For all of the problems and hardships caused by the Five-Year Plans, by 1941, Stalin has transformed Russia into a world-class industrial power. This was to be vital for Russia as …

Stalin was involved in the October Revolution, but not as much as he would claim to have been in his later life. Stalin became the most prominent figure when he became Secretary-General of …

Stalin’s leaflets of the year 1905 are a model of Bolshevik propaganda among the masses. In his “Armed Insurrection and Our Tactics,” “Reaction is Growing” and other articles, he castigated …

Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich (1879--1953), Ruler of the Soviet Union. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Stalin became a prominent member of the Bolshevik Party. When Lenin …

The Stalinist System Introductory Essay The period of Joseph Stalin’s rule over the Soviet Union was significant in 20th century world history because of the distinctive character of the …

That is why we must no longer lag behind. We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or we shall be …

Led by Stalin, the revolutionary minority of the Messameh Dassy put up a fierce and implacable fight against the opportunists on behalf of the new tactics, the tactics of mass political …