Joseph Stalin And The Industrial Revolution

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I think that Joseph Stalin the leader of the Soviet Union was an awful man who’s only interest was of his own well being and wanted to make a name for himself. Not in a positive way in fact he wanted to dictate the lives of innocent people solely for his own interests. With that being said this man Joseph Stalin rouse to the occasion when in 1924 the first leader of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin died. Stalin seemed to want everything done his way and his way only and if no one was in agreement with him he made sure they paid. The Industrial Revolution was booming in Western Europe but not so much in Russia. In order to Industrialize Russia many changes had to be made. One of those changes was known as collectivization which resulted in the

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