... the Russian people. At the same time he needed to strengthen the control of the Communist 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 ... , Lenin enforced great hardship upon the majority of peasantry of Russia-the economy relied heavily upon agriculture-by pursuing a policy of War Communism which ruthlessly enforced state control of all industry, by ending private trading and the use of money. It also involved the seizure of grain f...

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... Congress, held in March 1921. This ban dictated that there were "to be no groups within the party that tried to put forward new ideas, which disagreed with the official policy and the Party leadership-. However, a secret clause, which was not revealed until January 1924, gave permission for party leaders to expel any members who they considered to be showing a lack ... offered to resign, Zinoviev backed off, being more worried about Trotsky. In October Trotsky wrote an open letter to the Central Committee, which was a harsh attack on the government's economic policy, and accused Stalin'...

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... 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 under state control. In 1931 he claims, "we are fifty to a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in 10 years (...) Either we do it, or we ... 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 because larger fields abled the use...

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... so-called dictatorship of the proletariat making it in reality the dictatorship of the Communist Party. Even though at this stage of Soviet governance V.I.Lenin encouraged debate and discussion of policy everything still had to be approved by him laying the foundations for the autocratic dictatorship which was to come under Stalin. Stalinist dictatorship was definitely a perversion of Marxist theory although ... standing army. It is necessary because maintaining a "special body of armed men" (Engels, F. Year??) leaves open the possibility that such a body may, with its ownership and con...

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... Stalin had secured his position as the sole leader of the Soviet Union. One of Stalin's first moves as leader of the Soviet Union was to replace Lenin's New Economic Policy with a series of government controlled five year plans. These plans called for a highly ambitious state guided crash industrialization, and the collectivization of agriculture. Although the first two five year ... who destroyed their crops and; live stock, and labeled them traitors. Stalin walked away with a clean set of hands. During the 1930s Stalin's ruthlessness and paranoia really started to take control of him....

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... private businesses. Production of industrial machinery and farm equipment became more important, and production of clothing and household goods was neglected. In 1929 Stalin ended private farming and transferred the control 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 ... grain caused widespread starvation. The economy moved forward, but at the cost of millions of lives. During the 1930's, Stalin adopted a policy of Russification. The minority nationalities in...

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After the Tsar abdicated on the 2nd March 1917 the Provisional Government were placed in charge. To form this government, members of the Duma were placed in control. During the period of time between the Tsar's abdication and the Bolsheviks taking over, the provisional government made very few decisions. Before this, however, the Petrograd Soviet was set up ... was having with their meals, and other necessities. Some of those problems included the currency becoming virtually worthless, and a famine was inevitable. In 1921 Lenin set up the New Economic Policy (NEP). This was used for peasants...

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... debt to Zinoviev. This savior of Stalin convinced Zinoviev he had won the battle to succeed Lenin. But By 1929 Joseph Stalin was in complete control of Russia. Here are the reasons why. Firstly, Stalin's leading rival Leon Trotsky was very arrogant. This made members of the Bolshevist Party ... who thought he was above everyone else. In 1926, Stalin allied with Bucharin and Rykov to defeat the Leftists and introduce the NEP (New Economy Policy). Stalin exposes Kaminev and Zinoviev as Trotskyites, meaning Traitors in the lowest form. In 1928 Bucharin and Rykov are blamed for NEP failings....

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... (local councils consisting of workers, peasants and soldiers). V.I. Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik's, saw this as a chance to jump in and take control of the crumbling Russia. Lenin planned for the Bolsheviks to storm the Winter Palace in November of 1917. With no warning, the Bolshevik soldiers killed ... revolution was over within a day. Kerensky fled the scene in fear of what might have happened to him. Now that Lenin had gained control of Russia, he had the daunting task of restoring order in Russia. In order to meet the citizen's demand for land, Lenin ordered that ... all governm...

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... building up the Bolsheviks lots of people started to look at them more seriously. he exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky, who arrived in Petrograd in May from America, agreed with Lenin's policy and joined the Bolshevik Party. Trotsky was a huge help to the Bolshevik. When Lenin told the people that he was going to give them some thing Trotsky would deliver it ... the both of them working together the Bolshevik were a well oiled machine. Now that Lenin had the help of Trotsky he brought out the three words that would seal the control of Russia. He told the people that he would promise the...

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... is defined as of or being a political system in which those in power have complete control and do not allow people freely to oppose them. Joseph Stalin, infamous for his campaigns of terror, was totalitarian dictator of the USSR from 1941 until his death is 1953. Stalin's policy of state-organized industrialization turned his country into a powerful industrial and military power. When ... arrested and exiled many times for his political involvement. After the Bolshevik victory in the civil war, Stalin threw himself into organizational work and administrative tasks. Stalin gained a lot o...

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