At the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, Stalin secured significant territorial gains for the Soviet Union, including influence over Eastern Europe, which laid the groundwork for the Eastern Bloc. He obtained recognition of Soviet control over Poland and the Baltic states, while also establishing a sphere of influence in other countries. Additionally, the agreements reinforced the division of post-war Europe, which allowed Stalin to expand communism and consolidate power in the region. Ultimately, these conferences helped solidify the USSR's status as a superpower in the emerging Cold War landscape.
Basically he gained the Eastern block countries that Russia dominated for 60 years before the Soviet Union fell in 1989.
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There are various reasons that Stalin pretended that he was close to Lenin. For example, he thought that it would gain him support.
Yes, Joseph Stalin did in fact gain power in the soviet Union.He gained a lot of his power after WW2 because he was seen as a hero to the soviet union after the soviets crushed the German military in WW2.
It took Adolf Hitler until the early 1930's to gain political power in Germany. Joseph Stalin was part of the Bolshevik October Revolution in Russia in 1917. Stalin held important political positions , even a dictatorship in the USSR by 1930. To answer the question then, Stalin came first.
Basically he gained the Eastern block countries that Russia dominated for 60 years before the Soviet Union fell in 1989.
Stalin accepted Truman's proposal at the Potsdam Conference primarily to secure Soviet interests in Eastern Europe and to maintain the momentum of the post-war order. By agreeing to cooperate with the West, he aimed to strengthen the Soviet position in the face of potential Western unity against communism. Additionally, Stalin sought to gain time to solidify Soviet control over Eastern European countries while assessing the West's intentions. Ultimately, his acceptance was a strategic move to leverage the situation to the USSR's advantage.
Poland
Stalin was determined to capture West Berlin and gain concessions from the West
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He killed him. They were friends, but he had him killed. Stalin murdered millions.
Stalin didn't gain anything.. But ruined his own hereafter.
Equatorial Guinea
After the death of Lenin
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There are various reasons that Stalin pretended that he was close to Lenin. For example, he thought that it would gain him support.
It was not Stalin who started WWII, but Hitler. He wanted to gain more 'living space' for the German 'Aryans'.