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Five Year Plan

Joseph Stalin’s five year plan was a set of goals designed in 1927 that ordered workers to achieve high levels of success in a short amount of time. It concentrated on the development of iron and steel, machine tools, electric power, and transport. Stalin set extremely high standards for his workers so the economy could resist the German invasion. He demanded a 1115 increase in coal production, 200 % increase in iron production, and 335 % increase in electric power. If a worker failed at providing Stalin with his increase of fuel then that person was publicly humiliated or criticized. If someone were to miss a day of work they were accused of trying to sabotage the five year plan as a whole. That person was most likely shot and killed. “We (Russia) are 50 to 100 years behind the advanced countries. We much make up this leeway in ten years. Either we do it or they crush us.” However he decided that five years was enough time to fulfill the tasks that he asked his workers to do. Stalin achieved his increase in economy and industry in only four year. When originally he thought it would take up to ten years. For him this is an amazing accomplishment because he managed to become so powerful that workers did not bother to cause a distraction, or disturbance to the process that Stalin had set. However what he thought was a success would only make the peasant workers resent him even more then they already did. Joseph Stalin organized the first major production and sale of goods for the Soviet Union. (John Simkin, Spartacus Educational)

Man Of The Year

1942 was a very crucial year for dictator Joseph Stalin. It was the year of blood and strength for the Soviets and in the end their leader was named Man of the Year because of their hard work. Stalin’s face was pictured on the January 4, 1943 addition of Time magazine. Stalin a dictator himself defeated Adolph Hitler in World War II. After he won, he organized communist regimes all throughout Europe. Stalin’s ways were completely ill fated. He said that ‘my goal is not to destroy all armed force in Germany; because any intelligent man will understand that this is as impossible in the case of Germany as in the case of Russia. It would be unreasonable on the part of the victor to do so. To destroy Hitler’s army is possible and necessary.’ (Kartardat)

Lenin’s fall and Stalin’s Rise

Joseph Stalin used his conniving and extremely slick instincts to his advantage after Lenin returned home from Russia. Stalin had known that ever since he was young he needed to overcome Lenin in order to put all of his plans into action. Being a supporter of Lenin, Stalin realized that he could lose support from the people if he stayed loyal to Lenin and agree that the people were “betraying socialism.” After a week, Stalin broke his silence and made a speech announcing his disagreement with Lenin. This caused Lenin to lose his power as the people now were on Stalin’s side. Stalin had won his battle for power over Lenin and was on his way to be the second ruler of the Soviet Union. (Marxists)

His Rise as a Marxist Revolutionary

During Stalin’s education at the Georgian Orthodox Seminary of Tiflis, he became involved in the Marxist movement and was expelled for his activities in 1899. Over forty other men were expelled later in 1901 for their involvement in the Marxist movement. Stalin organized a Marxist group, including most of the expelled school mates and devoted Marxist individuals. They ran a “protection racket” which was how they earned funding. The protection racket was when Stalin and his followers would offer people protection for a certain sum of money. Usually, those who did not want to pay for protection became targets for violence from the Marxist gang. (Jewish Virtual Library)

Stalin Conquers Germany

Stalin has done many amazing things in his life. Now weather those things are considered to be noble or just, depends on your view. One of his biggest achievements is when he took over Germany. In 1939 WWII started and Stalin was providing the Nazi’s with provisions such as food, shelter and artillery. During the war Stalin is told that the Germans are planning to invade him, but Stalin doesn’t believe this news. Because Stalin puts his trust in the Germans he is attacked by surprise. After the attack he prohibited the soviets from providing them with anything. Finally the Germans and Soviets faced each other at Saint Petersburg and 1.5 million civilians and soldiers died. Finally in the July of 1942 the Soviet Union strikes back by trapping the Germans and forcing Hitler to surrender. The sixth Germany Army was defeated and was the worst defeat in the history of the German military. When the siege was broken Stalin met up with Churchill and Roosevelt and the three discussed their campaigned against Hitler and want nothing less then a full surrender. In 1945 Stalin, the soviets and their allies move through Germany raping and killing. About 2 million people were rapped. Finally on May 7 Hitler unconditionally surrenders. (John Traynor, Heroes & Villains)

Mass Killer

Through Stalin’s reign and influence in Europe millions of people were murdered. Although this is a horrible I believe it is the thing that he would be most proud of. Even at a young age he started to kill. That is when Lenin first noticed him and brought him under his wing. When Stalin began to spread communism anyone that was opposed or that he suspected was trying to rebel he would send them to Gulag. Gulag is one of the largest work camps in history. Stalin exiled millions of people here that were against him and very few came out alive. The people placed in these camps were forced to do labor while only being fed small amounts. These poor people were worked to death. 1937 Stalin order a repression, which told his people to shoot anyone that was against him. No one is exactly sure of how many people Stalin has killed but the most popular number is 20 million people. Stalin’s own army also raped over 2 million German people without thinking twice. It is the largest mass rape in history. Stalin had no mercy and was only for his own ideas and no one elses. (John Traynor, Heroes & Villai)

www.bbc.co.uk Joseph Stalin\
 * ECONOMIC || POLITICAL || SOCIAL ||
 * -In 1927 Stalin introduced the Socialist five-year-plan. || -1922: Stalin was made general secretary of the communist party. This was not a very significant position but helped him gain power. || -In the year of 1927 Stalin started impacting people’s lives drastically. ||
 * -the goal was for total industrial power to increase by 250percent. || -Late 1920’s: After Lenin’s death (the first Soviet Union leader) in 1924 Stalin took over his position as the dictator. || -He forced farmers to give away their crops causing them to starve. ||
 * -Agricultural power growth was set to increase by 150perecent. || -By 1945, Stalin had established himself as a harsh, brutal ruler that was not afraid of inflicting pain and suffering. || -Sent a lot of the Russian population to the Gulag and other work camps in order to make the government better. Work camps killed most of the people that went to them. ||
 * -Stalin and the rest of his communist party ordered civilians to work for his regime. Therefore with his strictness the five-year-plan was fulfilled within four years. || -Stalin used his power to create the “Great Terror” in 1930 when his expectations on agricultural production were not met || - Stalin was a Marxist and his Communist ideas seemed right before millions of lives were taken. ||
 * || -Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1927 until his death in 1953 || - Wanted Socialism to take over Europe and defeat American and Nazi ways. ||
 * A History of Western Society; Sixth Edition. (p962-967) McKay/Hill/Buckler || istoric Figures

People & Events www.pbs.org

Joseph Stalin www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_stalin.html author: George W. Simmonds University of Detroit

Joseph Stalin Biography www.notablebiographies.com/Sc-St/Stalin-Joseph.html author: David Downing || Joseph Stalin www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/stalin/

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin ||

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