Joseph Stalin was one of the most infamous leaders of all time. ... Stalin was one of the first totalitarian rulers. ... Stalin ruled by use of terror and secret police. ... A devoted industrial ruler, Stalin was determined to help Russia catch up to the other countries around the world after World War I. ... Russia was behind other advanced countries by about fifty-to-one hundred years and Stalin planned to make up for that. ...

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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. ...

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In the history of mankind there are countless men whose names have been synonymous with power, greed and above all, evil Joseph Stalin or Iosef Vissanionvich Dzhugaskvilli would become one of these men. Joseph was born December 21 1879 in Gori, Georgia, Russia. ... His mother who was very religious sent Joseph to a church school. ... Joseph finally got the chance to meet Lenin in 1905 at a conference in Finland Lenin noticed that Stalin was very dedicated and loyal to Lenin's cause so Lenin appointed Joseph to work for his cause by raising money for the Bolsheviks by any means neces...

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The two pigs represent Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Stalin's part being played by Napoleon and Trotsky's by Snowball. ... Stalin actually does over throw Trotsky, as does Napoleon to Snowball. ... Or in Orwell's eyes, Stalin acting as a Communist. ... This is very comparable to Stalin's reign. ...

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Joseph Stalin and his influence on USSR Joseph Vissarionovich Dzshugashvilli, also known as Joseph Stalin was a dictator of the Union of Soviet Republics from 1929 to 1953. Joseph Stalin was next in line to further improve USSR. ... Joseph Stalin was a needed aspect in the USSR to make it grow. ... Joseph Stalin's cruel behavior came from his childhood. ... Joseph Stalin grew from the depths of the gutter into one of the most powerful leaders of his time. ...

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Russia, under autocratic leader Joseph Stalin, felt that it had a right to the Eastern European nations it had occupied in World War II. ... Joseph Stalin, Winston S. ... In the Following the discussion of Stalin's reply to Churchill, Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech, Stalin's and the Truman Doctrine will reflect the thoughts of the three gentlemen. ... Joseph Stalin was the ruler of the U.S.SR from 1929-1953 and in charge of Soviet policies during the early phase of the Cold War. Born losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879, he adopted the name Stalin, which m...

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These theories have influenced such powerful leaders as Joseph Stalin, Adoft Hitler, and Richard Nixon. Joseph Stalin was a Russian leader from 1929-1953 and began to sercet governmental program called the KGB. Joseph Stalin used all three of Machiavelli's theories. ... Stalin meaning, " Man of steel" came to power after Valdimir died. ... The angered Stalin expanded troops weaponry and allerted ally leader such as Roosevelt and Churchill. ...

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Many historians strongly believe that the reason for Germanys attack on Stalingrad was because of its name, Hitler hated Joseph Stalin who was Russia's current leader. ... Stalin was enraged by Hitlers act and knew that Russia would stop at nothing to protect its city and citizens. ... During this event the soviet union was under the reign of Joseph Stalin, The German army wasn't gonna be spared any mercy (Stalin wasn't known as to look after his own people and now war prisoners under Stalins care). ... It was a bloody battle of the Axis vs the Allies, The Battle of Stalingrad r...

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The USSR's leader, Joseph Stalin, was not fond of this idea and wanted to push the Western allies away so that he would be able to take full control over the city of Berlin and consequently the rest of Germany. ... Stalin's real intentions with the Berlin Blockade, as the History Channel's web page describes were to "limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany" This would give the USSR edge over the Western allies in the fight for control over Berlin and consequent...

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Attack in Pearl Harbor The attack in Pearl Harbor in December 1941 shocked United States. It meant not only the complete destruction of an important naval base and the loss of many lives, but in the first place signified the beginning of a great struggle for nation's survival. At a time when...

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Before Churchill had been removed from office, he met with President Roosevelt and the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Yalta conferences to plan the future of the war conquered lands. ... "While the Western Allies wanted a strong Germany at the center of Europe, Stalin was determined that the Germans would never threaten his nation again." ... Because of Stalin's refusal to reunify Germany, the Western Powers attempted a unification of their parts of Berlin and other German territory to form the Federal Republic of Germany, later known as West Germany. ...

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Within the first few sentences from J. Samuel Walker's 'Prompt and Utter Destruction,' I questioned rather or not what Truman and his superiors chose to do was necessary. After reading into it a little further, I became more and more curious. If the primary key of concern was American causali...

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The Cold War A war that has created controversy amongst two of the greatest world leaders, United States of America and The Soviet Union, is known as The Cold War. A dispute between once allied countries arose in the Post-WWII era. The United States and the Allied Powers faced many ch...

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On June 25, 1950 at 11:00A.M., Kim Il Sung(김일성), the president of North Korea, declared war on the South. Fighting went on for three years until 1953 when an armistice was made, but to be clear, the two countries are still officially at war. This war between the Koreas was a mortifying war tha...

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Therefore, when Dwight Eisenhower became president, the subject matter was much more easier to convince, especially by the Dulles brothers, who proposed the idea that Joseph Stalin could possibly invade Iran. ...

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