Vladimir Nabokov

Have you ever heard of the Soviet Union? Fought in both World Wars for the Allies, and made up of many countries. Some say one 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…

Every country goes through or experiences something traumatic and drastic that changes the country’s paths along with their citizen forever and goes down in history, and for Russians that is the Russian Revolution. And with the Russian Revolutions comes a string of cause and effects leading to the “big event”. The Russian revolution brought a lot of transformation replacing the traditional monarchy to the world’s first ever communist state. The Russian revolution came incontinently but the…

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 there were 3 main communist leaders, Lenin (Vladimir Illyich Ulyanov), Stalin (Josif Vissarionovich Dzugashvili) and Nikita Khrushchev. Each of the Russian leaders in this period had a different background, although some were similar. The Tsars, Alexander…

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…

After the collapse of the Romanov Empire in 1917, the Soviet Union emerged and took over Russia. 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…

The Bolsheviks had many advantages in the Civil War that brought them success. The Bolsheviks had a prime geographical position in central European Russia meaning they had access to their large population and control of their extensive train system. They made good use of their unified ideas and spread these effectively with propaganda. They also had Leon Trotsky who was a good leader that could boost morale: something that the White Army had a lack of, as well as discipline and support. Firstly,…

Many people know about hitler and how he killed over six million jewish people but not everyone knows about an even worse dictator by the name of Joseph Stalin. This man killed over twenty two million of his own people as opposed to Adolf Hitler who only killed races whom he thought was inferior. Joseph Stalin was born in December 18th 1879 in Gori Georgia. Joseph's parents were Besarion Jughashvili and Keke Geladze. Stalin was born into a dysfunctional family in a poor village. As a result of…

Joseph Stalin was a very powerful and murderous dictator of the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Communist Party and became the leader of the Soviet Union from 1929 until his death in 1953. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an “iron fist” by having complete control over his people and leading his country through World War II and the start of the Cold War. When Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union, he also became a dictator. A dictator is a ruler with total power or…

Revolution according to the Webster Dictionary "is a sudden, extreme or complete change in the way people live work etc". During the World War 1 Russia witnessed the transition to a different and renewed that brought with itself some good and bad consequences; however it is necessary to analyze and understand each phase of the process in order to create a concept and a point of view. The Russian revolution has three main causes: political, social and economics. Political: Russia was being…