Having served as commissar for state control since 1919, he continued this post until 1923, while in 1922 he was elected general secretary of the Communist Party, a position that gave him control over appointments and established a base for his political power. Stalin’s rude and aggressive beh...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or Soviet Union) was formed in the same year. Stalin's position within the government allowed him to consolidate power, as he was able to appoint his friends to government jobs and develop a base of political support. Upon the death of Lenin ...
Quite unexpectedly, top Ukrainian politicians have started making statements saying that Russia should not be blamed for the famine that claimed millions of lives in Ukraine in 1932-33. The position differs drastically from the stand these same people held previously. The chairman of the Ukrainian S...
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Private Life in Stalin's Russia: Family Narratives, Memory and Oral History by Orlando Figes For many years, we knew next to nothing about the private lives of 5 ordinary Soviet citizens during Stalin's reign. Until very recently, the social history of the Soviet Union written by Soviet and...
s position and Bukharin’s outright call for revolutionary war, Trotsky proposed the formula “no war, no peace.” When the Germans resumed their offensive in mid-February, the Bolshevik Central Committee was compelled to make a decision; Trotsky and his followers abstained from the vote, and ...
Joseph Stalin rose to power as General Secretary of the Communist Party in Russia, becoming a Soviet dictator after the death of Vladimir Lenin. Stalin forced rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agricultural land, resulting in millions dying from famine while others were sent to labor...
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On the one hand, the antagonistic mode of memory is visible in statist and patriotic discourses, which do not seriously revolve around Stalin but do resist strong criticism of him. On the other hand, we find many more in Russia avoid the Stalin question and adopt an ...
His experience as Commissar of Nationality Affairs, a position he held from 1918 through to the winding-up of the position with the creation of the USSR at the end of 1923, provided Stalin with the opportunity to exercise leadership at both the theoretical and practical level. It can, ...