Joseph Stalin

particular leader was one of the worst people in history. Well if you have then you might know the name Joseph Stalin. Joseph was born in Gori Georgia, December 21st 1879. His first leadership role was the Commissioner of Nationalities. He later makes a speech to grant freedom to the Russian people, and then got promoted to General Secretary of General Secretaries. Lenin tries to remove Joseph Stalin from power, because he believe that he is too power hungry, a year and three weeks later…

Of all the dictators during the 20th century, Joseph Stalin was the worst, while also being the most effective in the ways that he changed Russia. Nearly everyone would agree that Joseph Stalin was a monster, but he did help Russia in many ways. Before Stalin’s rule, Russia was a poor, peasant country, and he transformed it into an industrialized nation with a strong military. However, Stalin ruled by fear, and killed twice as many people as Hitler did- 50 million estimated deaths- including…

In the power struggle that followed the death of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin, one of Lenin’s lieutenants, seized power. According to the BBC article “Stalin - Purges and Praises,” Stalin began to murder or exile anyone in the government, military or Communist Party whom he suspected of disloyalty. Stalin’s first purge demonstrates his mounting paranoia and distrust toward his colleagues, and makes it clear that his concern was more on his own safety than the well-being of the…

Mano A Mano Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union for approximately thirty years and in that short time, studies show that he killed upwards of 60 million people (How Many). Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party from 1933 until he took his own life in 1945; it is estimated that he took the lives of at least 11 million people (Schwartz). These two powerful political leaders share many comparable traits in their ruthless ways. These men are also vastly different in who they…

actions. Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of the Bolsheviks or communist party that took control of Russia on October 24, 1917. During the Russian Revolution, he was a general who fought in major battles in the Russian Civil War that followed the Revolution. The Premiere of the new country called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly referred to as the Soviet Union or USSR, was a man named Vladimir Lenin. When Lenin died on January 24, 1924, Stalin rose to power…

being the most ruthless man in Russia, Joseph Stalin was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) dictator from 1929 to 1953. Stalin was a totalitarian dictator. Which means that he had control over every aspect of the country. Under his reign, he completely transformed the USSR. However, he is known to have appointed “... a reign of terror while modernizing Russia and helping to defeat Nazism” (https://www.biography.com/people/joseph-stalin-9491723). Stalin started off his rise to power…

a cultured manner in good society." It was in the late thirties that Josef Stalin both declared the Soviet Union as a two class, the workers and the peasants, and one stratum, the intelligentsia, society. In the midst of the Cultural Revolution the intelligentsia or "old intelligentsia" consisted of professors who predominately taught the vydvizhentsy,…

Stalin was one of the most vicious tyrants of the 20th century. Despite his humble origin, the combination of his life experiences and personality help shaped him into a cruel yet effective leader. He rose to an unprecedented level of power as a result of his own capabilities and his understanding of the Communist Party. His rivals and other prominent Bolshevik leaders underestimated him due to the lack of charisma as well as his education and dysfunctional family background. Stalin managed to…

There are many similarities and differences between Joseph Stalin and Fidel Castro. Both are strong communist leaders that rule their counties with an iron fist. Stalin and Castro rose to power to form totalitarian dictatorships in the countries they ruled. They have used various methods to rise to power in their countries and they have worked hard to maintain that power. They both had huge impacts on the world and on Cuba and Russia. Joseph Stalin rose to power after the death of Vladimir…

Joseph Stalin was born into poverty on December 18, 1879, in the small town of Gori, Georgia. Stalin father was a shoemaker and abuser. The author Karl Marx was being read secretly reading by Joseph Stalin during the seminary. His interested was in the work of German social thinker named “Communist Manifesto” in the revolutionary movement against the Russian monarchy. Stalin became an underground political protester in labor demonstrations and strikes. The First central Committee of the…