Stalin's Five Year Plan
Explain to what extent and with what consequences, was Stalin able to convert Russia from a backward agricultural state to an advanced industrial power by 1939
With his five year plans, Stalin, the ‘constructive monster’ changed Russia into one of the strongest industrial powers. He also brought about a remarkable change in Russia within a period of 10 years; however, this was at a cost of much human loss and suffering. In the essay below, I will elaborate how Stalin achieved this transformation of Russia.
Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922 after which he was confined to a wheelchair. He died in 1924 of a brain haemorrhage. Thousands of people wept openly in the streets as Lenin’s coffin was carried through the streets of Moscow. Lenin’s corps was embalmed and placed in a mausoleum in Moscow so that people could pay their respects. This became a major tourist attraction in red Square, Moscow.
Trotsky was a great thinker, writer and speaker. Trotsky shared Lenin’s vision of a society whose wealth would be shared and controlled by the workers. But Trotsky refused to join the Bolsheviks party because he disagreed with Lenin’s methods of leading the party. He remained a member of the Mensheviks until July 1917 when he returned to Russia and joined the Bolsheviks. He became a close friend of Lenin and a leader in the October revolution. Trotsky became a military leader during the Civil War and his ruthless leadership of the Red Army enabled them to be victorious. The headquarters of the Red Army was a train from which Trotsky issued orders. Trotsky lived on this train for two and a half years during which he travelled 160 000 kilometres.
Stalin played a very small part in the Bolshevik Revolution and was given a number of seemingly unimportant posts in the government. Many Communist Party members considered him rather dull but this was a grieve mistake. Stalin was a cunning and ambitious man who used his position as General Secretary to place his supporters in key
With his five year plans, Stalin, the ‘constructive monster’ changed Russia into one of the strongest industrial powers. He also brought about a remarkable change in Russia within a period of 10 years; however, this was at a cost of much human loss and suffering. In the essay below, I will elaborate how Stalin achieved this transformation of Russia.
Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922 after which he was confined to a wheelchair. He died in 1924 of a brain haemorrhage. Thousands of people wept openly in the streets as Lenin’s coffin was carried through the streets of Moscow. Lenin’s corps was embalmed and placed in a mausoleum in Moscow so that people could pay their respects. This became a major tourist attraction in red Square, Moscow.
Trotsky was a great thinker, writer and speaker. Trotsky shared Lenin’s vision of a society whose wealth would be shared and controlled by the workers. But Trotsky refused to join the Bolsheviks party because he disagreed with Lenin’s methods of leading the party. He remained a member of the Mensheviks until July 1917 when he returned to Russia and joined the Bolsheviks. He became a close friend of Lenin and a leader in the October revolution. Trotsky became a military leader during the Civil War and his ruthless leadership of the Red Army enabled them to be victorious. The headquarters of the Red Army was a train from which Trotsky issued orders. Trotsky lived on this train for two and a half years during which he travelled 160 000 kilometres.
Stalin played a very small part in the Bolshevik Revolution and was given a number of seemingly unimportant posts in the government. Many Communist Party members considered him rather dull but this was a grieve mistake. Stalin was a cunning and ambitious man who used his position as General Secretary to place his supporters in key