The USSR benfited in many ways. Its economy improved and its industry under-went a revolution. Its military became far stronger and it emerged as a super-pwoer after WW2, However, tens of millions of people died during his reign and the communist beliefs against freedom of belief were strengthened.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman .
Stalin, primarily, along with Beria and a few others.
June 22 1941. It was Stalins fault for not noticing it was coming for ignoring his Intel agents about German activity and Hitler started a surprise attack against Russia.
Stalin had two five year plans to increase industrialization and take the USSR out of the dark ages of industry. He did accomplish his goals but he used brutal tactics to accomplish his goals.
blood red
Stalin was not an emperor and did not have an empire. He was the leader for many years of the USSR
Moscow, USSR, 1930-1950
To industrialize and modernize the USSR.
The Terror
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman .
Stalin, primarily, along with Beria and a few others.
Yes, the Japanese empire proved a large threat to the USSR. However, when they invaded, they were quickly driven back.
Georgy Malenkov ruled the USSR for 2 years after Stalin's death and before Khrushchev took over. He ruled from March of 1953 to February of 1955.
Stalins Brigade was created in 1936.
Soviet Union was rising each five years on the five year plan. That was called as 'pyatiletka' ("пятилетка" in Russian), 'fiveyearing'. That 'pyatiletka' was a plan for each five years in USSR till the fall of USSR.
They were aimed at getting Soviet technology and infrastructure up to being on a par with Western standards, and to equal (if not exceed) the USSR's industrial and agricultural output with that of the West.
June 22 1941. It was Stalins fault for not noticing it was coming for ignoring his Intel agents about German activity and Hitler started a surprise attack against Russia.