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. Although neither of his parents spoke Russian Joseph was forced to learn it because it was the language spoke at the Gori church school that he attended from 1888-1894. ... 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. ...

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Modern World History Joseph Stalin led the Socialist Soviet Union in the "Revolution from Above," a movement to centralize the government and transform society without popular participation . ... "Stalin owed everything to Lenin." ... Marx's theory became Lenin's doctrine and Stalin's creative justification. ... The first victim of Stalinism was the peasant." ... "Stalin brought about the end of the NEP by the use of draconian measures." ...

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Modern World History Joseph Stalin led the Socialist Soviet Union in the "Revolution from Above," a movement to centralize the government and transform society without popular participation . ... "Stalin owed everything to Lenin." ... Marx's theory became Lenin's doctrine and Stalin's creative justification. ... The first victim of Stalinism was the peasant." ... "Stalin brought about the end of the NEP by the use of draconian measures." ...

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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 ...

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Stalin and Stalinism Stalinism is an everyday term for the political and economic system implemented by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. ... After Stalin's death in 1953, Stalin's successor Nikita Khrushchev repudiated his policies and condemned Stalinism. ... Stalin was initially opposed to te overthrow of A. ... Stalin would quickly switch sides and join with Bukhrain. ... Nonetheless, for Stalin this was not mission complete. ...

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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...

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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. ... ...

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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. ... Furthermore it must be brought to attention the staggering time differences in Lenin and Stalin's time in power (Lenin ruled for six years, while Stalin ruled for almost thirty). ... In 1935 Stalin published A Short Course: The History of the All-Union Communist Party. ... Lenin mostly used these tactics on external forces while Stalin used it on everybody. The best example of Stalin's violent excess can be seen in his...

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The abdication led Russia to change significantly with immediate consequences such as political turmoil, short term consequences such as the revolution and long term consequences such as Stalin ruling of Russia. ...

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Stalin became the Soviet Leader after the death of Lenin. ... Stalin's main goal was to maximize his personal power. ("Stalin," Britannia 576). ... Mass Grave Seen as Evidence of Massecure by Stalins Police. ... "Stalin, Joseph." ...

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Stalin became the Soviet Leader after the death of Lenin. ... Stalin-s main goal was to maximize his personal power. (?Stalin, Britannia 576). ... Mass Grave Seen as Evidence of Massecure by Stalins Police. ... Stalin, Joseph. ...

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Napoleon resembles the mad dictator known as Joseph Stalin, and Snowball, who was betrayed by Napoleon and banished from the farm (Russia), is an allegory of Trotsky. ... The rest of the animals also play certain parts in the parallel; Boxer as the working class, Molly as White Russia (those who fled Russia), and Napoleon's three vicious dogs are characters of the secret police of Joseph Stalin (Napoleon). ... The hen's revolt against Napoleon when he decides to sell the eggs corresponds to the feudal lords' revolt against Stalin when he makes farming collective. ...

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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. ...

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