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A section of one of his more famous speech

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A section of one of his more famous speech

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The perfidious attack of the German brigands and the war which has been forced upon us have created a threat to our country. We have temporarily lost a number of regions, the enemy has appeared at the gates of Leningrad and Moscow. The enemy reckoned that after the very first blow our army would be dispersed, and our country would be forced to her knees. But the enemy gravely miscalculated. In spite of temporary reverses, our Army and Navy are heroically repulsing the enemy’s attacks along the entire front and inflicting heavy losses upon him, while our country—our entire country—has organized itself into one fighting camp in order, together with our Army and our Navy, to encompass the rout of the German invaders.

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Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for more than two decades, instituting a reign of terror while modernizing Russia and helping to defeat Nazism.

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Joseph Stalin's full name was Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.

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As dictator of the Soviet Union, Stalin exerted full state control over the Russian people. Citizens were encouraged to accuse and turn-in each other.

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What form of government did he start? Explain this type of government.

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What form of government did he start? Explain this type of government.

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Stalin started a communist government intended to control agriculture, taking over farms. If any farmer refused to obey Stalin's orders they would be persecuted.

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Stalin wanted to create a Soviet Union that was strong enough to challenge the West.
Stalin wanted power.  He wanted to be the one person in control of the Soviet Union.

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How did he have himself portrayed in propaganda?

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How did he have himself portrayed in propaganda?

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What scar tactics did he use against his people?

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What scar tactics did he use against his people?

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Stalin used mass deportations, disappearances, forced labor, and torture on a huge scale. The Soviet internal police force spied on the Soviet people, and relied on citizens to report on each other or crimes. Political opponents were often sent to the system of labor camps known as the GULAG.

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Gori, Georgia, (part of the Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire).

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How did he come into power in his country?

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How did he come into power in his country?

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Stalin was competitive and crafty. He was

Chosen by Lene to be second in command and work his way to the top, by the time Lene died, Stalin took over/took control over Lene’s role.

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To turn the Soviet Union into a modern world power and to demonstrate the superiority of communism over capitalism (Western powers) by proving that a modern USSR could out produce the leading capitalist nations.

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Stalin's unhealthy lifestyle lead to a stroke.

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Stalin grew up poor and an only child. His mother was a laundress and his father was a shoemaker and analcoholic who beat his son. Because of his father's alcoholism, it cause his business to fail.

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Stalin was born December 18, 1878 and died March 5, 1953, in Kuntsevo Dacha, Moscow, Russia

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By the late 1920s, he had become dictator of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953.