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Stalin’s role in Russia(USSR)’s consolidation and ascension as a super power
Fro 1917 till 1924 it was Lenin who wrote the fate of Russia.But after the death of Lenin in 1924) Stalin manipulated
the political situation in his favor and abandoned the traditional Bolshevik emphasis on international revolution in favor of a policy of building "Socialism in One Country", in contrast to Trotsky''s theory of Permanent Revolution. Thus Stalin gained popular appeal from his presentation as a ''man of the people'' from the poorer classes. The Russian people were tired from the world war and the civil war, and Stalin''s policy of concentrating in building "Socialism in One Country" was seen as an optimistic antidote to war. Joseph Stalin( Stalin meaning "made of steel)’s formal position was originally limited in scope, but through increasing control of the Party from 1928 onwards, he became the de facto party leader and dictator .He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union''s Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. During that time he established the regime now known as Stalinism. Stalin replaced the New Economic Policy (NEP) of the 1920s with Five-Year Plans in 1928 and collective farming at roughly the same time .In the 1930s Stalin initiated a Purge of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which has become known as the Great Purge, an unprecedented campaign of political repression, persecution and executions that reached its peak in 1937. His crash programs of industrialization and collectivization in the 1930s and his campaigns of political repression cost the lives of millions of people. However, it helped to make the Soviet Union the second largest industrial nation by 1937.Under his leadership the Soviet Union was transformed from a predominantly peasant society to a major world industrial power. During Stalin''s reign, the Soviet Union played a major role in the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War (1939–1945) (more commonly known in Russia and post-Soviet republics as the Great Patriotic War). Under Stalin''s leadership, the Soviet Union went on to achieve recognition as one of just two superpowers in the post-war era, a status that lasted for nearly four decades after his death. Stalin''s rule had long-lasting effects on the features that characterized the Soviet state from the era of his rule to its collapse in 1991. Stalin claimed his policies were based on Marxism-Leninism. Now his political and economic system is referred to as Stalinism. Maoists, anti-revisionists and some others say he was actually the last legitimate Socialist leader in the Soviet Union''s history.
Published: January 23, 2008
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