AmayaAlvarez

Mrs.Babcock
English9Honors3B
June6,2015
StalinTakesControl

ResidentsofRussiahadplanstooverthrowtheirolderleaderTsarNicholasII.They
weresearchingforaleadertoapplyhimselftohispeopleandhiscountry.Thepeoplefeltthat
withasuperiorleadertheywouldn'tbemistreatedandoverburdenedwithwork...insulted
notashumanbeingsbutslaves(Salomoni,42)WW1hadbeengoingonalongtimeand
russiawastired.WorldWarIhadbeenragingforthreeyearsandRussianpeopleweretired
anddemoralized.(44)Theywerereadyforanewleader.
Russiafoughtmanywarsanditwasnotaneasyrideforthemtorecuperatefrom.Joseph
Stalinknewthattogainfullpower,heneededtoincreasehispositioninranksinsidetheparty.
Hehiredonlypeoplewhowouldtakehissideinanysituationandappointedonlyloyal
communiststoleadershipposts....(JosephStalin,DiscovertheNetworks)Hewantedtomove
hispositionupthroughmanipulatingotherpeople.Stalinthoughtthatifhecouldcontrolevery
member,hecouldcontroltheentireparty.Hetestedhistheorybytakingovereveryactionthe
partydidbycontrollingappointments,settingagendas,andmovingaroundPartystaff
(JosephStalin,3)Stalinmanipulatedallofthemembersoftheorganizationinawaythatthey
JosephStalinputothermembersofthepartyinbadlighttobenefithimself.Heneededto
moveupthroughoutthepartyuntilhewasatthetop.Stalininformedthepublicwith
informationthatmadeLeninabadleaderoftheparty.Leninmadeaspeechtotellthepublic
aboutJosephStalinsrealplansandhisaimsbutgotsickanddiedbeforehewasableto
performit.Heusedhisinfluence...puteachofrivalsinbadlight...Hewasabletoput
membersinbadpositionswithoffendingspeechesandpropaganda.Hegotleadersand

membersinimportantpartsofthepartyeliminatedfromtheirposition.Hewasabletoget
morepeopletotakehissideinanysituationandhegotanybodywhofoughtagainsthim
expelledfromthepartycompletely.EventuallyStalinfoundhimselfslowlymovingtothetop
andhetookovertheentirecommunistparty.JohnLenindiedtryingtotelltheworldhowbada
personStalinactuallywas.Lenin'sdeathin1924,Stalinpromotedhimselfashispolitical
heir.(45,JosephStalin)Stalinusedhisdeathtohisadvantageandhethenpromotedhimself
asthesovietunionsdictator.
StalinestablishedaFiveYearEconomicPlan...forcedallpeasantsjoinstateowned
farmerscooperatives(pg5,Klein)JosephStalinmadeallfarmersgiveawayanyfreedomof
ownershiptheyeverhad.Heforcedallpeasantstojoinfarmingjobsrunbythestate.Stalins
maingoalwastogainmoregovernmentcontrolovertheeconomy,andeventuallychange
thecountryintoapowerfulnation.Josephstalincenteredhisfocusoncontrollingtheeconomy
withthegovernment.Stalinestablishedfiveyearplans...transform...peasantsocietyintoan
industrialsuperpower(7,JosephStalinLaterYears)Hewantedtoenforcecompletecontrol
overeverythinghavingtodowiththegovernment.Hetookcontrolovereverythinghavingto
dowiththegovernmentincludingallthefarmsinthesovietunion.JosephStalinmainlyused
themilitarytomaintaincontroloverhispeople.Heeliminatedanybodywhowentagainsthis
wishesoractionsoreventhreatenedhispositionandhislife.Stalinbegantointegrateallof
theseactivitieswithintheNKVD(12,JosephStalin).Hewantedtomakesurenobody
rebelledagainsthim,soheusedtheCIMtogainaccessofanyinformationhemayneedto
maintaincontrolovereverything.JosephStalinusedhissecretpolicealottodowhathe
wanted.Heendedupgettingmillionsofpeoplekilledandsentrebelliouscitizenstolabor
camps.Hecreatedanumberofcampaignstogetridofthecommunistparty,themilitary,and
anyonewhothreatenedhimselforhisposition.Heknewthatthiswasachancehewouldnt

comebyagainsohemadesuretoeliminateanyonewhomightopposehim(SarahDavies,
45).

JosephStalinendsupsigningapactwithAdolfHitlerandNaziGermany.Hedoesthis

becausehesuspectsHitlerhasintegrity.WhenStalinsigning[ed]anonaggressionpactwith
AdolfHitlerandNaziGermany(7,JosephStalinLaterYears),hehadnoideathatHitler
wouldbetrayhimintheend.Stalinwasdevastatedbythismajorsurpriseandlockedhimself
inhisofficeformanydays.JosephStalinmadetheMolotovRibbentroppactwiththeNaziside
ofgermany.StalinhadhopetheMolotovRibbentropPactwouldbuytimetomodernizeand
strengthen...military(MichelleG.Bard,10)Stalinknewhewouldneedalliesforhisupcoming
plansforhiscountry.Russiahadlostapartortheirterritory.Theyeventuallypushedgermany
backintotheirownterritoryandgainedbacktheirlostland.Russiathentookcontrolofparts
ofgermanyandthecityBerlin.After...sections...Germany...underStalin'sSovietUnion...
quarter...Russianpopulation...wiped(10,MitchelleG.Bard)outcompletely.