Soviet Union

Stalin planned a five-year economic plan called collectivization and believed that under that plan, the USSR would industrialize, and become stronger than any nation in the West. Unfortunately, the USSR was made up mostly of poor peasants. Mostly, these peasants harvested crops using their hands and wooden plows. Therefore, to make the plan successful, he had to brings some changes in peasant way of harvesting crops and their lives. Stalin required two things from peasants: firstly, the peasants…

leader, who was only strict when it came to the military conflicts. Generally, he was pretty easy-going and pleasant to talk to, according to the film. Nowadays, this film is one of the main ones that demonstrate the cult of personality during the Soviet times. The personality of Stalin was idolized, which was quite similar to what happened in Germany, where Hitler was worshiped like a god. The film showed that…

The Cold War hung over America like a dark cloud from the end of World War II in 1945 until its official end in 1990. Unsure of where the tensions between the democratic America and Stalin's communist Soviet Union would lead, life surely changed for those on the home front. The American population stood as "captives of a nuclear nightmare of fear, suspicion, and posturing" (America, pg. 1215). The Cold War was more so a war of propaganda than of military intervention, yet had political, economic…

A long, six year conflict sparked the creation of several leaders who went down in history. This was World War II, one of the most widespread and deadly wars. Involving over 30 countries, World War II ended with a lot of change. Many people were forced to step up and make decisions for their countries. This is what helped produce the leaders we know from the war today. Germany was both politically and economically unstable before the war which led to the rise to power of Adolf Hitler. As the…

should not be used as a plea for authoritarian rule. Truman was determined to show to the United States that his administration didn’t aim to return to isolationism. “By the early 1947 the Truman Administration was convinced that even though the Soviet Union had adopted a set of tactics short of outright military aggression, its ultimate objective was world control. Whether Stalin sought security or expansion, the two motives had meshed to present a formidable challenge for the United States”.…

during the World War II era; for example, in Soviet Russia, persecution lead to millions of deaths in Gulags, the Soviet government 's complete control of individuals and society lead to the deaths of millions of Ukrainian peasants, and the use of police and military terror was responsible for the deaths of millions of civilians during the Great Purge of Stalin. Persecution was a key trait of totalitarianism that lead to millions of deaths in the Soviet Gulags during the World War II era.…

communism were unjustified. The U.S. wanted to stop the spread of communism, so they supported countries trying to free themselves from Soviet power. They did not help every country that were in need aid. For instance, the United States used broadcast propaganda programs to encourage capitalist democracy, but when the Hungarian protested against the Soviet Union; the U.S.failed to help them. A Hungarian resident said that people watched rooftops hoping the U.S. airplanes would arrive. Eisenhower…

state of the Soviet Union and one that was considered the model satellite state. Antonin Novotny, the first secretary of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party, was replaced by Alexander Dubcek in January of 1968. Dubcek represented the moderate reform element in the party and as a Slovak he also represented the Slovak interests that had been neglected. However, changes in Soviet rule over the Czechs allowed changes to be made in Czechoslovakia. For example, during this time no Soviet Troops were…

emotional and chaotic time for those living in the Soviet Union. Stalin’s true “cult of personality” showed itself when tens of thousands of Soviet citizens travelled to Moscow in order to see and pay respects to Stalin’s body. Soviet citizens wept in the streets and left roses and wreaths for the deceased dictator. After Stalin’s the party had to decide what their next actions were going to be. Post-Stalin leadership was very nervous of Soviet people and did not want Stalin’s death to send them…

Joseph Stalin was an emerging leader in Russia in the early 1900’s. Soon he would become one of the most powerful, vicious, and terrorizing dictators of all time as he led the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in Russia from 1929 to 1953. Stalin was born in Gori, a small town in Georgia and grew with a rough childhood experiencing both abuse and poverty. In his late teenage years following his mother’s aspirations, Stalin was accepted with a scholarship to the Tiflis Theological…