... unite!" Many people believed that the communist manifesto provided the blue print for communism and changed the future of economics and political development. Despite the efforts of the Seminary's administrators, Stalin and his classmates read many anti-establishment literature ranging from the romantic novels of Victor Hugo to the works of Charles Jean Marie Letourneau who was a Frenchman who attempted to ... of farms, farm equipment, and livestock to the government. But the farmers resisted his order and destroyed about half of the U.S.S.R.'s livestock and much of its produce. As punish...

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... , steel production increased 300 percent, production of machinery and electrical equipment 157 percent, heavy metal increased 67 percent, coal output increased 89 percent, and consumer goods increased about 73 percent (Stalin Triumph 156). After the success of the First Five Year Plan, the Seventeenth Party Congress embraced the Second Five Year Plan in 1934. Goals of the second plan were an ... expansion of machine tool production, the development and production of non-ferrous metals, and the improvement of railroad lines (Stalin Man 1662). By the end of the Second Five Year Plan, the S...

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... "Lenintsy- were uneducated, young, and inexperienced. By 1927 less than 8% had secondary education. These recruits were highly impressionable, and owed a lot to Stalin. This meant he had their undivided support, whether or not they actually agreed with, or understood, his policies. The main influence regarding the struggle for ... had appeared he had his favourites within the Party during his time as the Communist leader, he criticised every obvious candidate. He said that Stalin was unable to use "power with sufficient caution-, whilst Trotsky, seen to be his right-hand man, was responsi...

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... to defend itself. To defend itself, Russia needed a large and strong army and to feed this army, it needed grain in large quantities. Stalin's solution to the problem of industrial and agricultural backwardness was his five year plans of collectivization and breakneck industrialization. Russia needed to "overtake and ... outstrip capitalist countries" and the only way to do it was "socialism in one country to ensure global domination, "Stalin said. At the completion of two of the five year plans the USSR was turned into a modern state, able to resist Hitler's invasion. ... what they wer...

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... -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 Stalin believed that WWII would be a repeat of WWI - long and drawn out He thought France would be strong enough to withstand ... war 22nd June 1941, Germany attacked Russia. There was no warning, no declaration of war - much devastation was caused because of the surprise attack Stalin didn't believe that the Germans would violate the agreement, he was shocked and upset Germans advanced rapidly approaching from 3 differen...

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... , a German political philosopher, and soon he would join the revolution called Russian Marxism. He would continue to read other books, including the works of F. Engels and V. I. Lenin. In 1899 Stalin dropped out (other sources say he was expelled) of the Tbilisi Theological Seminary to become a full time revolutionary. His career in the Social Democratic party began as a propagandist among T"bilisi ... would stay in power. This smart move also helped him defeat his biggest threat and the foremost candidate for Lenin's position Leon Trotsky. Once the threat of Trostky was eliminated, Stal...

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... against the college administration, against the bourgeoisie, against everything in the country that embodied tsarism. He had an overwhelming hatred for authority." After Stalin was expelled at age 19, he earned just enough money to survive by tutoring students. At the end of the year he got a job ... to the railroad yards and talked with the workers about Marxism and was very successful at spreading his political ideas. The next year, Stalin joined the Russian Social Democratic Party after meeting one of its members. The Party was founded in 1898. The members were socialists dedicated ...

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... rival Leon Trotsky was very arrogant. This made members of the Bolshevist Party and the public dislike him because of his self-importance. Trotsky underestimated Stalin, which led to Stalin winning the leadership of the Bolshevist Party. Secondly, Stalin believed in Socialism in Russia, which was a very popular idea with the people. Trotsky believed in a Bolshevist World Revolution, which would make the Soviet ... for Nationalities. He also took a lot of bad jobs and appointed people who stayed loyal to him, giving him more power. Another reason was that Stalin defeated his enemies one ...

