Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Ста́лин‚ pronounced [ˈjosʲɪf vʲɪsɐˈrʲonəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈstalʲɪn]; born Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jugashvili‚ Georgian: იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი‚ pronounced [iɔsɛb bɛsariɔnis d͡ze d͡ʒuɣaʃvili]; 18 December 1878[1] – 5 March 1953)‚ was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917‚ Stalin was appointed general secretary
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org/C0112205/stalinsrussia.html 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
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A RESEARCH PAPER OF BENITO MUSSOLINI Presented by Patrick Mentone To Mr.Quinn For US History At Fenwick High School On May 31‚2013 Benito Mussolini was born on December 29‚ 1883 and died on April 28‚ 1945. Alessandro Mussolini was his father and he was a blacksmith. Benito says his father was his role model because he taught him everything he knew about politics. His mother was Rosa Mussolini. Alessandro and Rosa had three children‚ one girl and two boys. Benito’s
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Was Benito Mussolini a Hero or a Villain? By Rachel Coster Research Phase: Primary Sources A speech made by Mussolini on the 23.3.1939. PropagandaItaliaFC. (2012). Benito Mussolini - Speech (26.03.1939 Rome) (English subtitle). [Online Video]. 15 April 2012 . Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpn9iPLbNDc. [Accessed: 08 September 2013]. It can be seen from this speech how much the Italian people admired and believed in Mussolini. This is evident when the camera cuts to the crowd
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Benito Mussolini- rescue Italy by reviving its economy and rebuilding its armed forces. He vowed to give Italy strong leadership. Mussolini had founded the Fascist Party in 1919 Adolf Hitler- little-known political leader whose early life had been marked by disappointment. When World War I broke out‚ Hitler found a new beginning. He volunteered for the German army and was twice awarded the Iron Cross‚ a medal for bravery Nazism- At the end of the war‚ Hitler settled in Munich
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your great-grandparents. Lets go back to the years of Adolf Hitler. Why was he who he was and what made him that way? Did something happen to him in his younger years and why did he have such hatred towards the Jewish? Also what was his purpose for the Hitler Youth? Another question to ask yourself is can one person change the world and if so‚ how? I believe that one person can change the world‚ some for the good and some for the bad. Hitler did change the world in more ways than one. He opened up
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I. Quote a. “We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good distance in ten years. Either we do it‚ or they crush us.” b. This quote from the excerpt of Joseph Stalin‚ “On Soviet Industrialization Speech to Industrial Managers‚” February 1931 is significant because Stalin talks about how they will not have the chance of rising to the top and keeping their independence if they lower their tempo at all. He states that they are extremely behind other countries that
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Vladimir Lenin’s health‚ Joseph Stalin stepped into the position of the general secretary of the Russian communist party in 1922 (Stock). This was the very beginning stage of Joseph Stalin’s enormous impact on the communist party‚ as well as the rest of the world. Although Stalin’s rule is sometimes considered extreme‚ Stalin had an enormous impression on Russian history as well as the collective history of the world. One of the most important things Joseph Stalin did was develop and enforce the
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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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General Secretary of the Soviet Union‚ Josef Stalin encountered many social‚ economical and political problems which were left unsolved at the time of Lenin ’s premature death in 1924. Economic problems involving issues such as agriculture and industrialisation. Political problems related to politics‚ both in terms of foreign and domestic policy and also the military. Social problems being related to aspects of life such as education‚ religion and culture. Stalin had problems in all three areas‚ some of
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