Premier of the Soviet Union

Joseph Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili) was born on December 18, 1878, and died March 5, 1953. Stalin was the secretary general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from April 3, 1922, up until October 16, 1953, and premier of the Soviet state from 1941 until the time of his death. (Hingley) Stalin was utterly obsessed with security and power Stalin did numerous things to ensure his safety, such as aligning with the United States during the Second World War, murdering and…

The cold war took place during the years 1945 and 1991 between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is known as the cold war because it never turned “hot,” which means that there was never any actual fighting between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. During these years, many important things happened, many things were invented, and World War III almost happened on many different occasions. On March 5, 1946, Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech which, essentially, kick-started…

What were they? The most important outcome was the emergence of two superpowers United States and the Soviet Union. The second outcome was the differences between these two superpowers in both national interests and ideology. The United States democratic liberalism was based on an economic system that provided opportunities to individuals without government interference: capitalism. However, the Soviet state embraced Marxist ideology, which holds that under capitalism one class exploit the…

The Big Three is a name that was given to the three major countries that attended the Yalta conference in 1945: the U.S, Russia, and Great Britain. These countries were represented by their leaders the U.S was represented by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Russia was represented by Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill represented Great Britain. Peace was restored and World War Two was brought to a successful end though the negotiations, disagreements, and compromises of these three men. Franklin Delano…

supported Batista and had many business interests in Cuba.” The U.S. approved of the previous leader, Fulgencio Batista, but disapproved of Fidel Castro. Castro struck up a friendship with the Soviet Union, that made the U.S. even angrier. In the database article “Cuba Signs a Commercial Agreement with the Soviet Union, February 11, 1966” it says, “On…

Brought Down the Soviet Union The 1980s was a pivotal era in world history. After decades of America’s failed containment policies which strengthened and helped spread Communism across the globe, a change in direction was desperately needed. Ronald Reagan fundamentally shifted American foreign policy as president, which in turn, greatly influenced the collapse of the “evil empire” by the early nineties. Although the Reagan Administration did not live to see the collapse of Soviet Communism,…

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a 17 day revolt that happen during the early days of the Cold War. The revolution mainly focused on sheer determination by the Soviet Union for total control, Hungarian Nationalism and the dubious of the West and Hungary. The Hungary people drove the revolution by rebelling against Nagy’s control of the State Security Authority and was ultimately a failure because of its political instability, disorganization, and its lack…

Peninsula. This affected all aspects of life for almost 45 years. The fight for power dominated all through the Cold War. This fight for power led these countries to form the world of politics to as it is today. The Cold War was a war in which the Soviet Union and the United States fought indirectly over political control over the world. The Cold War began after World War II and lasted up until the fall of the Berlin Wall. The term “Cold War” was used to describe the post war rivalry between…

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…

The Soviet Union’s takeover of Eastern Europe was interpreted by the United States as an attempt to spread communism around the world. The United States was highly against communism. The U.S., being a capitalistic run nation, felt worried for other nations who possibly could not afford fighting against the Soviet Union. Concerned that Greece and Turkey might be the next countries to fall to Stalin, President Truman announced the Truman Doctrine. This stated that the United States would give…