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... were autocratic and cruel. He was determined to make the Russian Empire into a Communist State and a great world power. There were two problems for Stalin to solve after Lenin's death; the peasants were not producing enough food to feed the Soviet Union to enable investment in industry, which was not growing ... Party over the Empire. Lenin had solutions for these problems; the replacement of War Communism by a new Economic Policy and the appointment of Joseph Stalin as General Secretary of the Communist Party. The first solution was a temporary retreat from Communism; but it was the seco...

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... by his opposition, who were not united against him and he had the support of the working class of Russia, all of these factors contributed to Stalin's rise to power. Stalin was born into a peasant family in Georgia. He was forced to live like the Russian people and had no respect for authority from a young ... the members of the Central Committee to support himself over Trotsky. Trotsky was a great intellectual however, was not able to tolerate people of lower intelligence. Stalin on the other hand felt threatened by people who were smarter than him and surrounded himself with very medioc...

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... and October, urging Bolshevik take full control of power. But, he had little to do with preparing the revolt itself. In the 1917, Stalin was handed a position on the Minister for Nationalities. He had responsibilities such as issuing decrees, handling affairs of Russia's minority nationalities, and ... As a result of his ways tension was extremely high between him and Sergei Kirov. Rumors circulated that there was a secret movement to replace Stalin with Kirov. In December 1934 Kirov was murdered. This began a reign of terror and the execution of virtually the entire political and milita...

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... takeover of the people in terms of popularity. He, firstly, became popular through projecting Cult of Lenin philosophy, as discussed before. In addition to the Cult of Lenin propaganda, Stalin also never went against Lenin's philosophies unlike his rivals. His popularity won huge gains through this. And thirdly, he gained even more popularity by promoting nationalistic ideologies in his ... support of "socialism in one country". People supported him immensely and gained trust in him as a realist, much like Lenin was. This nationalistic ideologies helped Stalin gained more popularity than...

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... strong pride in their country and believed that they should focus on solving economic problems and strengthen themselves before spreading communism in other countries. This won more support for Stalin over Trotsky. Stalin had talent for manipulating situations, the combination of his ability to manipulate situations and the failure of the others to prevent him from taking over was another factor ... the Soviet people as well as a surplus for export. Peasants had to join or suffer severe consequences. Others who attempted to retain their lands faced execution, imprisonment, or exile. Sta...

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... of so many lives during World War I, the Russian people, especially the peasantry, were left looking for an answer. Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili or Joseph Stalin's main goal for Russia was to industrialize and create a more powerful, confident nation therefore creating a nationalistic nation. Programs such as his 5-year plan ... a result of this, their military was under prepared and this contributed to their losing several wars and sustaining over 3 million casualties. When Stalin rose to power in 1924, he had one goal in mind. This was to industrialize his country in five to ten ...

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... since they were 100 years behind advanced countries. As heavy industry was being developed, agriculture was to be collectivized as a part of achieving Stalin's goal to make Russia a stronger state. Stalin spent much of his rule on industrializing Russia and thought of this as the most important thing that Russia had to change to become a ... ended. If a business did not reach this goal the punishment would be very strict and gave some push to the people to get the job done. Stalin forced many people do work because he thought that this is what had to happen. The people could not do anyth...

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... were two men who opposed each other yet had similarities in their rise to power and their leadership. The men were Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. These men were each successful in their rise to power in their countries. These two men were very comparable in the ways that they succeeded ... . Their success was mostly attributed to their new ideas, their ruthlessness and their politics. Although Hitler and Stalin hated each other, the two leaders were very similar in many ways. Hitler and Stalin each rose to become the leaders of their countries, and there were three main reasons that the...

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... people or animals had hoped for. Instead, it corrupted the rulers and destroyed many innocent lives. In Animal Farm Napoleon ruled through fear, as did Stalin in his time. They both also ruled through deception by twisting things around so that they look good. Lastly, both lived in luxury while their people ... cannot be what Marx or Old Major had in mind for their utopia society. As well as ruling through fear, the two rulers used deception. Stalin and Napoleon both manipulated their people so that they could stay in power. They used propaganda to gain popularity among their people. Su...

