How Far Did Stalin Make Russia Into An Industrialized Superpower

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Many years following the year 1926, was a very cruel and oppressing period for the Communist Russia. During this time Stalin has taken complete control of Russia ruling in a dictatorial fashion after the previous leader and revolutionary Vladimir Lenin has died. Many suspected that Trotsky was going to succeed Lenin, but Stalin outsmarted him using harsh tactics to dismiss him into several different countries. Stalin visioned to make Russia into an industrialized superpower, so he started a set of 5-year plans to execute his ideas. During the 5-year plans, he took full control of farms and slowly took more from the people of Russia for his own gain. Stalin's actions reflected negatively towards the public eye which resulted

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