The reign of Joseph Stalin is often associated with a regime of terror and complete government control. He was an effective communicator and a competitive politician. I intend to investigate Stalin’s background, his method of rule and belief system, and how the ideas and actions of Stalin’s time affect us today.
Joseph Stalin was raised very strictly in the Greek Orthodox Church. He was named after Saint Joseph and was brought up to be a priest. Throught Stalin’s childhood his father beat him mercilessly and he once described his childhood as being “raised in a poor, priest-ridden household”. Many people think this contributed to his decision to become a key Marxist revolutionary. His father abandoned his family when Stalin was 9 and this provided a lot of relief to Stalin. He began to take his studies very seriously and excelled academically. Joseph received a scholarship and spent over five years in a Greek Orthodox seminary, not because he wanted to become a priest like his mother had hoped, but because it was one of the only educational options available to him in his area. In the seminary, Stalin joined a Georgian …show more content…
He put together the theory of aggravation of the class struggle along with the development of socialism, which became one of the main pieces of Stalinism in the politics of the Soviet Union. Stalin argued that as the country advanced towards reaching socialism, the actions of the classes struggling against it may cause an explosion in society and destroy the Soviet Union. Because of this fear, repression was needed to prevent the fall of the Union. Stalin began to label people inside the party leading the socialist state to those who disagreed with the official Party line and claimed that continued conflict would weaken the party, eventually leading to its destruction. Because of this he felt it was necessary to purge the
Joseph Stalin was raised very strictly in the Greek Orthodox Church. He was named after Saint Joseph and was brought up to be a priest. Throught Stalin’s childhood his father beat him mercilessly and he once described his childhood as being “raised in a poor, priest-ridden household”. Many people think this contributed to his decision to become a key Marxist revolutionary. His father abandoned his family when Stalin was 9 and this provided a lot of relief to Stalin. He began to take his studies very seriously and excelled academically. Joseph received a scholarship and spent over five years in a Greek Orthodox seminary, not because he wanted to become a priest like his mother had hoped, but because it was one of the only educational options available to him in his area. In the seminary, Stalin joined a Georgian …show more content…
He put together the theory of aggravation of the class struggle along with the development of socialism, which became one of the main pieces of Stalinism in the politics of the Soviet Union. Stalin argued that as the country advanced towards reaching socialism, the actions of the classes struggling against it may cause an explosion in society and destroy the Soviet Union. Because of this fear, repression was needed to prevent the fall of the Union. Stalin began to label people inside the party leading the socialist state to those who disagreed with the official Party line and claimed that continued conflict would weaken the party, eventually leading to its destruction. Because of this he felt it was necessary to purge the