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... . With this realization made, the only questions that need further analyzing are what are the variables that time and again made Stalin succeed, and could Stalin succeed today? A mixture of political brilliance, opportunity, and pure luck brought Josef Stalin to power. Stalin took every opportunity that was given to him and brought it to an extreme. He used the smallest task that he was ... offered to give himself more control. Every opening Stalin saw was a chance to become more powerful. Stalin also posed himself as a god to people of Russia. He realized that a balance of lies and trut...

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... by their leader. Loyalty was expected not only from citizens but from the communist party and the secret police as well. Even innocent citizens who obeyed Stalin were turned in and executed. During this time, families and friends spied on each other and turned each other in. An estimated 15 million people ... were arrested and 3 million were killed during this time. The main result of the Great Purge was lasting fear of Stalin's power. Stalin deliberately built up the power of the Soviet Union to defend the country. His way of doing this was five year plans. In the first ... was interrup...

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... others just disappeared. The actions taken by the secret police were meant to frighten the people into doing their work properly, without complaint. Stalin wanted to modernize Russia making it an advanced industrial country he had to cover agriculture as well as industry and wanted to bring peasants ... (NEP) run by the capitalist lines: each peasant ran his own holding for his own profits. With this policy, Kulaks did well until Stalin started, "collectivization." One which combined all the small farms of a village into on large unit. In theory more efficiently ran ... . In December 193...

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... world history that aspired greatness by intimidating and scaring people into following them. One prime example is Joseph Stalin. Stalin used any means necessary, including death, to achieve his goals of becoming a leader. Joseph Stalin considered himself God, and believed that all the people were inferior to him, just as God himself ... is reflected in "The Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." During his 27 year regime, Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin was responsible for deaths of 37 million people. However, he went into history as one of the most beloved leaders. When he died people cr...

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... state-organized industrialization turned his country into a powerful industrial and military power. When the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party split into Menshevik and Bolshevik factions in 1903, Stalin joined the more militant Bolshevik party led by Lenin. Stalin became a devout follower of Lenin and was arrested and exiled many times for his political involvement. After the Bolshevik victory in the civil war ... using all forms of propaganda. In the mass media he appeared as very athletic, friendly, and hardworking, when in fact he was very lazy. With the economy on the decline, S...

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... exactly when Mandelstam wrote his memoirs it appears to be written in the 1950's after Stalin's rule was over. This document shows how the people of Russia during Stalin's rule were scared into living the "perfect life" that Stalin believed they should. When writing his memoir Mandelstam mentions many heart ripping truths. He ... get over it. Intimidation was the main purpose of the terror not to keep people safe and secure like police work was supposed to do. Stalin kept people in fear by killing ordinary people who had done nothing wrong. And when he believed that the fear was dying he ...

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... war he also established communist regimes through Eastern Europe. However he reigned terror and was responsible for the death and deprivation of millions of people. Stalin still remains the least known of the towering figures in world politics at the time, mostly because of the traditional secrecy surrounding soviet leaders. His ... originally named Iosif Vissarionovic Dzhugashvili was bon on Dec 21 1879. He was born in the Caucasian town of Gori, Georgia. Stalin was the only one of four children to survive infancy. His father, Vissarion Dzhugashvili was an unsuccessful cobbler. He wor...

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... or they crush us" In order to bring Russia up to the current level of industry he employed a variety of different ideas to help Russia. Stalin was a tyrannical leader and did what he had to do to keep Russia from falling more and more behind the more industrialized countries. He would ... in the Soviet Union but many produced only enough to feed the families who worked them. The more successful peasants were called kulaks. In 1929 Joseph Stalin introduce a campaign to "liquidate the kulaks as a class" in order to "collectivize" agriculture. He felt that once the peasants saw the benefits...

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