Joseph Stalin

Leon Trotsky, the number two man in the Bolshevik Party during the Russian Revolution of October 1917 was assassinated in Mexico City, Mexico in 1940.

He was the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....(The Soviet Union). He ordered every citizen of the Soviet Union to not surrender and use every drop of blood. By saying this he ordered a massacre killing 27 million Soviets during WW2. He is so significant because the Soviets were the ones who invaded Berlin and ended the war in Europe.

Yes he did. He studied at the Gori Spiritual school and then at the Tiflis Spiritual Seminary. He was going to be a priest according to his mother's wishes. As a young man, Stalin even published some poetry.

Joseph Stalin gained total control of the Soviet Communist Party and of the Soviet Union. Trotsky was a true communist and political rival of Stalin. Leon Trotsky and his family were exiled and after that, Stalin decided that Trotsky was still a "thorn" in his side and so offered a huge reward for the assassination of Trotsky. He was killed in Mexico.

through a combination of fear and massive Propaganda

Famine.

Sever food shortages occurred because the farmers burnt their crops and grew less food rather than send then to the Communist Officials. The decline in crop production was made worse by natural disasters such as droughts and floods. Sever famines occurred in the Soviet Union. The worst of these famines occurred in the Soviet Republic of Ukraine in 1931. Ukraine was known as the 'bread basket of Russia'. Food from the Ukraine were usually sent to millions of people in other parts of Russia that did not produce enough food. As a result of the famines in Ukraine, other areas in the Soviet Union also suffered food shortages. The USA offered to send food but Stalin rejected the offer. Instead, he suppressed information about the famine. He ordered officials and the secret police to take whatever crops were left. Stalin sold some of the crops to other countries to raise money to buy machines from other countries. It is estimated that more than 10 million peasants and families died in the famine.

Stalin scrapped Lenin's New Economic Policy, eliminating all aspects of capitalism that the NEP permitted, especially the private ownership of small businesses and farms. Now the entire economy would be a planned economy subject to control of the government. He then instituted a series of "Five Year Plans," which were designed to rapidly increase the industrial and agricultural output of the economy. Industrial capacity increased tremendously, but it cost hundreds of thousands of lives, because the government confiscated large amounts of grain from the peasant farmers, which it sold to other nations in order to raise money it needed to buy raw materials and machinery to build as many factories in so short a period of time as it did.

He reached his height of power after the war. Seemignly, the terror under him in the 1930s were forgotten or pushed under the carpet by the majority of Russians. As for Stalin personally, he was realitvtily fine, however by 1950 his health deterated, both physically and mentally. In the Communist party confress in Moscow in 1951, Stalin didnt make the big speech and sat realitvitly quiet. By 1952, his health mentally deterated, becoming parnoid of all of his inner circle, and the Jewish docter plot, and so on. By 1951 he spent the majority of his time in old imperial castles in the North Caucasus Mountains in northern Georgia, isolated, wheir he carried out his orders, or in his giant mansion home in the countryside north of Moscow. His death was probably because lack of treatment, by doctors and assoicates of telling inconvient news.

Joseph Stalin until 1952 and he had a successor called Nikita Khrushchev. He was succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev in 1958 until Leonid successor was Alexi Kosygin in 1964. He remained in power util 1980, when he was succeed Nikolai Tikohnov until 1985. After, he was succeeded by Ivan Arkhippy. Finally, he was succeeded by Nikolai Ryzkoc until 1991, when the USSR fallen.

List of leaders of the USSR between September 2nd 1945 - January 14th 1991

Joseph Starlin 1922 - 1952

Nikiata Khrushchev 1952- 1958

Leonid Brezhnev 1958 - 1964

Alexi Kosygi 1964 - 1980

Nikolai Tikohnov 1980 - 1985.

Ivan Arkhippy. 1985 - 1991

He was one of Lenin's right hand men in the Communist Party, he fought for power with Trotsky when Lenin died, his choice to go with 'Communism in One State' was more popular than Trotsky's World Communism leading to Trotsky's expulsion and Stalin's rise to power.

