... "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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... was about to change the direction of the Russian history. In this crisis it is a question whether it was Trotsky's poor political judgment or Stalin's superior grasp of practical politics that was decisive factor. The Politburo in 1924 consisted of seven men. They were not a united body. Over ... has unlimited authority concentrated in his hands, and I am not sure whether he will always be capable of using the authority with sufficient caution...". Stalin had gained his "unlimited authority" by taking on jobs that none of the other Politburo members wanted. He was also in the Party's Org...

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... a socialist must be highly industrialised. As a result of this all members of the communist party were of the agreement that industrialisation was a necessity. The programme Stalin chose to implement in order to achieve this high level of industrialisation contained three major components. The first being complete nationalism and socialisation of all non-farming activity from ... execution or deportation. In 1939, 2.5 million hectares of land in private plots was taken away and private livestock numbers were also cut. Although as a result of Stalin's revolutionary policies investment in...

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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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... traditional, cultural symbols with emotional connotations. His cult began by portraying him as a "strong," "beloved," "bold," and "genius" leader. The interaction between Stalin and children from the Communist Party became an extremely important key in his cult of the personality. His strategy of communication was often based on gift giving to the Soviet ... another way of influencing people's opinions. The most successful propaganda in film was "The Fall of Berlin," in which the Soviet film-maker portrays Stalin as a savior of the Soviet Union. In fact, Stalin supervised and directed s...

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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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... 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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... by a compromise which was made on both sides, with Poland agreeing to remain in the communist Eastern bloc if the nationalist communist leader Gomulka, who had been imprisoned by Stalin, was reinstated. The fact that Khrushchev was willing to compromise illustrates again the precarious position of communist rule. The Hungarian revolution of 1956 was borne out of the relative ... taxes were paid. Bonuses, extra rations and better housing were offered as incentives. Still there was widespread opposition to the communist policy with the beginnings of a "peasant war- against Stalin's' propos...

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... by a compromise which was made on both sides, with Poland agreeing to remain in the communist Eastern bloc if the nationalist communist leader Gomulka, who had been imprisoned by Stalin, was reinstated. The fact that Khrushchev was willing to compromise illustrates again the precarious position of communist rule. The Hungarian revolution of 1956 was borne out of the relative ... taxes were paid. Bonuses, extra rations and better housing were offered as incentives. Still there was widespread opposition to the communist policy with the beginnings of a "peasant war- against Stalin's' propos...

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... by a compromise which was made on both sides, with Poland agreeing to remain in the communist Eastern bloc if the nationalist communist leader Gomulka, who had been imprisoned by Stalin, was reinstated. The fact that Khrushchev was willing to compromise illustrates again the precarious position of communist rule. The Hungarian revolution of 1956 was borne out of the relative ... taxes were paid. Bonuses, extra rations and better housing were offered as incentives. Still there was widespread opposition to the communist policy with the beginnings of a "peasant war- against Stalin's' propos...

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... of citizens of the Soviet Union. Kirov was Russian who was very popular, a very well spoken and sociable person and a possible rival to Stalin's position. Nikolayev, the assassin was stopped by the police earlier in the neighborhood and even though he was armed and had Kirov's daily movements ... on paper in his pocket, he was mysteriously released. On the day of the murder Stalin ordered that anybody accused of terrorism must be investigated immediately and executed right away after being convicted. Appeal or right of defense was forbidden ... 29, 1934. This lead to the arrest and of lo...

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... . Ideally, the society provided equal sharing of work, according to ability, and all benefits, according to need. (Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia) The private property was abolished. However, Lenin and Stalin modified Marx's theory of Communism, which altered the actually meaning of the theory. This modification contributed to the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. The reformation of Gorbachev was an ... success by Khrushchev. Under the led of Khrushchev, with his idea of de-Stalinization, another uprising occurred in Poland 1956. (Poland, 1956: Khrushchev, Gomulka, and the "Poli...

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... were difference parties, they still followed similar philosophical beliefs. Furthermore, these beliefs all revolved around a form of totalitarian rule, just on different levels. Thus, Hitler's Nazi Party and Stalin's Communist Party were examples of true totalitarianism while Mussolini's Fascist Party also was indeed totalitarian, just of a lesser breed. Living from1889 to 1945, Adolf Hitler was a powerful leader who ... Party in Italy. This party was defined as militaristic, anti-Marxist, and very nationalistic. However, while Mussolini was not as ruthless as a leader, as compared to Hi...

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... and hint of dissent in the nation. The result of this austere government was totalitarianism. It was and controlled by a man named Joseph Stalin, and his ruling practice later became know as Stalinism (Pious, 160). Stalinism was nothing at all like the utopian society that Marx had envisioned years ... earlier. Even after Stalin's death the government continued to rule with and iron fist. The bureaucracy strictly controlled social and cultural life. There was no freedom of speech ... to get at Lenin's fortune of rubles. Later after some political development Ho Chi Min joined the communi...

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... control all citizens' activities and suppress any hint of dissent or autonomy. The resulting system of total control has been labeled totalitarianism, but others have called it Stalinism, after Joseph Stalin, the leader who shaped and controlled the government of the USSR for more than a quarter of a century after Lenin's death (Pious) Stalinism, of course, in no way resembled the Communist ... utopia that Marx and Engels had envisioned. Three decades after Stalin's death, the USSR was still ruled by command, not consent; it was a society administered in authoritarian fashion by a manag...

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... did not spread to the extent he thought it would.(Museum of Communism) In fact, once communism was associated with individuals such as Stalin and Mussolini, the party started its spiral downward in America. When the purging of Joseph Stalin in Russia hit the news in America, and the fascist action of Mussolini, many citizens of the United States who had turned ... ...

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... dreaming of security. Americans could only harness the threat of new technology through invulnerability. On the broader international scope the U.S. feared Russia because they knew Stalin possessed the capability and the means to become a world power. Since Stalin's communist ideals clashed at the very base with American democratic ideals, the U.S. knew that this power threatened the thriving capitalist economy of the world ... ...

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... brainwash most of the people in the country, most notably the military, was the key element to controlling the country. Other than the legitimacy drawn from within Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Stalin's own minds, there was no outcry of Soviet support. The Russian political culture is characterized by frustration and hostility. This is due to the horrors incurred over the 70+ years ... as the Russian Federation. The Communist party was the only party in existence. All governmental decisions were made within the cranium's of the head of the party, most notably under Stalin. Power outside of ...

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... revolution the proles in Russia suffer from poverty and the pressure of the Czar on the society while the Czar and his family lived in luxury. A group of people, Lenin, Stalin and his friends provocated the proles with the ideology o communism. The believed the lies of equality and a better standards of life so that the Czar was overthrown and ... Stalin and his communist party got the authority. However the became even more tyrannical and despotic on the proles. As a result the totalitarian regime of communism took place of the monarchy. ... ...

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... the communist party of Czechoslovakia in the elections. Small children were taught from the kindergarten that the Soviet Union is the best friend of Czech people and that Lenin and Stalin are the saviors of the world who had brought communism to us and that it is the best system with freedom for everybody. However, people lived in fear hoping that ... ...

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The October coup of 1917 that resulted in the Bolshevik consolidation of power revealed that all the party's efforts had been directed towards preparing for revolution, however little attention has been given to the details of how affairs would be organized after this was accomplished. Russia was essentially a one party state, with a government who had no detailed programme for leading the country. Lenin's government was presented with an immediate problem - the Bolsheviks had only won a quarter of the seats in the November elections for the Constituent Assembly. Lenin had originally supported...

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