... to 1939 is covered. The fifth chapter, the marshal and generalissimo, gives an overview during the period from 1939 to 1944. In 1941, Stalin became a man of war; he was elected generalissism and president of the state comity of the defense. The sixth chapter, the colossi who ... us the importance, for the history, of the archives of Russia that became accessible after the collapse of the U.R.S.S. During years the history of Stalin and the U.R.S.S was given from limited documents. He gives several examples of uncertain events that got confirmed thanks to that accessible truth. Also a chro...

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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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... 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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... up with the Bolshevik revolutionaries. This was an underground group of people that followed the communist writings of Karl Marx and was led by Lenin. He now assumed the name Stalin which is the Russian word for "steel" combined with "Lenin". In 1917, the Russian Revolution took place. This was when the government led by the Tsars ... , could have become twisted into the dismal state it was in by the late 1930s. The novel, Animal Farm, was Orwell's response. According to Orwell, Stalin was the main person, who was a threat to true Socialism. Stalin claimed to be committed to making a fai...

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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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... 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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... 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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... leader, was compared to the character of Napoleon, the pig. I agree with this comparison because after researching I found out that many of the steps Stalin took to take over were the same as Napoleon's. When Jones (Czar Nicholas II) was overthrown everybody thought that it would be for the best, but ... Major and the defeat of Jones, Napoleon led everybody to think that what he was doing to benefit himself was benefiting the whole farm. Stalin led everybody to think that communism was for the best, when it really only benefited him and his leaders. According to my research, it was believ...

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`Stalin acted not through persuasion, explanation and patient cooperation with people, but by imposing his concepts and demanding absolute submission to his opinion. ... removal from the leading collective and to subsequent moral and physical annihilation. He was never actaully in the action wasnt aware of what was going on.Stalin believed that the whole country should function as one; the state and the masses intertwined, it thus made sense that he wanted the Soviet culture to ... reflect socialism He felt cultural heroes should be the workers, who through selfless dedication to the state ...

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... due to his extraordinary memory. The Seminary was where Staling revolted the first time and began his revolutionary career as a part of Marxist group. Stalin began to read about Karl Marx and read the communist manifesto. When Joseph was eventually kicked out of the seminary he continued to be with the ... Joseph got full power of USSR in 1879 he wanted to make a "commanding economy" by forcing industries and farmers to industrialize no matter what. Stalin firmly believed that USSR was a hundred years behind Europe and that this could be fatal. To kick start the industrial and agricultur...

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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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... "show trials" in which many people he did not approve of curiously confessed to solemn crimes and were immediately executed or sent to prison. eventually Stalin began trading with non-communist countries of western Europe, although he continued to be hostile to Germany. Then in 1939 he shockingly signed a non-aggresion ... of the characters from "Animal Farm" can de traced to a person or group of people involved in the Russian Revolution for example Napoleon represents Stalin in the way that he is obsessed with keeping power , and that he gives the pigs special treatment, also the way he...

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... tsar and eventually remove him from power. Then they change the laws, one of which abolishes the death penalty (Russian Revolution in Dates). Napoleon then removes Snowball from power, like Stalin did to Trotsky (Joseph Stalin). Then there is the beginning of work on the windmill on animal farm. One can compare this to the development of a five-year plan by ... for their government and help them keep believing it was the correct direction for society to follow (The Basis of the Story). Napoleon's use of Squealer is very representative of Stalin's use of the newspaper Pravda. Pravda was ...

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... the Eastern Bloc? The beginning of Khrushchev's ambitious reforms may be considered the 20th congress of the CPSU (February 1956), which was followed by the exposure of crimes, committed by Stalin and his entourage, the beginning of mass rehabilitation of repressed people and the criticism of dictatorial governance. Congress made changes in the ideological concept of the party: sounded rejection of ... in June 28, 1956. Khrushchev's speech undermined the political positions of many leaders of the communist parties in the world. They had to explain to ordinary communists why they glorifi...

