Joespah+Stalin

"Death solves all problems-no man, no problem." This means that Stalin would kill anyone who became a problem to him. Stalin was known for being one of Russia's greatest dictator. Stalin was well knwon for killing his own people. Historians believe that Stalin killed more people than Hitler. If you didn't agree with him you might end up in a lying in a trench with bullet holes in your head and chest. Stalin got rid of people threw what was called the purge. Stalin at one point wanted to get rid of the Jews. Today the world sees him as an evil man. To the Russians he is viewed as a hero(Crowley).
 * Introduction**


 * Personal Background**

Joseph Stalin was born in the year of 1879. His real name is Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. He was born in Georgian in the town of Gori. He attended Tiflis Theological Seminary. After her finished school he got involved in radical politics in 1898 that resulted in his exile to Siberia in 1903. He escaped and joined the Bolshevik party. During the revolution of 1905-1903 Stalin took part in terroism and armed robbery which lead to him being exiled again. During this time he took the name of Koba. During World War one he took the name Stalin which means man of steel. Stalin became a member of the Central Committee of the Bolshevick party in 1917. He played a huge role in organizing the October Revolution. He later on became a member of the Revoluyionary Military Council. In 1922, he became the dictator of Russia. During this time he foricibly collectivized Soviet agriculture. This lead to the death of millions of peasants through execution, starvation, and deportation. His regime adopted the first Five-Year Plan which would lead to an increase in industrial output by 250 percent. In 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. Stalin's forces were able to oblierate the German army. His army was able to invade Germany and capture Berlin. In 1953, Stalin died of a stroke. He had a plan simillar to Hitler's plan to get rid of the jews (Crowley).  Stalin had many different traits that would get rid people and cost many soldiers their lives. Stalin had strong disciplined and was also cruel. He killed anyone who was a threat to his rule or they were banished to labor camps or out of the country. With all this he was a bad public speaker that would make his people hate even more. Yet he was very knowledgeable of whatever he examined, read, and heard (Crowley).  His generals didn’t dare say anything bad about him because of the fear of being killed. His generals pretended to view him as a grand strategist, but they really saw him as a sociopathic killer that made poor choices that caused the death of millions of soldiers (Crowley). Stalin held personal grudges against certain military officers and members of his communist party. This would lead him into wanting to eliminate them in any way possible. When Stalin did get rid of large amounts his enemies they were called purges. He promoted the Ezcharshicna purge because he was afraid of losing his own political power (Reese). He later on ordered the Great Terror that got rid of many of his so supposed enemies (Snyder). In order to show his people that he was a hero, he would promote himself through public images. He claimed to be Russia’s savior and founder of Russia. Anyone who would say he was bad or talked in any way of Stalin not being a good leader where put to death by his secret police. He would tell lies in ordered to keep any uprisings from happing. He a lot of lies during World War two in order to keep the support of the people for the war. Despite all this happing he managed to keep his view to the public by being a great person (McKinney).  Stalin had many obstacles that were very tuff to beat. A major problem that Stalin faced would be that Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. Stalin’s foreign minister and Hitler singed a nonaggression treaty. Hitler broke the treaty and invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. This lead to another major obstacle which were military catastrophes. For six months Stalin’s army suffered defeat after defeat. Finally Stalin ordered a retreat that would lead to the killing of 1.5 million soldier’s and 3 million prisoners of war. Stalin blamed the huge loss of life and defeat’s on his generals that he later killed (Crowley).  Joseph Stalin had many problems with his army. His army was indiscipline and had equipment and weapon shortages. They lacked training and alcoholism which was a rapid growing problem. His officers had little to no formal military education (Reese). The Germany army made it into Moscow, the capital of Russia. The Russian army beat the German army crushing their hopes of a quick victory in Russia. This battle claimed the lives of millions of citizens and soldiers. Stalin had to also feed the starving citizens that managed to live during the attack. This battle was a crushing but not fatal blow to the Germans. Stalin still had a long road ahead of him before his problems would be solved.
 * Personality Traits**
 * Obstacles**

**Historical Significance**
Joseph Stalin is related to many events that took place in Russia in the 1900s. He played a major role in organizing the October Revolution in 1917. This lead to the Bolshevik party overthrowing of the Tsarist government. During the Russian civil war Stalin became a member of the Bolsheviks military council. He would later take over the party in 1922 (Crowley).  In 1929, when Stalin became the ruler of Russia he forcibly collectivized Soviet agriculture. This lead to the deaths of millions of peasants through execution, starvation, and deportation. Despite this he made a plan called the Five-Year Plan. This plan was proposed to increase the industrial output of the country 250 percent. This was successfully but took a long time to achieve (Crowley).  Stalin was known to purge his army and party. In the 1930s Stalin held a purge of officers in the military. This lead to an even smaller ratio of officers to men. This meant that there was too much men and not enough officers to command them. Many were accused of planning against Stalin and were killed or sent into exile. However, Joseph told his people that he made Russia safer through his purge (Reese).  Stalin tried to protect his power in many different ways. One way was that he held the Great Purge. This was a purge that targeted the general population. Anyone who was thought of questioning his rule would be sent to prison camps or killed. This resulted in the deaths of millions of people. Stalin again collectivized Soviet agriculture. This lasted from 1930 through 1933 and was fare worse than the last one. An estimated amount of five million or more starved. After this unfortunate event agriculture took many years to recover (Synder).  Stalin was a mass murder. He is responsible of about 60 million people. Stalin made plans to spread communism throughout Eastern Europe and around the world. North Korea was one place that communism spread to. As a result of Stalin’s desire to spread communism, the Cold War started which almost lead to nuclear war between The United States of America and the Soviet Union (Mckinney). References Robert,Crowley,Parker,Geoffrey "Stalin, Joseph" //The Reader's companion to Military History.// 1996. //elibray.// Web. 17 Sep. 2014. **Source evaluation#1**

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