Stalin Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist for 24 years.After Lenin's death, Stalin controlled the communist party in 1927. ... Stalin had set the industrial Russia into an uproar and then it was time for Stalin to concentrate on agriculture. ... Stalin now had the Country that he need to produce a great army. ... Stalin wanted to change that and was going to do so. ... All these this were created under the rule of Joseph Stalin....

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Stalin thought the only way to achieve rapid industrialization and catch up with the rest of the modern world was through collectitvization. ... So Stalin thought collective farms would be the only way to produce enough grain to meat his need of capital. ... The peasants" objected to this, and Stalin back tracked and said it was the local leaders that were forcing them to go. Stalin also said they could leave and go back to where they were before, and many did just that. ... Stalin was practically hostile to the kulaks. ...

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Through fear of the gulags many supported Stalin's campaign The nave and the sophisticated supported Stalin "Stalinism is one of many forms of inhumanity- Stalin's supporters often were eliminated Stalin got rid of all his opposition Hitler was planning to leave Poland, but knew if he did that France and England would begin war Germany and the Soviet Union, to much surprise, signed an anti-aggression agreement Secret protocols to the pact which allowed them to gain much land lost at the end of WWI All opposition to Stalin's foreign policy was eliminated Stal...

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In 1922 Lenin gave Stalin the position of General secretary of the central committee of the communist party, This position gave Stalin the power to appoint people were loyal to him key jobs in the Party. In January 1924 Lenin died, the country was led by 5 people: Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Lev kamenev ,Grigori Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin. ... In 1939 Stalin signed a treaty with Adolf Hitler that they would divide the eastern European countries and would not fight each other in them though his advisors told him that Hitler would not stay true to this treaty and attack Russia Stalin ignored...

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Both Stalin and the character Napoleon used purges to consolidate political power. The so-called "second Bolshevik Revolution" was used by Stalin to eliminate political enemies (108). ... Another example of parallel between Stalin and Napoleon was their five-year plan. After Lenin's NEP, "Stalin's objective was to make the Soviet Union a modern industrial power," (105). ... Stalin had signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939 as part of his foreign policy because, "Germany was Stalin's greatest fear," (111). ...

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Stalin. ... Stalin's father was an alcoholic shoemaker whose mother was a maid. ... Stalin and Hitler were very influential in the war. ... The war continued with Stalin led the Axis into the war. ... Hitler and Stalin had similar childhoods, stature, and behavior. ...

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Stalin desired to create a Soviet nationalism across the Union instead of having distinct nations within it. ... One major way Stalin tried to dishearten Ukrainian nationalism was through the famine of 1933. Stalin's policy of forced collectivization had been the cause of the famine. ... Stalin wanted to get rid of Ukrainian nationalism completely so he also replaced the Ukrainian Communist party and got rid of the intelligentsia as well. ... On top of all that they had to fight in order to maintain their culture against Stalin and the Soviet Union's influence. ...

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The reason why Germany did not achieve victory here comes down to three major errors on Hitler's part: the miscalculation of the Russian divisions; the overconfidence and consequent failure to equip the German army with winter equipment and the lack of intelligence in realizing that Stalin had moved his industry behind the Ural mountains. ... Stalin cleverly had the foresight to move his industry deeper into Russian territory. ... This enabled Stalin to sustain his army well into winter and the years to follow. ...

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Joseph Stalin was next in line to further improve USSR. Stalin was a very direct but paranoid person and dictator. ... Joseph Stalin's cruel behavior came from his childhood. Stalin was a son of a poor cobbler who often used to beat him which resulted in Stalin having many scars on his face. ... Stalin spent eight more years in Siberia. ...

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Stalin was keen to make sure this didnt happen again. ... Stalin was angry when he heard about this. ... Stalin felt threatened by the West. June 24th 1948, Stalin stopped all routed to and from Berlin. ... Stalin called off the Blockade in May 2949. ...

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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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Teacher's Instruction Your final writing assignment of the semester will be a 10-page research paper, due on Saturday, December 7, at 5:00 PM. This paper can either be a historiographical paper (centering on an issue in the secondary literature) or an analysis of a primary source (say, a memoir); in...

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Finally, in August 1939, Hitler and Stalin signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact, by which the two arch-enemies agreed not to attack each other and to divide Poland between them (though this second clause was kept secret). 2.Sides Involved Two blocks of countries fought against each other both in WWI and in WWII: in WWI, the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey) confronted the Allies (France, UK, Russia),1 and in WWII, the Axis Powers (Germany, Russia2, Italy, and Japan) fought against the Allies (UK, France, and USA). 3. ...

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In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a non-aggression pact, which secretly promised Russia half of Poland, Bessarabia and the Baltic States. Germany had promised this because they were afraid of an alliance between Britain, France and the USSR. During 1940 the Soviets invaded the Baltic S...

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