This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and the president was forced to resign. (7) This served a warning to other countries against resisting the communist regime. ... In East Germany in 1953 there were a series of strikes and protests. (8) The Russians, under Stalin, used their armed forces to...

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• Grade Level: High School

This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and the president was forced to resign. (7) This served a warning to other countries against resisting the communist regime. ... In East Germany in 1953 there were a series of strikes and protests. (8) The Russians, under Stalin, used their armed forces to...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and the president was forced to resign. (7) This served a warning to other countries against resisting the communist regime. ... In East Germany in 1953 there were a series of strikes and protests. (8) The Russians, under Stalin, used their armed forces to...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School