Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, more popularly known as Lenin, is arguably the greatest leader in Russian and Soviet Union History. Lenin inspired and led the Bolshevik (Communist) Revolution of 1917, and was the architect and first head of the recently dismantled United Soviet Socialist Republi...

HOW DID STALIN ACHIEVE POLITICAL DOMINANCE BY 1929 By 1929, Stalin had attained total political dominance in the Communist party and this was due to a variety of factors caused by the death of Lenin and the leadership struggle that followed it. A major factor was Trotsky and his failures. Trotsky ...

How did Stalin and the CPSU control the USSR? Why did Stalin regard this as important? There were various ways Stalin and the communist party (CPSU) controlled the population of the USSR. This included Stalin's economic revolution, gaining control over the public through propaganda, intro...

Political and economic reasons: During the period of the development of the atomic bomb, the Allied troops were planning to launch a combined offensive against the Empire of Japan. The Soviet Union sought control in the governance of Korea and Manchuria in exchange for entering the war against Japan...

Although everyone has heard the catchy phrase, I think very few people know what the "new world order" stands for. Depending on who you talk to, definitions range from type of government structure to economic policy to leadership role in international affairs. It seems to me that the new world ord...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of Soviet Union history. Specifically it will discuss whether the Soviet Union was a relatively stable dictatorship that lasted seven decades or a primarily unstable system that collapsed of its own weight. Communist, democr...

In the years 1927 to 1953, a man who was exactly what the USSR needed took power: Joseph Stalin. From the start, Stalin had a vision of what he wanted for the country and stuck to it. With doing this, he led them through his amazing economic plan, and also prepared them for war. Joseph Stalin really...

In this essay, I am going to talk about the breakup of the Soviet Union and all of the events that took place before, during, and after the split. I will look into the C.I.S (Commonwealth of Independent States), the Government, the economy, and the conflicts of the former U.S.S.R. In July of 1991, ...

History Homework: Page 676 #1-4 1) Identify: a) John F. Kennedy: raised in a wealthy and political family, whose mother was the daughter of the congressman and mayor, John F. Fitzgerald and gather was an ambassador to Great Britain from 1937-1940. Kennedy enrolled into the navy during WW2, won a...

Through terror and control, Joseph Stalin completely suppressed dissent and achieved close to total obedience. Along with Hitler and Mussolini, Stalin is revered as one of the three most powerful and influential dictators of the twentieth century. Through terror and control, Joseph Stalin complet...

Darkness at Noon Darkness at Noon is a fictional novel written by Arthur Koestler that stands as a portrayal of the nightmare politics during the twentieth century. The setting stands in the tumultuous Soviet Union in the 1930's. Rubashov, the main character, is imprisoned and psychol...

Following the end of World War II, Korea was divided into North and South Korea with the border at the 38th parallel. Not only were the two sectors split geographically, but the governments' regimes were diametrically different as well. It was a conflict between the communist regime in the No...

The reasons for the change in Party policy are the result of unrest in the proletariat class, foreign security concerns, the desire to use terror as a form of control, and the desire for total power by the Soviet leaders. The leadership position may have changed from Lenin to Stalin, however, the un...

World War II in Europe Before dawn on September 1, 1939, German forces crossed into Poland in an attack so fast and brutal, they called it blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war. This time Britain and France decided to fight, and on September 3 they declared war on Germany. Roosevelt declared the Uni...

Josef Stalin is perhaps the most praised, reviled and recognised dictator in the modern world. His influence as such has reached across the globe, affecting leaders and citizens alike. Many of his techniques have been adopted by prominent leaders, today and in the past. One such example is fellow s...

Economic Transitions for the European States After 1945 The greatest challenge for Germany after World War II was economics. Nothing remained of Germany except rubble and graves. It was impossible for the Germans go get food and clean drinking water. It was even more impossible for the German...

Up to the end of the 19th century, Russia was an autocratic country. It was ruled by and autocratic Czar who ruled as he liked, and controlled everything. Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov was the Czar from 1896-1917, and his rule was that of political disarray. The Russian Revolution began in Februa...

How similar were the reasons for the Hungarian uprising of 1956 and the events in Czechoslovakia in 1968 The uprising in Hungary originally began because of Khrushchev's Destalinisation policies. The Hungarian government had not implemented any of these reforms and the people began to prot...

In order to ask the question of who is Putin, it is first necessary to ask what is a politician and what we really know about any of them. The article The Making of Mr. Putin discusses the fact that what we know about Russia's President is filtered. The images we see, and the stories we read are al...

The national history of Iran is one marked by turmoil and conflict, due mostly in part to foreign influences. As the country grappled for self-rule under the leadership of Mossadegh, Britain, and America each tried to intervene with different motives. In the aftermath of World War Two and the rise o...

Communism and Socialism have had an invaluable and profound effect on the Twentieth Century. These two forms of government have challenged the beliefs of other governments. They have created conflict and sparked controversy. However, these two forms of governments are influential in the fact that th...

The events surrounding the rise of Stalin in the Soviet Union and the rise of dictators like Mussolini and Hitler in Europe proved to be a defining mark of the 1930's and early 1940's. As such, these dynamic figures ushered in a new era in which the West was brought face to face with words such a...

Cuba is a communist dictatorship, with Fidel Castro as the head of state. It does not have an independent judiciary nor does it have free elections. So the people of Cuba would be considered subjects to the country. Fidel Castro led a rebel army to overthrow the Cuban government and achieved victory...

The Cold War laid its effects on many countries and nations, however, for some parts of the world the end of the cold war had a much greater effect. Of all the countries and nations that were left with an everlasting impression of the Cold War, Germany was left with much more. The rise and fall of t...

How and why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power in Russia in 1917? When the February Revolution of 1917 erupted, the Bolshevik's were a minor concern and had no direct involvement in this initial bourgeoisie revolution. Prominent Bolshevik leaders like Lenin were abroad at the time and m...