His father died in a brawl when Stalin was only 11. ... At first Stalin seemed to fit in with the strict schedule. ... Stalin was now a wanted revolutionist known as Koba. ... Shortly after this, Stalin was arrested. ... Stalin had now picked up his new pseudonym (Stalin) meaning "Man of Steel. ...
Like Lenin, Stalin was willing to use Terror, force and coercion to achieve his goals. With Stalin at the helm the USSR was truly born. ... There were differences, but Stalin had reached Lenin's impasse of 1921. ... As a result it is nearly impossible to not see Stalin as a defining leader of Russia. ... Stalin was credited by the Russian people with the victory over the Nazi regime, this only helped to strengthen the 'Cult of personality' created by Stalin as yet another means of control. ...
Both Stalin and the character Napoleon used purges to consolidate political power. The so-called "second Bolshevik Revolution" was used by Stalin to eliminate political enemies (108). ... Another example of parallel between Stalin and Napoleon was their five-year plan. After Lenin's NEP, "Stalin's objective was to make the Soviet Union a modern industrial power," (105). ... Stalin had signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939 as part of his foreign policy because, "Germany was Stalin's greatest fear," (111). ...
Under the regimes' of Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicolas II to an extent, terror was not used as extremely as the likes of Lenin and Stalin in the later period of 1900-1950. ... It can be argued that the forces of reaction were most successful in using terror to preserve power under the regime of Joseph Stalin 1929 -1955. ... This then supports the viewpoint that the preservation of power under the rule of Stalin was majorly due to the intensity of his terror. ... Stalin's execution of his generals shows terror abused, which eventually worked against him causing him to lose c...
After Lenin's death in 1924, there was a keen struggle between his lieutenants Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin, for taking his place. Stalin was successful in establishing his dictatorship in the party, as well as in the country. Exhibit 12.4 Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin then inaugurated an era of Five-Year plans in order to convert the weak, agrarian Russian economy into a powerful and stable industrial economy. ... Thus the First Five-Year Plan in 1928, the Second Five-Year Plan in 1933, and the Third Five-Year Plan in 1938, helped Stalin to realize his objectives completely. ... ...
Russia continued into a spiraling path away from true Marxist idealism as Lenin died and Stalin gained control of the Central Committee. Idealism, wishing for a unified and industrialized Russia, was no longer regarded and instead realism took over, as Stalin no longer followed Marxist policies. ...
The October coup of 1917 that resulted in the Bolshevik consolidation of power revealed that all the party's efforts had been directed towards preparing for revolution, however little attention has been given to the details of how affairs would be organized after this was accomplished. Russia was essentially a one party state, with a government who had no detailed programme for leading the country. Lenin's government was presented with an immediate problem - the Bolsheviks had only won a quarter of the seats in the November elections for the Constituent Assembly. Lenin had origin...
