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Who did Joseph Stalin mainly use police terror as a weapon against?
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Communist leaders or anyone who he thought was threatening his authority.
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How did the secret police keep Joseph Stalin in control?
they used terror tactics against the enemies of Bolshevism
What did Joseph Stalin's secret police do?
they spied and killed for him
How did Joseph Stalin get complete obedience from the Russian people?
He was a dictator and tyrant. He had a secret police service, the NKVD, who repressed Stalin's political oppositions and would 'deal' with those who spoke against him. To highlight the ruthlessness of the NKVD, Adolf Hitler was inspired to create the Gestapo from seeing the NKVD during his visit to Russia. To conclude, mainly scare tactics
Was Joseph Stalin wanted?
Stalin was on the wanted list of both the Tsarist police and secret police several times for escaping from his exile locations and for fomenting revolutionary ideas.
How did Joseph Stalin expand his power?
Joseph Stalin expanded his power by using his secret police and the government to control society. He took control of farms and killed farmers who resisted so that he could control food supplies.
Was Joseph Stalin head of the SS?
No, Stalin was the head of the Soviet Union and overall head of the secret police, the NKVD. The SS were a group of soldiers forming Hitler's (Germany) bodyguards.The SS was also part of the secret police.
Who followed Lenin as leader of the USSR?
Joseph Stalin followed Lenin as leader of the Sovoey Union. After Lenin's death, he was followed by a triumvirate of Joseph Stalin, Grigori Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev. Stalin eventually ousted them and took virtual sole power in 1929 but did not become the dictator he is remembered as until about 1932.
What color was Joseph Stalin's hair?
Stalin had light-dark brown hair in his youth, as can be seen in his police mugshot in 1902. But as he aged his hairs became jet black
What were the four tools Stalin used to force communism?
If I recall correctly, that would be the pistol, the rifle, the hangman's noose, and the grenade. Using these, Stalin's soldiers and police killed millions and millions of Russians that might someday have rebelled against his rule.
What is Joseph Stalin famous for?
For murdering millions the Great Purge, his secret police, rewriting history to place him self as someone whose been everywhere, deportations, famines, and more
What was Stalin's secret police called?
Joseph Stalin's "secret police" were GPU; OGPU; GUGB; NKGB and the MGB.The following were NOT Stalin's "secret police."The Cheka was started by Lenin and became the GPU before Stalin took over.The NKVD is often referred to as a "secret police" force, but it wasn't just that. It was an internal security force that included regular uniformed police and firefighters. The "secret police" were agencies within the NKVD. Thus, the NKVD was not truly a "secret police" force. The "secret police", the GPU and later the OGPU were agencies within the NKVD. In addition, most of the NKVD operatives were uniformed.The KGB was created after Stalin died.In many ways these "secret police" agencies were not "secret police" in the sense that they sought perpetrators of crimes. They were more accurately the "political police" rooting out people who were considered counter-revolutionaries, criticized the state or were otherwise not loyal to it.
How did Animal Farm represent the soviet union?
The characters in events represented real people and events in Russia. Examples:Napoleon was Joseph Stalin,Snowball was Leon Trotsky, Stalin chased Trotsky out of Russia with the KGB (his secret police) Napoleon chased Snowball of animal farm with the dogs he trained.
