Stalin's Five-Year Plan

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An overview of Stalin's Five-Year Plan policies and the effects of his dictatorship on ordinary Russians.

1,413 words () | 3 sources | MLA | 2009 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses Stalin's Five-Year Plan that worked to collectivize agriculture and industrialize the country. The paper then describes the show trials of the political rivals of Stalin that resulted in millions of Russians being arrested and executed. The paper notes that while Stalin encouraged the development of his country, he accomplished this through the deaths of millions of people.

Outline:
Collectivization of Agriculture and the Process of Rapid Industrialization
Show Trials and Great Terrors

From the Paper:

"The USSR is considered to be one of the world's powerful nations together with the United States of America during those years. After the World War I, USSR managed to establish itself as the first totalitarian state and Vladimir Lenin became the single-party dictator under the Bolsheviks. After Lenin's death, numerous people expected the head of Military Revolutionary Committee, Leon Trotsky, to come into power. However, with the clever manipulation of one man, the USSR's history was forever changed."

Sample of Sources Used:

Conquest, Robert. The great terror: Stalin's purge of the thirties. London, Melbourne: MacMillan, 1968.
Gregory, Paul, & Stuart, Robert. "The Soviet Industrialization Debate, 1924-1928" in Soviet and Post-Soviet Economic Structure and Performance 7th Edition. Boston: Addison Wesley, 2001.
History of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 16 Nov. 2006. 19 Nov. 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1927-1953)>.
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