Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin, one of , if not the greatest military mind in history. Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia on December 21, 1879. He was the fourth of his mothers four children. the first three children died and Joseph was prone to bad health. On several occasions Stalin's mother feared he...

Russia Under Stalin When Lenin's reign over the Soviet Empire ended in 1924, the future course of Communist policies and dominance of the party were cast into uncertainty. This insecurity in the Soviet nation was even further intensified by the rocky period of transition and the shaky events sur...

Throughout history, lies many historical figures that influenced the world in many ways. One of which lies, Joseph Stalin. As a dictator, Stalin worked in mysterious ways. His foreign policy and his terror regime , the Stalinist system, had an impact on Soviet society and politics well beyond th...

Through out history the world has seen strong and powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas that have come to have a major affect on a country. Leaders are usually driven by what they see as a desire to create a better and more perfect country. It seems that these leaders appear to have the p...

In contrasting the social, economic, and political policies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Nikita Khrushchev, it can be seen that Lenin and Stalin's policies were alike in many ways, although Stalin's were a bit harsher, and that Khrushchev's policies differed from those of both Lenin and Sta...

Joseph Stalin lived from 1879 till 1953. Stalin was one of the most ruthless communist dictators of all time. After Lenin's death, Stalin pushed his way to the top and was set out to make the Soviet Union into an industrial power. In 1928, Stalin proposed the Five Year Plans, which were to build hea...

HOW DID STALIN ACHIEVE POLITICAL DOMINANCE BY 1929 By 1929, Stalin had attained total political dominance in the Communist party and this was due to a variety of factors caused by the death of Lenin and the leadership struggle that followed it. A major factor was Trotsky and his failures. Trotsky ...

Through terror and control, Joseph Stalin completely suppressed dissent and achieved close to total obedience.Along with Hitler and Mussolini, Stalin is revered as one of the three most powerful and influential dictators of the twentieth century. Through terror and control, Joseph Stalin completely ...

Social Revolutionaries believed the force to overthrow the czar's would come from the peasants. Their goal was that government that would distribute the land fairly among the peasants. They wanted to replace the czar with a democratically elected government. The Social Democrats convinced fu...

Social Revolutionaries believed the force to overthrow the czar's would come from the peasants. Their goal was that government that would distribute the land fairly among the peasants. They wanted to replace the czar with a democratically elected government. The Social Democrats convinced futu...

Joseph Stalin was a Georgian Marxist revolutionary leader and later dictator of the USSR. He was born in Gori, Georgia. He studied at Tiflis Orthodox where he was expelled from in 1899. After joining a Georgian Social Democratic organization in 1898, he became active in a revolutionary undergroun...

I believe that George Orwell wrote Animal Farm based on what was going on in Russia at the time. Some of the characters, events and places make Animal Farm a near duplicate of Stalin's Russian Communism. Orwell's story and the goings-on in Russia happened at too close of a time frame and...

To just concentrate on Stalin's totalitarian terror does ignore his significant achievements, however the "end doesn't justify the means". Stalin was a proud man and was proud of Russia, he realised that Russia was a backward country and without pushing USSR to modernise it would...

In analyzing the two main characters-Kotov and Mitia-there are many distinctions and similarities between the two, insomuch that they were both burnt by the sun. The film takes place in 1936 Russia, nineteen years after the Communist Revolution and well into Stalin's purges. The film centers on Colo...

Joseph Stalin was born on December 21, 1879, and grew up in poverty. He was the only child in his family to grow to adulthood. Joseph was born to Catherine and Vissarion Djugashvili. Joseph\'s father was a drunk and beat his son and wife unmercifully. His father was a cobbler by trade and wanted his...

Revolutions in the past have occurred because of powerful dynamic leaders. The Russian Revolution implied complete and drastic change, but the revolutionaries were the people who tried to bring about such changes. Lenin and Stalin were influential revolutionary leaders that set up a new way of livin...

The life of an ant in the movie Antz, is very similar to that of a Russian citizen under Stalin's rule. Of course the economy of the ants is a command economy, and everyone has to work towards "the good of the colony". When Stalin came to power in Russia, Lenin had already introduced ...

How did Stalin and the CPSU control the USSR? Why did Stalin regard this as important? There were various ways Stalin and the communist party (CPSU) controlled the population of the USSR. This included Stalin's economic revolution, gaining control over the public through propaganda, intro...

The reasons for the change in Party policy are the result of unrest in the proletariat class, foreign security concerns, the desire to use terror as a form of control, and the desire for total power by the Soviet leaders. The leadership position may have changed from Lenin to Stalin, however, the un...

How Stalin Used the Four Techniques of a Dictator A dictatorship is a system of government where the power is centralized. There are four techniques dictators use to be successful; indoctrination, controlled participation, scapegoating and force. Using these four techniques, dictators can achie...

Rise to Power Stalin first became interested in politics when as a theology student; he began reading illegal the works of political philosopher Karl Marx. He eventually gave up his religious education to devote his time to the revolutionary movement against the Russian monarchy. After becomin...

Napoleon: Napoleon is Orwell's chief villain in Animal Farm. The name Napoleon is very coincidental since Napoleon, the dictator of France, was thought by many to be the Anti-Christ. Napoleon, the pig, is really the central character on the farm. Obviously a metaphor for Stalin, Comrade Napoleon rep...

The Communist Manifesto is a book that was written by Karl Marx, and Frederick Engels, in 1847. This book was a collection of theories, compounded by these two men. Their work outlined the basis for a society, based on collectivism and "equality". These ideals, and theories flourished int...

Communism is a form of government where a society works toward the benefit of the community. When Russia rebelled against the monarchy held by the Czar, Lenin established communism as the new form of government. After his death, they appointed two new leaders: Lenin\'s faithful follower Joseph Sta...

One argument of many Stalinists is: "If Trotsky had taken power instead of Stalin, it's very possible Germany would have defeated the USSR in WWII." This is one of the most absurd speculations I have ever heard. In the first place it was very possible Stalin could have lost the war since he purged ...