... , steel production increased 300 percent, production of machinery and electrical equipment 157 percent, heavy metal increased 67 percent, coal output increased 89 percent, and consumer goods increased about 73 percent (Stalin Triumph 156). After the success of the First Five Year Plan, the Seventeenth Party Congress embraced the Second Five Year Plan in 1934. Goals of the second plan were an ... expansion of machine tool production, the development and production of non-ferrous metals, and the improvement of railroad lines (Stalin Man 1662). By the end of the Second Five Year Plan, the S...

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... , steel production increased 300 percent, production of machinery and electrical equipment 157 percent, heavy metal increased 67 percent, coal output increased 89 percent, and consumer goods increased about 73 percent (Stalin Triumph 156). After the success of the First Five Year Plan, the Seventeenth Party Congress embraced the Second Five Year Plan in 1934. Goals of the second plan were an ... expansion of machine tool production, the development and production of non-ferrous metals, and the improvement of railroad lines (Stalin Man 1662). By the end of the Second Five Year Plan, the S...

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... . Once out of central power he joined with Trotsky and Zinoviev. They formed the "united opposition". Their only common similarity was their opposition of Stalin. This group's goal was to split the party. They did everything in their power to accomplish this. Was a previous Menshevik leader. This would ... they hadn't done enough. "and doubtless he frightened his colleagues with warnings with a possible coup. At any rate, by the autumn of 1925 Stalin seems to have been powerful enough to have made these colleagues assent to the cold-blooded murder of a distinguished comrade."(De Jonge 194...

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... , a German political philosopher, and soon he would join the revolution called Russian Marxism. He would continue to read other books, including the works of F. Engels and V. I. Lenin. In 1899 Stalin dropped out (other sources say he was expelled) of the Tbilisi Theological Seminary to become a full time revolutionary. His career in the Social Democratic party began as a propagandist among T"bilisi ... would stay in power. This smart move also helped him defeat his biggest threat and the foremost candidate for Lenin's position Leon Trotsky. Once the threat of Trostky was eliminated, Stal...

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... against the college administration, against the bourgeoisie, against everything in the country that embodied tsarism. He had an overwhelming hatred for authority." After Stalin was expelled at age 19, he earned just enough money to survive by tutoring students. At the end of the year he got a job ... to the railroad yards and talked with the workers about Marxism and was very successful at spreading his political ideas. The next year, Stalin joined the Russian Social Democratic Party after meeting one of its members. The Party was founded in 1898. The members were socialists dedicated ...

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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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... by proposing a policy later known as Stalinism, a theory that sanctioned an unlimited and no longer temporary Soviet dictatorship with the radical intent of employing Socialism in a single country. Stalin appealed to that "Great Russian chauvinism" and to the Bolsheviks and many citizens who retained a fervent Communist idealism . The Socialist cause was the authority that justified both Lenin and ... that it had taken power as an enlightened minority acting on behalf of a majority ignorant of its best interests. It was ideology, not a mandate, that legitimized the party." Stalin's brut...

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... by proposing a policy later known as Stalinism, a theory that sanctioned an unlimited and no longer temporary Soviet dictatorship with the radical intent of employing Socialism in a single country. Stalin appealed to that "Great Russian chauvinism" and to the Bolsheviks and many citizens who retained a fervent Communist idealism . The Socialist cause was the authority that justified both Lenin and ... that it had taken power as an enlightened minority acting on behalf of a majority ignorant of its best interests. It was ideology, not a mandate, that legitimized the party." Stalin's brut...

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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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... takeover of the people in terms of popularity. He, firstly, became popular through projecting Cult of Lenin philosophy, as discussed before. In addition to the Cult of Lenin propaganda, Stalin also never went against Lenin's philosophies unlike his rivals. His popularity won huge gains through this. And thirdly, he gained even more popularity by promoting nationalistic ideologies in his ... support of "socialism in one country". People supported him immensely and gained trust in him as a realist, much like Lenin was. This nationalistic ideologies helped Stalin gained more popularity than...

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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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... B) Although Trotsky appeared to be the natural successor of Lenin as a result of his substantial organisatin during the Civil war, he was out maneuvered by Stalin's lust for power. Trotsky changed from being a Menshevik to a Bolshevik, this caused mistrust within the party, many of whom thought Trotsky would split the ... modern, powerful industrialized nation, catching up with the West in 10 years, otherwise, he was aware the Revolution would be lost. It was important for Stalin to organize a five-year plan, as his work done to improve the Country's welfare would be well known, therefore...

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... and during 1924 the party was in turmoil regarding the future of the soviet economy. The fiercest argument during this time was between Stalin and Trotsky regarding Trotsky's theory of Permanent Revolution. Trotsky had wanted to take communism internationally, but the idea had already been tried ... in 1924, regarding the death of Lenin. Lenin was a popular leader, well loved among the people and his funeral was a grand affair. Stalin led the mourning and made numerous speeches declaring loyalty to Lenin, however Trotsky was not present. This was a grave mistake, for his absence ... th...

