database website questia was utilized to obtain relevant academic journals and scholarly articles while local libraries were visited to obtain the books and biographical materials. The first component of the essay to be researched was the steps that Stalin took to rise to power. Then the historiography behind each of the steps was looked into. The intentionalists and functionalists were the main schools of thought. Originally the conclusion reached
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How did Stalin come to be the dominant leader of the Soviet Union? On the eve of Lenin’s death‚ there was no real or clear successor who would take leadership of the party. Even before his death Lenin himself recognised that there would be a power struggle between two of the most prominent leaders in the party‚ Trotsky and Stalin‚ which he expressed in his last testament (which was shielded from the public eye until the early 1950’s). In Lenin’s last testament‚ he even went on to briefly assess
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that the actions of the USSR were primarily responsible for the division of Germany in 1949? The immediate post-war period in Germany in 1945 resulted in the establishment of a divided Germany into two separate states in 1949. After the war‚ Germany was split into four zones and split up among Britain‚ USA‚ France and the USSR. Tensions between the Western and Eastern Allies arose within the years prior to the division‚ largely due to the actions taken by Stalin and the USSR. I feel that the primary
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He got rejected. Hitler felt like everything he hoped and dreamed for got crushed before his eyes. He decided to join the Army‚ I suspect he did this because he had no other choice. When Hitler went to ww1 and got temporarily blinded from a poisonous gas attack. They think it somehow went to his brain and caused him to become psychotic. Hitler lost a lot of money‚ fighting his way to survive. He got some help by finding and staying in a homeless shelter in 1909. Once he got enough
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How was Stalin able to Establish a Totalitarian Regime People believe that the reason why Stalin rose to power was because of his clever political strategy and the way he worked with the civilians to gain their support. Soon they realised that Stalin was now in control of the way everybody thinks and wiping out hundreds of people everyday. This essay will briefly explain how Stalin was able to succeed during the New Economic Policy debate and rise into authority‚ how he managed to establish his
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Why were a series of industrial plans launched between 1928 and 1938? In 1928 it was clear to Stalin that the USSR needed a new economic system. Everybody knew that the NEP was failing and that Russia was economically backward compared to it surrounding countries. Stalin knew that for the USSR to make make money for herself she must first start to make money from grain exports‚ given that grain exports were at 13% that of pre-war levels he knew something must be done. The first of the five year
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rapid industrialization of the USSR was a major altering time in the history of the Soviet Union. During this time‚ Joseph Stalin used several means to rapidly industrialize the country. Some of these means did not take any one else’s perspective into consideration and Stalin did not care if he hurt one’s feelings or not. Having the USSR undertake a massive push toward industrialization would only mean that they would become a communist state. One of the ways that Stalin used to industrialize the Soviet
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In July 1940‚ Stafford Cripps the British Ambassador in the Soviet Union‚ stressed to Stalin that Germany was a threat to Moscow and thus asked him to consider a military alliance with Britain. However‚ Stalin denied. He insisted that the non-aggression pact still held high importance to the interests of both Germany and the USSR. After this meeting‚ Stalin told Molotov to send the minutes of the discussions that took place to Berlin. This was an attempt to reassure Hitler of Stalin’s continuous
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Module 8607-522 Becoming an Effective Leader Name: Keith Casaletto ID: 0231792M Table of Contents Understand own ability to fulfil key responsibilities of the leadership role 3 Be able to evaluate own ability to lead others 5 Personal development plan 7 Conclusion 8 References 9 Becoming an Effective Leader My own experience in leadership has been achieved during the last three and a half years working at Lufthansa technic Malta. The company has been operating in Malta for the last
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Q6: Hitler was a dictator for Germany. Before him was Hindenburg. Hindenburg didn’t trust Hitler‚ but he made Hitler as his chancellor. The reason why he was a the chancellor because military leaders and wealthy business owners pressured him. Their reasoning for Hitler being chancellor was that they will control him‚ but in reality they didn’t know how bad was Hitler. Years later‚ Hindenburg died so Hitler took over Germany. That’s when Hitler has his plans. When Hitler was in jail‚ he had wrote
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