Stalin was a master of using fear, eliminating his competition, scapegoating, controlling education, creating an effective Propaganda machine, controlling the flow of information to the people, and killing any communist party members who opposed his regime. He believed that he was the the true communist leader and to carry out all of his policies, he had to be the USSR's dictator. No threat to his power was too small to liquidate. Within a few years after Lenin's death, Stalin created his totalitarian state.
Stalin was a master of using fear, eliminating his competition, scapegoating, controlling education, creating an effective Propaganda machine, controlling the flow of information to the people, and killing any communist party members who opposed his regime. He believed that he was the the true communist leader and to carry out all of his policies, he had to be the USSR's dictator. No threat to his power was too small to liquidate. Within a few years after Lenin's death, Stalin created his totalitarian state.
Joseph Stalin did not create the Soviet Union. Vladimir Lenin did that.
Joseph Stalin became the Soviet leader through a process. He was given his initial power by Lenin at his death. However, Lenin wanted Leon Trotsky to rule the Soviet Union. Stalin hid this fact. He then allied other leaders and isolated his main enemy, Leon Trotsky. He eventually succeeded in having Trotsky expelled from the party (and later the entire country), He then repeated the process to eliminate all threats until he was made the absolute ruller of the Soviet Union.
the use of violence and terror to control his population
He wanted to prevent an invasion.
Joseph Stalin tried to create a classless society in Russia by having the government own all resources. He also had people start a revolution against the middle class and capitalists.
Joseph Stalin did not create the Soviet Union. Vladimir Lenin did that.
Joseph Stalin became the Soviet leader through a process. He was given his initial power by Lenin at his death. However, Lenin wanted Leon Trotsky to rule the Soviet Union. Stalin hid this fact. He then allied other leaders and isolated his main enemy, Leon Trotsky. He eventually succeeded in having Trotsky expelled from the party (and later the entire country), He then repeated the process to eliminate all threats until he was made the absolute ruller of the Soviet Union.
Joseph Stalin created not only an effective communist state, he created a totalitarian state too. He was a feared leader that intimidated the masses with death and imprisonment.
Stalin was a master of using fear, eliminating his competition, scapegoating, controlling education, creating an effective Propaganda machine, controlling the flow of information to the people, and killing any communist party members who opposed his regime. He believed that he was the the true communist leader and to carry out all of his policies, he had to be the USSR's dictator. No threat to his power was too small to liquidate. Within a few years after Lenin's death, Stalin created his totalitarian state.
the use of violence and terror to control his population
Stalin ruled over a state capitalist system, but he didn’t create it.
He wanted to prevent an invasion.
Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary for the Communist Party from 1922 until 1953. He was a part of the Great Turn or Stalin Revolution.
Joseph Stalin or birth name (Joseph Vissarionovich Jugashvili ), it was his motto for rebuilding the communist country. Crashing buildings to build ones. We must destroy in order to create.
Joseph Stalin tried to create a classless society in Russia by having the government own all resources. He also had people start a revolution against the middle class and capitalists.
He wanted to prevent an invasion.
Stalin wanted to create a buffer zone , friendly to communist.