace the New Economic Policy with the first Five-Year Plan in 1928. These consisted of economic problems‚ ideological problems‚ political problems‚ as well as a fear of a capitalist invasion. Although economic problems certainly were an important reason for Stalin’s decision to change policy‚ the most significant reasons were political‚ since for Stalin the consolidation of power had always been his main priority.
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Reasons for the Rise of Stalin 1) Stalin’s Political Position as ‘General Secretary’ 2) Stalin’s Development of the Cult of Lenin 3) Stalin’s Elimination Opposition or Persecution of Political Enemies 1) Stalin’s Political Position as ‘General Secretary’ Stalin was the General Secretary of Communist Party. This was not a powerful post and therefore attracted little fear and jealousy. But Stalin had the power to appoint junior party officials at every level of the party and thus he appointed
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Napoleon Bonaparte or should I say the "Son of the Revolution"‚ I believe was both a preserver and a destroyer of the French Revolution. In fact‚ "In a sense‚ Napoleon brought the revolution to an end in 1799‚ but he was also a child of the revolution" (Spielvogel 544‚ 1). Napoleon had helped the French people and the French government in various ways; nevertheless‚ Napoleon thought that constantly the people owed him. I think that this is how he acted like a child. Napoleon became commander of
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