Joseph Stalin Research Paper

Joseph Stalin, the Man of Steel, was born December 18, 1878 in the country of Georgia. By 1917, he was already changing the country without being in power. Stalin is the most controversial man ever in Russia. He changed the country more than anybody else has ever and will ever. He has made three significant changes to the large landmass in Asia and Europe which include, The Bolshevik Revolution and the fall of Tsar Nicholas III; his rapid industrialization in the country, and his harsh dictatorship starting in 1924. These were the three main reasons why Joseph Stalin changed the Soviet Union such a great amount, and forever will have a large impact on the country. The Bolshevik Revolution is one of the most impactful revolutions to ever take

In return of his unplanned death, Joseph Stalin, the former Secretary of State was put in power. It was not until later that Stalin would get his country involved in world war, at first he did an economically great thing; politically though, was terrifying. Stalin had two main focused for his rule of the country. First, was the Collectivization of Agriculture and the Second was Rapid Industrialization. His main focus, although the previous two, was to wipe the capitalism and socialism that Lenin’s NEP brought in. He wanted the USSR to be his own, no longer dreading over the death of Lenin and his legacy. In 1924, six months after Lenin’s passing, Stalin opened the USSR’s first steel mill. Stalin was obsessed with steel, in fact, the same Stalin translates to “Man of Steel.” Stalin wanted to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union to increase the economic factors of his country. The steel mills did not run themselves, unfortunately, Stalin pulled his own people to operate. The mills then grew, and eventually were considered Labour Camps for his own people. In the years leading up to his dictatorship, Stalin killed three and a half million Soviets due to his Labour Camps. These death tolls can be compared to Hitler’s holocaust casualties at the beginning of that mass genocide. At the end of both dictatorships, Stalin did cause more deaths than the German Dictator did,

Under the title Dictator, Stalin abolished all other political and economical thoughts. He made running against him and starting new parties illegal, and much like Adolf Hitler, he corrupted the school systems to teach children in the way of Stalin. He had complete control of the Soviet Union, and he was turning off any possible threats to his position of dictator. He shut out all opposing thoughts and beliefs, and made all of the population believe and follow Stalinism. Stalin wanted everyone to follow him, and not want a change of power, and he did not care how he got the population to like him. Most of the population was persuaded to like his dictatorship through fear, as if you did not you would be put in labour camps where there were very harsh conditions. The Soviet labour camps were moved to the worst climate areas, such as Siberia, which was referred to as, “The Gulag.” “The Gulags,” were labour camps that were nowhere near civilization, lacked food and proper nutrition, and were the camps you would be sent to die. Stalin gained a lot of followers this way, as Soviets quickly found out in order to live they must follow and obey Joseph Stalin. Throughout the early 30’s Stalin continued to operate the Gulag camps where countless dies in labour forces. In 1935, the Gulag was put on hold, and another annihilative arose. Stalin felt that communist thoughts and military the