... in size nor in scope, is comparable to the Eastern Front, 1941-45. It was the deadliest theatre of war in history causing the death of over 30 million people. This colossal conflict played a decisive role in destroying the Nazi regime: the German ... 's strength played a crucial role in their eventual downfall. Whilst Soviet manpower supremacy was not in itself determinative, their vast quantitative advantage did facilitate Russian shock tactics, allowing them to overwhelm isolated German divisions. Their large numbers afforded them a continuous front off attack, denying the Germans time ...

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... Hitler and Stalin created their ideal societies in their respective countries. In Russia, Stalin's Five Year Plans created temporary discomfort among the Russian people. While the country industrialized, hard work increased while wages did not, but Stalin kept the Russia people committed to his plan because ... aspect of Stalin's social policies in the USSR was his purges and deportations. Due to his violent and somewhat maniacal nature, the Russian population lived in constant terror of their government. In a totalitarian regime, there can be no differing ideologies or political oppone...

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... risen high in Lenin's favor, who appointed him to the Bolshevik Central Committee. It was at this time that he adopted the name "Stalin," meaning "steel one." In 1917, the Russian Revolution toppled the Tsarist government. From March until November of that year, Russia was ruled by a Provisional Government, which made plans for a democratically elected assembly. A number of miscalculations, however, along ... effects of which are still being felt in Russia today. This was, not coincidentally, the era when Stalin's "cult of personality" rose to overwhelming prominence in the Soviet Union...

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... and party officials were on the top of the pyramid; engineers, doctors, and foremen followed leaving clerks and common laborers above only from "slaves". Stalin re-introduced slavery to the Russian economy and put its control under GULAG (State Administration of Corrective Camps), a sub-unit of NKVD (Commissariat of State Security). Concentration camps for counter-revolutionaries existed in 1917, but ... Volgorad) in a battle that lasted from August 1942 through January 1943. This battle was the turning point of the Russo-German war and one of the decisive engagements of world history....

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... and party officials were on the top of the pyramid; engineers, doctors, and foremen followed leaving clerks and common laborers above only from "slaves". Stalin re-introduced slavery to the Russian economy and put its control under GULAG (State Administration of Corrective Camps), a sub-unit of NKVD (Commissariat of State Security). Concentration camps for counter-revolutionaries existed in 1917, but ... Volgorad) in a battle that lasted from August 1942 through January 1943. This battle was the turning point of the Russo-German war and one of the decisive engagements of world history....

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... of 4 Sons who lived of Vissarion a shoemaker and an alcoholic and Tekaterina a washer. Joseph spoke only Georgian until he was 8, when he learned to speak Russian. His mother who was very religious sent Joseph to a church school. In 1894 Joseph won a scholarship to the theological seminary in Tbilisi where he studied Religion ... while he was there he took on the name Stalin which meant "Man of steel" (WW2 biographies). In 1917 after the overthrowing or the Russian czar Stalin was able to return where as a result of the February and October revolutions he was named Commissar of nationalit...

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... Zemstvo played an important role in the early development of Russia. However Russia is the nation which has lent itself to the 'Great Men' of history. These men were not great in a sense of achievement, mercy, honour or as a Renaissance prince; these men were great because Russia allowed ... that shaped the development and formation of Russia, without which, the USSR may have never been formed. He states "Lenin did make history. In the April Theses of 1917 he drafted a strategy for the party to seize power. In October he insisted that power should be seized ... ruthlessly planned econo...

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... an international revolution. The new focus of the Bolsheviks should be a peaceful coexistence with the West, while building a Socialist society at home. In 1935 Stalin published A Short Course: The History of the All-Union Communist Party. Through this work Stalin presents socialism as a scientific development began by Marx, and continued by Lenin and himself. Stalin used the work to solidify ... war against the opposition from 1918 to 1921. With no opposition the political structuring had a ladder effect, with local soviets electing delegates to the next level of soviets. The All-Russi...

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... death. Through the smokescreen of industrialisation Stalin was able to change the communist party to his advantage, removing Trotsky and the leftists from history whilst glorifying himself as the saviour of the Soviet Union. Before and throughout the five-year plans Stalin's propaganda machine created an image ... by 1939, there were more doctors per head in the Soviet Union than in Britain. Stalin also provided many liberal freedoms to the Russian people to motivate them. Women were encouraged to work and creches were provided for their children. Abortions and divorce were also made ....

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Stalin stated" those who fall behind get beaten. But we do not want to be beaten. No, we refuse to be beaten! One feature of the history of old Russia was the continual beatings she suffered because of her backwardness. She was beaten by the Mongol khans. She was beaten by the Turkish beys. She was beaten ... inflicted a severe defeat on her in World War 2. Therefore, Stalin implementing his policy of "socialism in one country" led to the introduction of the Five Year Plans thereby creating a colossal Russian industry, saved the nation after a bitter war. When Lenin died there was period of ...

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... Allies delayed it in hope of weakening the USSR to restrict post war expansion. This had frustrated Stalin as he was hoping the German troops to be withdrawn from the Russian Front leading up to more tensions arising. The Potsdam Conference, the Tehran Conference and the ideological differences that continued throughout the entire war demonstrated the continual failure in creating harmony ... sell their ideologies throughout the world. These ideas contributed greatly towards the spending of each nation therefore, developing into the cold war. The Cold War was a significant event in worl...

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... force committed fanatically to the belief that with the U.S. there can be no permanent modus vivendi,"" and the only answer was "a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies."" Kennan's plan seemed ideal for success because the Soviet Union thrived on expansion. If one could prevent Stalin and his red army from spreading further, then eventually the ... been. However, it would also lead to a massive nuclear weapon build up in both Russia and the United States, and the Vietnam War, the most unpopular war in our nation's history. The tension betwe...

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