He dreamed of power and control.
He wanted people to worship him.
everywhere. Stalin wanted the world's workers to revolt against capitalism
Soviet Union interest in Finland, Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania had to do with security. Stalin feared these countries could serve as base of operations for Germany or West as a whole in an event of attack against Soviet Union. On the other hand, seizing control over these countries would provide Soviet Union with a firmer foothold in area of Baltic Sea.
tion with a communist government aligned with the Soviet Union.
Communist. He wasn't a leader, though. He was selected to be Vladimir Lenin's successor, which would have made him Premier of the Soviet Union if Joseph Stalin didn't usurp the position so he could lead the country. If you want to know more, Wikipedia has a good article on him.
When Germany turned on the Soviet Union and began a massive invasion eastward Stalin called desperately on the allies to open up a western front to ease the pressure on the Red Army. It did happen but not for about 3yrs while the allies built the force to do it successfully. In the meantime, the Soviets held the German army at Stalingrad.
Stalin's goal was to turn the Soviet Union into a military and industrial superpower. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952.
He represented the USSR or Soviet Union whatever you want to call it. USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) That country is now called Russia.
Stalin wanted to move the boarders of of the Soviet Union Westward.
everywhere. Stalin wanted the world's workers to revolt against capitalism
Soviet Union interest in Finland, Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania had to do with security. Stalin feared these countries could serve as base of operations for Germany or West as a whole in an event of attack against Soviet Union. On the other hand, seizing control over these countries would provide Soviet Union with a firmer foothold in area of Baltic Sea.
tion with a communist government aligned with the Soviet Union.
Joseph Stalin was a man, not a country. You probably want to know the population of the USSR at a given date.
Communist. He wasn't a leader, though. He was selected to be Vladimir Lenin's successor, which would have made him Premier of the Soviet Union if Joseph Stalin didn't usurp the position so he could lead the country. If you want to know more, Wikipedia has a good article on him.
The commanders, listed in technical order, were Georgy Zhukov, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Boris Shaposhnikov, Nikolai Vatutin, Ivan Konev, Semyon Timoshenko, Ivan Isakov, and Alexander Novikov. The ones most 'popular' were most likely Zhukov, Rokossovsky, and Konev, all a part of the Russian War Department.
When Germany turned on the Soviet Union and began a massive invasion eastward Stalin called desperately on the allies to open up a western front to ease the pressure on the Red Army. It did happen but not for about 3yrs while the allies built the force to do it successfully. In the meantime, the Soviets held the German army at Stalingrad.
documents to guarantee the soviet union
The Soviet Union wanted the US to open up a second front.