Tactics of Joseph Stalin Essay

Following WW2, Stalin believed that the Allies’ success had been directly linked to that of the USSR’s, whose success could be attributed to communism and the Red Army. As Stalin said in his 1946 Election Speech, “The war proved that the Soviet social system is a genuinely people 's system, which grew up from the ranks of the people and enjoys their…

Joseph Stalin watched the fall of the Romanovs, the rise of communism, helped win a world war, and killed millions of his own people. All of this started December 18, 1879, the day he was born. Originally he was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. Born to a poor family with an abusive father his mother encouraged him to become a priest. She enrolled him do so he enrolled in a school. However in 1899 he dropped out and left his hometown of Gori, Georgia. He then joined the Social Democratic…

reason why Fetiukov’s character could be seen as a capitalist state. Another way to look at this would to be instead of if a communist state arose and came to power this representation of Fetiukov could be the way that the Soviets or mainly Lenin and Stalin viewed the capitalists anyways and is why the need for a new communist nation was necessary. As stated…

the characters Julius Caesar and Brutus to life, he is creating something that will go down in history. There are many people in this world who have, or had a relationship much like Caesar and Brutus. Just one example of this would be Hitler and Stalin. Caesar was a fearless, arrogant, and complicated ruler. He ran against Pompey in 48 B.C. Pompey was then murdered only a year after his defeat. This may cause you to believe that Caesar demanded for him to be killed in order to preserve his…

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…

Both Stalin and Lenin in their approaches are seeking greater industrialization amidst the agricultural sector. They are likewise concerned with the threat of capitalism. Lenin, in his New Economic Plan, is focused internally. In Lenin’s The NEP ‘A Strategical Retreat section, Lenin references a political crisis caused by the implementation of the party’s surplus-food appropriation program in the rural districts (pp. 4,5). To be clear this is a byword for unrest. When the peasantry is starving,…

The Soviet-Afghan War began with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on December 24, 1979, and ended with the withdrawal of Soviet forces on February 15, 1989. It was a war that had a global impact and indirectly led to the fall of the USSR. Afghanistan in the 50s and 60s, was a country that was beginning to modernize and industrialize with the help of both the Soviet Union and the United States. As animosity grew between the two world superpowers, the U.S. quickly created military ties with the…

Final Reflective Essay After reading the memoir by Lev Golinkin, A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka, I have learned that our American culture and the Russian culture are more similar than they are different. Our research project made us analyze a huge part of both our and their culture, which made us discover that both cultures have been invaded by corrupt leaders, yet there is more corruption in Russian culture. After my reading and I-Search Project I have realized that American and…

Khrushchev displayd a refreshing and new approach to politics that came as a jolting shock to those who had spent the twelve years under the rule of the excessively brutal and controlling Stalin. This was particularly evident in his initial secret speech, in which many believed his speaking out against Stalin to be a form of trap for his potential critics. However, when what seemed a true change in mindset was widely recognised, it signified for a number of Russians a promising change in society…

Europe. Each and every leader had his own role during the cold war including those of who were thought to be giving factors for the birth of the cold war and those of who were thought to be aiming to end the tension, those leaders were such as joseph Stalin, John F.Kennedy, Winston Churchill and etc. mainly to be focused on was Winston Churchill who he was one of those leaders that believed in limiting the abilities of those dominating European affairs. According to (Editors, 2016)Winston…