Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was the dictator of Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. Born into poverty as Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, Stalin became involved in revolutionary politics as a young man. ... Stalin hated people who were smarter than him. ... Stalin created the gulag slave labor camps. ... However, Hitler hated Stalin and in 1941 he broke the pact he had made with Stalin. ...
The novel, though, was actually meant by Orwell to be a satire of Russia during its revolutionary period from the Czar Nicholas II to Trotsky and Stalin. ... After the death of Lenin, the government was taken over by a man named Joseph Stalin, who began the regression back to an oppressive dictatorship. ... (Pravda March 2, 1930) After adopting Trotsky's philosophies and integrating them into his own, Stalin had Trotsky exiled to prevent him from taking over. By 1941, Russia under Stalin's rule was in a worse condition than before their plan for the betterment of quality of ...
Stalin and Napoleon let religion into the lives of the animals and people for motivation and support. ... His character is a symbolism of Joseph Stalin. Stalin used KGB, church, and propaganda to control people, as Napoleon used dogs, Moses, and Squealer to restrain animals. Napoleon murdered animals that disobeyed him like Stalin killed all humans who opposed him. Neither Napoleon nor Stalin followed the ideas of their revolutionary fathers and became totalitarians. ...
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. ... ...
This makes the Napoleon feel like he is above all the other animals and he became power corrupt just like Stalin did when he took over the Soviet Union. This made Stalin become very suspicious that everyone was out to overthrow him. ... In the Russian Revolution, Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin. ... The best example of this, is that he used the Committee for State Security or better known as the KGB to killed Leon Trotsky as Stalin was afraid that Trotsky would take his position. ...
In October of 1917, Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin decided to make their move. ... He was an intellectual giant, and a formidable opponent for Joseph Stalin- (Deutscher, pg 76). However, "Stalin had his strengths, when Trotsky dreamed, Stalin was focused on creating bonds of loyalty with powerful Soviet men. By the time Lenin died, Stalin had won support of important allies, even the brilliant words of Trotsky couldn't not sway them from Stalin- (Deutscher, pg 77). ... He wanted people to remember what the Soviet Union was built on, the underhanded, devilish antics of Joseph Stalin. ...
Which is what Old Major did in the novel The main character in "Animal Farm" is Napoleon he represents Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is shown to be Stalin through his actions and language and the way he treats the other animals who are supposed to be all equal however as described in the novel "some are more equal than others" meaning that Napoleon was the most equal and entitled to anything he wished as he was in charge. ... Another key person in the novel is Squealer represents Stalins" public speakers as he is a very good liar and an articulate speaker. ...
During the Russian revolution, Russian leader Joseph Stalin used secret police to 'get rid' of anyone who threatened his power. This is in fact also what happened to Stalin's main rival, Leon Trotsky. ... In this case, Napoleon's guard dogs represent Stalin's secret police. Stalin/Napoleon viewed Trotsky/Snowball as a threat, he was scared that Trotsky/Snowball might try to steal his power away from him. ...
Jones was like Czar Nicholas, Old Major was compared to Vladimir Lenin, Snowball was similar to Leon Trotsky, and Napoleon was reminiscent of Joseph Stalin. ... Snowball, Leon Trotsky, Napoleon, and Joseph Stalin are perfect comparisons. Trotsky, like Snowball, was mainly concerned with spreading his ideas, while Stalin, like Napoleon, was more interested in solidifying his domination over others. ...
The struggle for domination between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin emerges in the rivalry between the pigs Snowball and Napoleon. In both the historical and story bound cases, the unrealistic but politically less powerful figure (Trotsky and Snowball) is expelled from the revolutionary state by the cruel and aggressive possessor of power (Stalin and Napoleon). ...
Sadly, Lenin died in 1924 and soon after Joseph Stalin came to power several years later in 1929. ... Stalin wanted to quickly modernize Russia into a military powerhouse. ... While Stalin was in power, citizen life was being harshly affected. ... Under Stalin, propaganda of pro Communism was everywhere within Russia. ... This power in Russia goes until Stalins untimely death in the 1950s. ...