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... Khrushchev repudiated his policies and condemned Stalinism. Only after that, both the people of the USSR and the rest of the world have slowly become aware what really happened during Stalin' rule. Stalin was initially opposed to te overthrow of A. Kerensky's Provisional Government in the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was won over to Lenin's position following the latter's return from exile ... farms (1929-33). In response to this some peasants preferred to slaughter their animals rather than give them over to the collective farms, which produced a major drop in food production. Stalin...

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... led Russia to change significantly with immediate consequences such as political turmoil, short term consequences such as the revolution and long term consequences such as Stalin ruling of Russia. All these resulted in an overall change in how Russia was ruled from autocracy to communism. In 1900 four out of five ... finding any suspected antagonists, those who were arrested were tortured, executed or exiled to Siberia. In 1933 the Nazi party came into power in Germany, Stalin sought out an alliance with Britain and France but they were too slow in negotiating. As a result on the august...

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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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... law would stand above the changing views of the individual instruments of the supreme power." (Pares 420). The animal Napoleon can be compared as a character representing Stalin in Russia. Both were very mean looking, didn't talk very much but always got what they wanted through force. In one part of the book Napoleon ... charged the dogs on Snowball, another animal. Stalin became the Soviet Leader after the death of Lenin. He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the ... ruthless, regimes in history. In was not till very many years later ...

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... law would stand above the changing views of the individual instruments of the supreme power. (Pares 420). The animal Napoleon can be compared as a character representing Stalin in Russia. Both were very mean looking, didn-t talk very much but always got what they wanted through force. In one part of the book Napoleon ... charged the dogs on Snowball, another animal. Stalin became the Soviet Leader after the death of Lenin. He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the ... ruthless, regimes in history. In was not till very many years later t...

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... rebels. He and his wife traveled to Spain to help the government forces. Orwell sided himself with the Spanish Trotskyists, followers of Leon Trotsky, Stalin's rival for power after Lenin's death. In Spain he experienced the same events as were going on in Russia. When the government gained control ... Jones (Czar Nicholas.) They call their dream of equality and freedom, their new future Animalism (Communism.) All is well for a time until two pigs, Napoleon (Stalin) and Snowball (Trotsky), struggle for control over the farm. Napoleon raises a whole litter of puppies, unknown to the others...

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... From these ideas he created the Five-Year Plans,grandiose plans that were obviously unattainable goals for the soviet population. Through a publication called Pravda, which in English means "The Truth" Stalin fooled the proletariat into thinking that socialism or communism were highly efficient and successful systems, and that his Five-Year plan was running ahead of schedule. Here is an excerpt ... Marx and perhaps Marxist-Leninism; Boxer and Clover represent the proletariat (the urban industrial worker)-and more remotely the Chinese revolutionaries of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion; Napoleon ...

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... the collectivization of all the farms. Thus the First Five-Year Plan in 1928, the Second Five-Year Plan in 1933, and the Third Five-Year Plan in 1938, helped Stalin to realize his objectives completely. Owing to these Five-Year plans, the Soviet Union became the second most highly industrialized country by 1940. The Revolution also enabled the Soviet Union ... to emerge from World War II as the second super power; the first being the U.S.A. In 1936, Stalin gave a new constitution to the U.S.S.R, which provided for such features as a secret ballot and universal adult franchise. 12.3 Cons...

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... 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 there were some very positive aspects that came out of it. There were explicit reasons within Russian history which ... on to socialism whether or not the world revolution came. In effect this doctrine meant that Soviet support for international revolution was virtually withdrawn. Along with this stance Stalin Cl...

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... Revolution. Retelling the story of the emergence and development of Soviet communism in the form of an animal fable, Animal Farm allegorizes the rise to power of the dictator Joseph Stalin. In the novel, the overthrow of the human oppressor Mr Jones by a democratic coalition of animals quickly gives way to the consolidation of power among the pigs. Much like the ... Soviet intelligentsia, the pigs establish themselves as the ruling class in the new society. The struggle for preeminence between Leon Trotsky and Stalin emerges in the rivalry between the pigs Snowball and Napoleon. In both...

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... characters of the farm have a special role in Russian Revolution. The farm itself represents Russia, with its poor conditions and unjust leaders. Napoleon resembles the mad dictator known as Joseph Stalin, and Snowball, who was betrayed by Napoleon and banished from the farm (Russia), is an allegory of Trotsky. Old Major could be easily matched with Karl Marx, who is responsible ... play certain parts in the parallel; Boxer as the working class, Molly as White Russia (those who fled Russia), and Napoleons three vicious dogs as the secret police of Joseph Stalin (Napoleon). The statement...

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... characters of the farm have a special role in Russian Revolution. The farm itself represents Russia, with its poor conditions and unjust leaders. Napoleon resembles the mad dictator known as Joseph Stalin, and Snowball, who was betrayed by Napoleon and banished from the farm (Russia), is an allegory of Trotsky. Old Major could be easily matched with Karl Marx, who is responsible ... parts in the parallel; Boxer as the working class, Molly as White Russia (those who fled Russia), and Napoleon's three vicious dogs are characters of the secret police of Joseph Stalin (Napoleon). The statem...

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