2011 Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1941 (25 marks) (a) To what extent was Lenin responsible for the Bolshevik consolidation of power? (b) Assess the impact of Stalinism onthe Soviet state until 1941. Trotsky (a) Provide a detailed description of THREE significant events in the life of the personality you have studied. (b) Assess the contribution of the personality you have studied to their period of national and/or international history. Conflict in Indochina 1954–1979 (25 marks) (a)
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he came across Messame Dassy‚ a secret organization that supported Georgian independence from Russia (PBS). A majority of the members of this organization were socialists‚ responsible for introducing Stalin to the writings of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. Despite his success in seminary schooling‚ Joseph left his schooling and joined the group in 1898‚ devoting some of his time to studying the revolutionary ideas that would influence his totalitarian reign of the USSR. In 1901 Stalin joined the Social
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actions were each very significant in aiding the Bolsheviks to seize power by 1924. The year 1917 was the start of Russia’s struggle for power as the revolution sparked major social‚ political and economic changes and difficulties. With the return of Lenin‚ the bolsheviks had swept the nation with ideas of revolution and that would begin their rise to power through Lenin’s popular catchphrases of ’Bread‚ Peace‚ Land’ and ’all power to the Soviets’. Lenin’s ’April Thesis’ in 1917 was a vital course of
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For many years Stalin was the right hand man of Lenin. He was the Father of Stalin’s strong communist regime. Towards the end of his career‚ Lenin became very untrusting of Stalin’s ambitions to be the next leader of the Soviet Union. In an almost identical situation‚ Saddam Hussein worked directly under the leader of Iraq in the 1950’s‚ named
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deported to Siberia in the year 1900 (Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)‚ 1). With disagreements with Lenin‚ who Trotsky saw as his heir apparent‚ he joined the minority fraction of the Social Democrats and then played a crucial role in the communist power in that same year (Leon Trotsky {1879-1940}‚ 1). Trotsky built up the Red Army which came out victorious over the White Russians (Leon Trotsky‚ 1) When Lenin became ill in 1922‚ and then died two years later‚ Stalin gained control of the Soviet Union Just
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was able to secure power and vote out Trotsky by being politically skilful and cunning however most importantly he was lucky. First of all‚ Stalin was lucky. Trotsky remained ill for most of the power struggle and Lenin and Sverdelov died at an opportune time. Before his death Lenin had wanted Stalin removed from the party this mentioned in his last testament. Dzerzhinsky‚ the head of the Cheka and political adversary to Stalin‚ also died in 1926. His death facilitated the infiltration of Stalin’s
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brought glory to the USSR" entirely correct. Stalin had been one of two men who were in a position to succeed Lenin the other being Leon Trotsky. Joseph Stalin (His real name was Josef Dzhugashvili) Stalin‚ meaning "Man of Steel". Stalin was both Commissar of Nationalities and Commissar of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspectorate making him the ideal option to be the successor of Lenin. Stalin was intent on industrializing the Soviet Union as quickly as possible as he feared that the Soviet Union
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Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1929 to 1953. He was born December 18‚ 1878 and he died in 1953. He was born in Georgia. He was the leader of the Soviet Union‚ he ordered every citizen to the Soviet Union to not surrender and to use a single drop of blood. By saying this he is ordering a massacre killing 27 million soviets in WW2. He killed dissidents‚ sent millions of untrained Russians into the war and industrialized the Soviet Union‚ which required
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Why did Stalin become leader of the USSR? Lenin‚ the leader of Russia died from ill health in 1924‚ without choosing a successor‚ but how did Stalin‚ one of the least likely people to take over become leader of the Ussr? His role as General Secretary was used by Stalin to great advantage. It allowed him to see all important documents flowing in and out of the party. This fortunate for Stalin‚ included Lenin’s last testament‚ which stated Lenin’s desire for a dictatorship of the party as well
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were similarly produced in the Brave New World where the embryos passed along a conveyor belt while a worker or machine would have a specific task dealing with the specimen. Again‚ this assembly line method proved very successful. 2. Lenina Vladmir Lenin (1870-1924) founded the communist party in Russia and the world’s first communist dictatorship. He believed in Karl Marx’s theories that government is affected by underlying economic forces. Lenin’s dictatorship resembles that of Mustapha Mond for
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