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... can achieve. Although this achievement often comes at a terrible loss, as seen when boxer the hardest working horse is killed while building this windmill. This too can be seen in Stalin's revolution, where their industry was built up by the working class but had not thought of the human life in took. Therefore, through the windmill, inequalities because of class stratification ... where the pigs and Stalin are on top are clearly highlighted. The windmills construction highlights the development of the Communist power over the working class, and shows what this power can achieve. In Ani...

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... Lenin did not collectivize agriculture but he did leave it open for other leaders to try. Sadly, Lenin died in 1924 and soon after Joseph Stalin came to power several years later in 1929. He first exterminated the NEP and the land handed out to the citizens that Lenin had created ... officers were executed or imprisoned. In the same period of time thousands of religious leaders were imprisoned while churches were closed (russiapedia.com). While Stalin was in power, citizen life was being harshly affected. Life was very hard for industrial workers. Their pay was poor and there was barely...

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... pressure upon the Soviets and push them from Iran. Another problem during 1946 was the intrusion of the eastern Mediterranean. America saw the threat when Stalin decided to send 25 Soviet divisions into Turkey. SO America decided to flex her arms and really show how powerful the U.S. is by showing off ... event that brought up the most amount of hostility between America and Russia was the Berlin Blockade. Stalin was upset that the allies did not leave Berlin at the end of World War II. Stalin believed that the allies would not fight for the land that was Germanys capitol during the war ...

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... events in Russia during the revolution. By looking at the actions of the pigs, Orwell shows that a communist system does not work. Trotsky and Stalin can be compared to Snowball and Napoleon. "Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates. But these two were never in ... item of debate is the windmill. Napoleon "lifted his leg, urinated over the plans"(65) and left. Napoleon is not a speaker, like Stalin. And just like Stalin, he has garnered support behind the lines. When Snowball talks he is "occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep"(66). Just when the ani...

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... began, but they were still responsible for getting the rebellions started. All three gave speeches about hopes and ideas of the future. Moses, a talkative raven, represents the Russian Orthodox Church. Stalin and Napoleon let religion into the lives of the animals and people for motivation and support. George Orwell uses Moses to show the disappearance and reappearance of the Russian Orthodox ... food they received. Boxer is represented in Animal Farm to symbolize the proletariats. Just like Boxer believes in the leadership of Napoleon because of Animal Farm the proletariats believed in...

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... the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation of getting his own way (Orwell 25). Napoleon is the prime example of the greed and hunger power brings. He summarizes Stalin, the leader and dictator of Russia. Napoleon, a nasty pig who is farmyard stand-in for a monstrous dictator (Reilly 63). Both left original ideas of equality and socialism behind, giving themselves ... pigs and the dogs" (Orwell 118). The height of Napoleon's evilness comes after he slaughters so many animals for "apparently" plotting against him and being supporters of Snowball, much like Stalin did when he su...

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... leader of the farm, but due to Napoleon's treachery, Snowball was run off the farm before his plans could take effect to build a windmill to generate the farm's power. Joseph Stalin, a Russian dictator, is the counterpart of Napoleon in the story. George Orwell obviously despised Communism and showed it in his descriptions of the society that was set up in the ... , an old boar that foretold the coming revolution, represents Lenin. He was merely a philosopher of the horrors to come. Though he believed the ideals of Communism, he did not share Stalin's viciousness and malicious spirit. Wh...

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... , rather fierce looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire boar on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation of getting his own way." (Orwell 35) According to Encarta Encyclopedia Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary which is compared to Napoleon. In fact Napoleon was the only Berkshire boar on the farm and ... Stalin was the only Georgian revolutionary following Marxism under Vladimir Lenin. In comparison to the quote of Napoleon, Stalin was large and fierce looking, and would strike fear into his adversaries and patrons. Though Stalin didn't speak much, when he did his words...

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... is evident that Orwell had three main targets for his novel: the brainwashed, unknowing public during the revolution, the ruthless power hungry leader Joseph Stalin, and the bamboozling media. The sheep in Animal Farm are the brainwashed and blind supporters of the totalitarian regime that exists on the farm ... and portray the innocent public during the Bolshevik revolution. It was during this time that the media deceived the public into thinking that Joseph Stalin was like a Messiah; a supreme being, who unbeknownst to them had in fact a desire for power and control so great he"d sacri...

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