4/22/13 Class world history ld History Activity People in Wor 19 P r o f i le 1 Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) The guilt of Stalin and his immediate entourage . . . for the mass repressions and lawlessness they committed is enormous and unforgivable. Mikhail Gorbachev in a 1987 speech on the anniversary of the Russian Revolution Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Joseph Stalin rose from a life of poverty to become the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. A brutal
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Hitler vs. Stalin At the turn of the 20th century there were two very evil men. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. One was the leader of Germany‚ the other had control of Russia. Two different men‚ two different countries‚ but not too different. Their stories begin at birth. Both Hitler and Stalin had difficult childhoods with abusive fathers. The father of young Adolf Hitler ‚ an Austrian official‚ was known to be a harsh‚ strict man. Stalin’s father was an abusive drunk that perpetually beat his
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Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik (meaning Majority) faction of the Russian Social and Democratic Labour Party and took power in the October Revolution of 1917. He was born in the city of Simbirsk in 1870 and studied Law at Kazan ’ university‚ where he was introduced to Marxist literature. His brother Alexandr was involved in a plot to assassinate Tsar Alexandr III and executed. He spent some time in internal exile in Siberia before being exiled from Russia. It was in London that he formed
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Connor Gonzalez-Falla Mr. Sweeney Western Civ 300 5/9/13 Stalin: Dictator‚ Killer‚ Savior? How does a man‚ nominated twice for the Nobel peace price‚ die with such equivocal feelings from his country? Why was he thought of as an advocate of freedom to some‚ but compared to Hitler by others? All these mixed feelings revolve around Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin ruled Russia from 1924 until his death in 1953. In his reign‚ he fiercely used tactics of collectivization‚ purging and deportation
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Was Stalin’s Foreign Policy a Failure? This is a question that can‚ I think‚ be tackled on a purely empirical level‚ proceeding by example and analysis. Stalin was in many ways a superb tactician; cool‚ rational‚ intelligent and utterly ruthless. However‚ his grasp of international relations was never the strongest of his talents. On occasions his miscalculations had disastrous implications‚ both for the immediate and long-term security of the Soviet Union. To begin with the problem was one
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“Analyse the successes and failures of Stalin’s policies in the 1930’s” Stalin’s policies in the 1930’s were both successful and not so successful for a variety of reasons which will be discussed throughout. In the 1930’s Stalin had to use many different devises in order to keep his dominance in leadership. These changes included Collectivization‚ Industrialisation in the first and second five year plans. Other policies which are discussed are The role of women‚ religion‚ arts and culture and
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political groups. In December he isarrested. Lenin is expelled from Kazan University because of hisopen rebellion and finishes his law studies in St.Petersburg. 1893-Passes law examination at St. Petersburg. 1893-Lenin becomes active in Marxist study group. 1896-Lenin is arrested and is exiled to Serbia after spending a year in St.Petersburg jail. While in exile he marries Nadezhda Krupskaya and writes hisfirst book. 1905-Lenin returns to Russia amid the chaos of the 1905
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Compare and contrast social and economic policies of Hitler and Mussolini We should start this brief analyze with focusing on the background of the dictators’ way to power. In both countries‚ Germany and Italy‚ the blow of 1929s Wall Street crisis proved to be very tough‚ however the economic situation inside states wasn’t good after the end of World War the First. Unemployment and budget deficit helped Mussolini with taking power in 1922. Hitler became a chancellor in 1933 when Germany suffered
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Loran Arnold History 420 Hitler vs. Stalin‚ the Evil Master Minds of the Twentieth Century Hitler and Stalin are names that will be forever remember as evil master minds of killing millions of people in order to create a perfect race. In this paper‚ there will be a comparison of Hitler and Stalin’s careers. Also‚ investigating which one had a greater impact on the twentieth century. Hitler started his rise to power in 1919 when he joined the German Workers’ Party at the end of World War
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Lenin Lenin and his principals are the subject of a huge historiographical debate. The controversy surrounding Lenin’s pragmatism in the face of social‚ political and economic instability begs the question: did Lenin compromise his principals in the race for survival? It is astonishing that surrounded by the turmoil that was Russia in the early 20th century Lenin actually survived for so long. During the years of 1917-18 he encountered food shortages‚ war and a vast amount of strikes. In 1921
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