Joseph Stalin

Nicholas was the real leader of Europe, until one day, Joseph Stalin took over. He was very brutal to the country, and the Soviet Union was unprepared for the extreme violence and oppression. Stalin used his brutality to achieve political arms. Everyone was so terrified of Stalin that they never stood up to him, in fear of what would happen to them if they did. Then, Stalin became scared of Russia, since they became a major part of the global market. Stalin felt that he had to push the Soviet…

In 1922, Joseph Stalin rose to ultimate power in the Soviet Union and until his death in 1953 he exercised extreme force to keep control of a revolutionised Soviet Union. He repressed and oppressed his people murdering 26 million Russians. (Bullock, 1998). Stalin was able to maintain power throughout his rule even though he wasn’t always liked by the common people. Nikita Khrushchev, a former Premier of the Soviet Union and immediate successor, spoke of Stalin during a speech to the 20th Party…

future in his speech “Lenin’s Testament” (Sattler). During his last testament, Lenin strongly suggested that Joseph Stalin be removed from his position within the Russian Communist Party. In 1924, he succumbed to a massive stroke which led to some major problems within the party (Sattler). In the middle of the conflicts within the…

the create for the windmill. The windmill represents Stalins Five Year Plan. The Five Year Plan was intended to improve the farm. It would provide the stalls with electricity and this would increase their agricultural production. The windmill required a lot of hard labor work, just like the Five Year Plan. Most importantly, the windmill created tension between Napoleon and the animals. Napoleon had to start trading with other farms like Stalin hard to start trading with other…

Joseph Stalin’s Industrialization of the Country, 1928, represents his all-encompassing sweeping push to reform The Soviet Union into a country that would have the technological and industrial capabilities to play a large role in the international affairs of the world. As it occurred through some periods of Russia’s history, starting with Peter the Great’s push for urbanization, Stalin desired to transform the USSR from a “backwater” nation into a force that could be on-par with some of the most…

discussed more in-depth; Napoleon; Mr. Jones; and finally Boxer. Napoleon was based on Joseph Stalin, who ruled the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1953. He is presumed to be named after the French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon, like Stalin, was a cruel and deceptive leader. Much like Stalin, Napoleon used violence in order to maintain his ruling position in Animal Farm. Another trait of Joseph Stalin that can be seen in Napoleon is Napoleon’s willingness to turn against his own allies…

for being a prolific writer that informed people about his opinions on the aspects of the Russian Revolution and government through numerous journals and articles. Although a comrade and close companion of Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky loss against Joseph Stalin in a power struggle over who was to become Lenin’s successor. Leon Trotsky was exiled from the Bolshevik Party and then the country, which eventually led to his assassination in Mexico on August 20, 1940. Leon Trotsky…

“‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past’” (Orwell 34). George Orwell’s 1984, a dystopian novel set only 35 years after it was published, establishes this statement as a continuous central theme of its government, often referred to as the Party. As long as one is powerful enough in his or her words, one can make an audience believe an utter lie about a real event, no matter the amount of people that saw it happen before…

facing the repercussions of Joseph Stalin’s reign during World War II. From around 1941 to the early 1950’s they fell victim to three obstacles: Stalin’s purges, the NKVD in labor camps, and education. All three were significant obstacles because they caused political and social impacts, but none were as detrimental as the NKVD and the labor camps. Stalin sent NKVD officers to purge homes, evacuate or arrest the “fascist scum”, the term for those who did not agree with Stalin, and board them…

After the events of World War II America was almost facing another war. This time with a more familiar enemy, Stalin and the Soviet Union. The two world powers clashed almost resulting in nuclear war. Experts have argued that they were bound to clash due to them being the only world powers at the time. However, the Cold War was started because the actions during World War II, the vague agreements postwar, and the almost nationalistic hatred of communists. During World War II America and Great…