Joseph Stalin was one of the most heavy handed leaders in the History of Russia. His five year plan was a national economic policy for the country. The human costs in lives was high and the results of Stalin's plans are subject to doubt because there was no free press to examine his claims.

Lenin began to lose power on May 25, 1922, when he suffered a serious stroke which partially paralyzed his right side and temporarily cost him the ability to speak. For awhile he could no longer exercise governmental powers, leaving Joseph Stalin, Gregori Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev to run the country in his absence. He returned in September, but Stalin and others operated behind Lenin's back making governmental decisions that they did not disclose to Lenin.

On December 15, 1922, Lenin suffered another serious stroke. Stalin took this opportunity to isolate Lenin from all governmental operations under the pretense that he was helping Lenin recover by making things easy for him.

In March 1923, Lenin had his third stroke, which permanently cost him the ability to speak. He was virtually wheelchair bound and there was no doubt he would never return to power. He died on January 21, 1924.

Even though the great terror was officially created to boost the economy by getting rid of 'wreckers.' However the end result was far from this. The oppression led to economic chaos. As a result of the fear brought on by the terror, members of the communist party felt compelled to lie and exaggerate economic facts. This was done as an illusion that the government was meeting its targets, and the truth was continuously distorted. Furthermore, purges within the gosplan led to the elimination of many of Russia's best economic planners and many competent managers. Coal production, which had virtually doubled form 1928-1932 and doubled, again, between 1932-196 barely grew from the beginning of the oppression until 1940. There was a huge fall in Russia's economic growth as a direct result of the fact that the great terror had swiped away managers, technicians, statisticians and planners, which meant there weren't enough trained workers.

Stalin was in power as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and ruled as part of a three party committee with Grigori Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev in 1923 while Lenin was incapacitated by strokes and after Lenin died. Over the next several years he ousted Zinoviev and Kamenev and took sole power in 1929. He did not assume the title of Premier until 1941 and continued to wield the sole power in the Soviet Union until his death in 1953.

His connections with some of the leading anarchist magazines and their editors. One editor being Lenin whom was the leader of the Bolsheviks that would eventually gain full power over the USSR, and his extremely ambitious personality. I know that's not a great answer but i have only been studying this subject briefly

His connections with some of the leading anarchist magazines and their editors. One editor being Lenin whom was the leader of the Bolsheviks that would eventually gain full power over the USSR, and his extremely ambitious personality. I know that's not a great answer but i have only been studying this subject briefly anyone who would like to correct me or to please add more info do so.

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.

The name "Reign of Tower" implies it was bad. It was, in many peoples opinions. But others think it was good. The classes were very much unified with little wealthy or poor. So this benefited many people.

His policies and plans (such as the "Five Years Plan") also benefitted many people. Jews and those who opposed him were the ones who suffered from his reign. Ukranian people also suffered from the effects of collectivation.

he organized a man-made famine, which killed many of the farm-owning peasants.

Stalin and Hitler agreed on dividing Poland in the beginning of the second world war, and then Stalin was betrayed by Hitler, and they became enemies.

Stalin followed the policies that:

-Religion was not necessary and largely dounounced.

-Harsh punishment solved issues.

-Rebellion was intolerable and any threats were to be eliminated.

-Industrialization

13 million Russian soldiers died in World War 2. Russia's huge population gave Stalin a tactical advantage, the Russian army was huge and cheap, soldiers could easily be replaced. Stalin also allowed women to join the army which supplied even more soldiers. Stalin also used the Russian winter against the Germans who weren't prepared for the subzero conditions. Stalin used his huge army and the climate of Mother Russia to eventually overcome the Nazis and push them back to Berlin, where the Russian army raised the Hammer and Sickle over the capitol building and blew apart the swastika.

Stalin promised protection and to work with the USSR.