Stalin's Success

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Stalin's Success

In 1953 Joseph Stalin died, which left Russia in deep distress because

they had lost a great political leader. I feel that with out a doubt

Stalin was a success and there are three points which I will study to

help prove this: Was he a success in his own terms?, was he a success

in the terms of Russia? And was he Success in the terms of Communism?.

. Stalin was a person you couldn't get to know personally he had

friends, but many which he chose to ignore. Throughout Stalin's Reign

he was very ruthless. People say there was a reason why Stalin was so

ruthless and that was because he beloved wife died when they were at

the peak of there marriage and this left a hole in his heart which he

would later take out on the people of Russia.

Firstly, was he a success in his own terms?. There are six points

which prove that he was a success in his own terms starting off with

his struggle for is his struggle for power, which without a doubt was

a great success, due to his ability to out maneuver the other

candidates in the race for power (Zinoviev/ Bukharin). The second

success was the introduction of the five year plan (1928-32). In the

first five-year plan Stalin introduced Modernization agricultural

USSR, which would give most peasants farms modern equipment such as

Tractors, fertilizers etc. This modernization was vital Because the

amount of food being produced by the farmers was ruffly 2million tons

short of grain, which would be used to feed the workers. And if the

workers weren't feed the workers went on strike and didn't work

causing a knock on effect on Russia, which would have brought it

crashing down. Stalin ove...

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...Stalin to be a success For instance Stalin's strong character

shows a lot of perseverance, which is linked with the great terror

because the reason he launched the great terror was to put across the

image of a strong character, and his strong character continued

throughout his reign until he nearly surrendered to the Germans. Both

the five-year plans and the collectivization can be linked because

they both involve producing goods for a better Russia, these

productivity was meet but it left the people of Russia with nothing to

gain. Finally I feel that Stalin was too harsh towards the Russian

people because he could have succeeded in transforming Russia by using

a less brutal technique, For example Bukharin's plan were he motivates

the workers and the peasants, whilst keeping a balanced productivity

gain off there work.

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