... : he had become dictator. Yet, Stalin's rise to power was anything but effortless; one of the most important factors being that Lenin wrote a letter about Stalin to leading party members, encouraging his expulsion. Lenin could foresee Stalin's motives. This letter, however, eventually fell into Stalin's hands, and was not heard of till after his death. From 1922 till 1929 there was a vehement ... genius. Yet, he remained a very big threat to Stalin's quest for power. Stalin overcame this obstacle by using Zinoviev and Kamenev to oppose Trotsky. Zinoviev and Kamenev actually read the lett...

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• Grade Level: High School

... , Stalin had eliminated his viable competition , yet he "proceeded to purge the party and terrorize the entire country with widespread arrests and executions." The Great Terror that lasted from 1934-39 had no rationale other than guaranteeing Stalin's complete dominance. He "placed the entire population of nearly two hundred million people wholly in the power of the police," who were in ... ...

• Word Count: 1533
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... , Stalin had eliminated his viable competition , yet he "proceeded to purge the party and terrorize the entire country with widespread arrests and executions." The Great Terror that lasted from 1934-39 had no rationale other than guaranteeing Stalin's complete dominance. He "placed the entire population of nearly two hundred million people wholly in the power of the police," who were in ... ...

• Word Count: 1534
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• Has Bibliography
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... message suggesting a pact. He said that if Kennedy promised not to ever invade Cuba, he would withdraw the missiles from the island. The Americans agreed to this proposal, but a further letter was sent which upped the stakes on the 27th of October where Khrushchev demanded the Americans withdraw US missiles from Turkey. Kennedy decided to ignore the last ... letter sent as a withdrawal of missiles from turkey had already been planned. Kennedy promised never to invade Cuba if the Soviet missiles were withdrawn form the shores of Cuba. On the ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the world sizeable elements were seriously considering the virtues of communism, for few wanted a return to the failed capitalism of the pre-war era." (Isaacs & Downing, Transworld Publishers, 1998. Pg. 39) As the great depression was classed as a cause of World War II and as the depression was caused by capitalism, people thought capitalism may be a cause of a possible next World ... ...

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... rise of factionalism within the party. Lenin had doubts about both Right and Left. At the end of 1922 he wrote a letter to the Party congress, outlining his ideas and giving his opinions about the members of the Politburo. In this letter also known as his "Testament" Lenin wrote that the main danger facing them all was a split in the Party. He ... ...

• Word Count: 1922
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On April 22, 1961, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the USSR, wrote a letter to John F. Kennedy, President of the United States. The letter was written in response to the Bay of Pigs invasion that took place in April 1961. The Bay of Pigs invasion was organized by the CIA and was intended to ... ...

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... made five, and you would have to believe it. He remembers back at a time e caught the Party in a concrete lie. He then starts to think of as his diary as a letter to OBrien. He believes that true freedom lies in the ability to interpret reality as one perceives it, to be able to say 2+2=4. The dark haired girl starts to follow ... ...

• Word Count: 1295
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• Grade Level: High School