But the kulaks were essentially a figment of Marxist propaganda (there existed no real difference between these "wealthiest" peasants and all other peasants), and collectivization reaped disaster--the government persecuted and killed the peasantry, famine swept the country, and as many as ten million may have died. ... As Hitler rose to power in Germany, Stalin first contemplated forming a defensive alliance with Britain and France against the Nazis. But he wanted to avoid war at all costs, and in 1939 he signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact, which pledged that the two dictatorships would not attack ...

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However, there was no actual fighting between the two, just threats and anti-opposition propaganda. ... This includes propaganda, war of words and threats. ... During World War II, Russia and the U.S had always had to be allies and work closely together, in order to be successful in a common goal: the defeat of Nazi occupation throughout the war. ... After the war, Russia gained control of most of the Eastern European countries, usually through threats, violence, biased propaganda and poll rigs. ...

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Before and throughout the five-year plans Stalin's propaganda machine created an image of Stalin following the Leninist' path, ridiculing the rightists who were bringing back capitalism' whilst further damaging the leftist world-wide revolution' for being irresponsible and unpatriotic. ... Many thousands of people succumbed to the image that Stalin's regime produced in huge quantities, blurring the line between reality and propaganda. ...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879, in Gori, Georgia . Both his parents were peasants. His father, Vissarion Dzhugashvili, was a cobbler, hopping that one day his son will be apprenticed in the same trade; his mother, Yekaterina ...

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