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Stalin’s military strategies were controversial, but he was still considered a brilliant military leader, crushing those who opposed the USSR with his vast and strong military

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"From what I have seen of our Russian friends and allies during the war, I am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for military weakness..."

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Stalin didn’t actively fight the other allies even though he disagreed with them, he waited for them to become "intolerant"

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Stalin did not go after countries to interfere, but when they would "inevitably" fall to socialism, he will swoop in with help to build

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Stalin was opportunistic, but his foreign stance was primarily defensive during World War II.

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After the war, Stalin had the momentum from the victory to carry on as he pleased, and although the population was growing against him, they wanted peace over anything, so they suffered in poverty and under Stalin

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Remembering and Unremembering Wartime: The Soviet Union

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Remembering and Unremembering Wartime: The Soviet Union

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There was a smaller portion of the Soviet Union which revered Stalin, like Brezhnev, who placed the glory back on the "Man of Steel." There were also grassroot organizations in his honor, like Pamyat

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Remembering and Unremembering Wartime: the Soviet Union

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Remembering and Unremembering Wartime: the Soviet Union

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Gorbachev created glasnost, the policy of free speech, so the Soviets could voice their opinion of Stalin, and the main legacy that emerged was that he caused an immeasurable human cost

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Remembering and Unremembering Wartime: The Soviet Union

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Remembering and Unremembering Wartime: The Soviet Union

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Krushchev showered Stalin with criticisms after his death, claiming that communism was better than stalinism, and that Russia is better with a party system, not a one man dictatorship

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Remembering and Unremembering Wartime: The Soviet Union

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Remembering and Unremembering Wartime: The Soviet Union

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“The debate over Stalin’s legacy ultimately became one of the key factors in the democratic reform process that ended with the collapse of the Soviet Empire.”

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Non-people specific views or information

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Non-people specific views or information

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Nikita Krushchev: Report to the Twentieth Party Congress

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Nikita Krushchev: Report to the Twentieth Party Congress

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"To this day the enemies of peace allege that the Soviet Union is out to overthrown capitalism in other countries by 'exporting' revolution. It goes without saying that among us Communists there are no supporters of capitalism. But this does not mean that we have interfered or plan to interfere in the international affairs of countries where capitalism still exists..."

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Nikita Krushchev: Report to the Twentieth Party Congress

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Nikita Krushchev: Report to the Twentieth Party Congress

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"Millions of men and women ardently acclaim our country for its uncompromising struggle against colonialism, for its policy of equality and friendship among all nations and for its consistent peaceful foreign policy

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Yalta 1945: These allies discussed the unconditional surrender of Germany, how to partition the area after the war, and the secret, or down low agreement for the Soviets to enter war against Japan when the Germans were defeated

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“The heads of the three great powers..."

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Nikita Krushchev: Report to the Twentieth Party Congress

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Nikita Krushchev: Report to the Twentieth Party Congress

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"They also have recourse to new forms of colonial enslavement under the guise of so-called "aid" to underdeveloped countries, which brings colossal profits to the colonialists...The United States renders such "aid" above all in the form of deliveries of American weapons to the underdeveloped countries. This enables the American monopolies to load up their industry with arms orders...States receiving such "aid" in the form of weapons, inevitably fall into dependence; they increase their armies, which leads to higher taxes and a decline in living standards..."

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Nikita Krushchev: Report to the Twentieth Party Congress 

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Nikita Krushchev: Report to the Twentieth Party Congress 

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"...'the positions of strength' policy. It reflects the aspiration of the most aggressive sections of present-day imperialism to win world supremacy, to suppress the working class and the democratic and national-liberation movements; it reflects their plans for military adventures against the socialist camp."

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Among the meetings which created the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, there were meetings between Stalin, FDR, and Churchill which planned for after the war, like Yalta and Potsdam. These conferences gave light to a confusing future

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"It is a solemn moment for the American democracy. With primacy in power it is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future"

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Lend-Lease firmed up the alliance with the Soviets and Britain because it made both nations more dependent on the U.S., giving the U.S. the highest position in world power

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"The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power"

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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fireside Chat 20 on the progress of the war

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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fireside Chat 20 on the progress of the war

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“Look at the vast area of Russia, with its powerful armies and proven military might”

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Truman's post war economic style was highly capitalistic

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Truman focused mainly internally post-war, helping the United States economy continue to prosper