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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…

In the context of the years 1855 to 1964, to what extent was Stalin Russia’s most successful ruler? In the period 1855 to 1964 Russia had 7 different leaders. Of these 7 leaders 3 were members of the Romanov dynasty (1855-1917): Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II. For a brief period after the collapse of the Tsarist rule, Russia was led by a provisional government headed by Prime ministers. The provisional government only ruled for a short period of time and from October 1917 till 1964…

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…

Collectivism a peasants tentative opinion When Stalin started his, “revolution from above” in 1927 he had two goals for Soviet domestic policy. First, swift Industrialization, second the collectivization of agriculture (Library of congress collectivization). Collectivization brought the peasantry from privately ownership of small farms to larger collective government owned farms, kolkhoz. The wealthier peasants, the kulaks, strongly opposed this transformation in agriculture. Their vigorous…

The Battle Of Morality The Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a book with many hidden representations of humanity and power. On the surface is a framed story of a man telling his shipmates of his times in the Congo free state and the horrors he faced while there. But when you dig deeper you realize the story is about the corruption of man when exposed to power. The story shines a light on the trifles of the times as well as how man with total power become detached from every form of society…

1. Despite having extreme physical deformities, John Merrick’s character is always portrayed in a positive way to a reader. John is also an intelligent person, when treves is learning about John after discovering him he not only finds that he can speak but also can read. John had read the Bible and memorized verses. John seems to even exceed the average human's ability to understand people even though multiple times he himself is viewed as an inhuman creature. “People seem to think that I do not…

Wisconsin Senator, Joseph McCarthy, led a campaign, known as McCarthyism, in the early 1950s against alleged communists in the United States government, who he claimed were the reason the United States was losing the Cold War. Even though most of these government officials had no real connection to the Communist Party, they were blacklisted. This showed that McCarthy was successful in his attempt to persuade the American people. This speech was delivered on February 12, 1950, to a Republican…

He was brought up in a very musical family. By the time he was twenty his talent was recognized by the public and in 1792 he was told he was allowed to study with a guy called Joseph Haydn in Vienna. In Vienna the young Beethoven was a success by managing to make a very good living from concert. But by 1798 he had started to begin to notice that his hearing started to become impaired. Beethoven could still compose his music by…

Kevin Hannaford History Term Paper 2/23/15 The Political War The so-called "Red Scare" refers to the fear of communism in the USA during the 1920s. “It is said that there were over 150,000 anarchists or communists in USA in 1920 alone and this represented only 0.1% of the overall population of the USA.” (history learning center - source 8) It is surprising looking back and seeing how the percent is so small that they scared the…

Soviet Union was founded in 1922 by the Bolshevik Party and was led by Vladimir Lenin. The Soviet Union dominated Russia and it became the first country to be based on Marxist socialism, which gradually transitioned into Communism. After Lenin died, Joseph Stalin rose to power in 1924 and dictated with terror. Upon his rule he transformed the Soviet Union from an agricultural based society into an industrial and military nation. According to an article written by the History staff, “Stalin…