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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History Guide World War One: Events leading up to World War One: March 1890: The German statesman Otto von Bismarkre signs‚ mostly forced by the new Kaiser‚ Wilelm II. The Kaiser takes a more active role in German Welpolitik. However‚ the blunders of the Kaiser and other chancellors alienate Germany from other European powers and gave increasing influence to army leaders within Germany. December 1893: France and Russia sign a military convention pledging to help each other in the event of a
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At 5:00 am‚ October 26‚ the manifesto legitimizing the creation of a revolutionary government was voted on and passed by an overwhelming margin. The Russian revolution of 1917 saw the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy in February and the seizure of power by the Bolshevik party in October.The Bolsheviks proceeded to establish the world’s first Communist state on a territory covering one-sixth of the globe. A series of events and ideas led to the October revolution‚ each significant in its own
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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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The concept of Stalinism‚ being the ideologies and policies adopted by Stalin‚ including centralization‚ totalitarianism and communism‚ impacted‚ to an extent‚ on the soviet state until 1941. After competing with prominent Bolshevik party members Stalin emerged as the sole leader of the party in 1929. From this moment‚ Stalinism pervaded every level of society. Despite the hindrance caused by the bureaucracy‚ the impact of Stalinism was achieved through the implementation of collectivization and
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Tensions were rising as the Russian Revolution was getting closer to a start. Russian people were not better off after the revolution than they were before. The Russian Revolution led to many changes under the Russian rule. The first change was that the serfs were "freed." The second reason was when the provisional government failed and made the people fight against their wishes. The third reason is when the czar kept on making serious mistakes. First of all‚ before the Russian Revolution‚ more
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Historians may believe the Provisional Government was doomed because of a major problem with the provisional government which was the Dual Authority. The Provisional Government was made up of members of the old Duma that had refused to disband at the Tsars command. This meant that they were basically the same men that the Tsar had appointed before the revolution‚ so nothing had changed in that regard. Consequently‚ they had no goodwill from the public backing them up‚ so they would be judged purely
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Trotsky‚ being the Commissar Minister for War and the second most powerful man in Russia during the reign of Lenin‚ was sent to exile‚ and assassinated by an ice pick. His life was filled with honor‚ pride and most importantly‚ confidence. His gifted talent of public speak had an overwhelming effect on the people. He believed his theory of “Permanent Revolution” was the perfect structure of revolution suitable for Russia‚ it was suppose to bring hope and power to the Soviet Union‚ the communism
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As he went up in ranks in his Democratic party‚ he soon became the “secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party‚ a role that embedded him to appoint his allies to government jobs and grow a base of political support”(C). When Lenin‚ the first leader‚ died‚ Stalin was placed into power‚ where he then became the absolute ruler of Russia. As a leader‚ he was fierce‚ a go getter. No matter what the cost‚ he did whatever he needed to do for the revolution and went to jail more than
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