Joseph Stalin held absolute authority in the Soviet Union for twenty nine years. ... His father, Vissarion was a shoemaker, and a violent alcoholic, and he would beat Joseph and his wife constantly. ... He also became known as an up and comer follower for the Bolshevik party, and helped organize a bank robbery in 1907 to help finance his party. ... Joseph was also a war commander on several fronts. ... Joseph in return exiled them to Siberia or the Gulog (a work prison camp) or just had them killed on the spot. ...

• Word Count: 1904
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• Grade Level: High School

As the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of this new party and was viewed by many as a tyrant who would significantly influence future Russian political parties. Vertov had to please the leaders in government, especially Joseph Stalin; otherwise he would have been banned from making more films. ... During many parts of the movie, Vertov takes shots of factory workers, coal miners, and banks to represent the hardworking middle class. ...

• Word Count: 2028
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His first action was a speech to the Bolsheviks explaining that all land must be given back to the peasants, banks should be nationalised and that no support should be given to the Provisional Government. ...

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In this paper I plan to compare and contrast the ideologies behind the political and economic practice of Vladimir Ilich Lenin and Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. ... This particular institution was characterized by its increasing of central control of the economy, the nationalization of banks, factories and the abolition of private trade. ...

• Word Count: 1728
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate