KGB to Prime Minister to President

Josef Stalin (originally named Josef Djugashvili) was born in Gori, a violent town in eastern Georgia, on the twenty-first of December, in 1878, to his parents Ketevan Geladze and Besarion

Rohm wanted a government that scared the people to do the right thing similar to kidors government because they didn’t want the people in the areas to revolt ageist them.

Ted Cruz was born on December 22,1970 in Calgary Canada. Cruz went to princeton university and Harvard Law School. He would as an adviser for George W. Bush . In 2012, cruz won himself a seat in the

Mikhail was born on November 10, 1919 in Kurya, Kuriynsky District Russia. Kalashnikov grew up in a large peasant family. Since, he was the 17th out of 19th children he had to go hunt with his father to help feed the family. In 1930, all

Leaders always come from a time of difficulties, many suffered and quit, whilst the true leaders with a long view survived and arose to power. Brezhnev was born in 1906 as a Blacksmith’s boy in Eastern Ukraine. He studied engineering at his birthplace and worked in a metallurgical factory before becoming a Communist Party official in 1938.

Vladimir Putin has grown over the past few years to become one of America’s biggest concerns. Specifically in Syria where the United States and Russian influences are directly opposed to each other we can see how the use of language and rhetoric have played a role, Putin told the French media that the accusations against Russia were “rhetoric that did not take into account the realities in Syria”. Putin seems to believe a different reality that we have come to believe in the United States and he is trying to use the same rhetoric again and again to dismiss what is happening in Syria. I think Putin has done a great job to appear authoritarian within his own country, at the same time he seems to try and act collaborative outside of Russia’s borders.

Their background was different as well. Joseph Stalin was born in 1879 in Georgia, Russia. His childhood was difficult full with the poor situation as a member of a low class family. Stalin faced some severe health issues because of smallpox what left him with facial scars. In August 1894 enrolled in school and won a scholarship.

Without censorship, the public was able to criticize the same government that had allowed them to speak freely, which again shows the lack of separation between previous Soviet governments, and Gorbachev’s government. This tension between the government and the people created disorder in society, and it would be logical to assume that a government that had previously held absolute control over the public would panic over this wave of dissent and chaos that they were unable to control. Contrary to this logical belief, Stephen Cohen explains that Gorbachev did not fear chaos because he acknowledged that it was necessary for reform to occur. Unfortunately for Gorbachev, the crimes that were revealed from the Stalinist years, in addition to the

On 10 January 1869, in the midst of a harsh winter, Gregory Efimovich Rasputin was born in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye. Little is known of his background. His father,

Andrei Sakharov was born in Moscow on May twenty-first, 1921 to a well-educated Russian family. His father was a physics teacher and Andrei was home schooled until the equivalent of the seventh grade.

According to Monaghan, the SVR operates through the use of three classes agents. First class agents are sent on 'deep cover' assignments, similar to what you would expect to see in a spy movie. The SVR directs these agents to work seemingly normal jobs, assume false identities, and most importantly, attempt to conceal all of their connections to Russia. The second class of agents pose as official representatives of the Russian Federation; this can be as both diplomats or trade officials. Unlike first class agents, these agents do not attempt to conceal their connections to Russia. This is generally due to the added benefit of diplomatic immunity they receive with their assign titles. The third and final class of agents operate under what is known as a non-official cover or NOC. These agents work at an even deeper level and are considered the most covert type of agent (think Jason Bourne). These agents typically work abroad without diplomatic protection, often posing as private business employees. This allows them to operate under less scrutiny by the host nation, often allowing them to never be identified. However, the downfall of the class three agents is that if these spies are ever caught, there's no guarantee that the anyone would admit their true identities. Despite the vast differences in their cover stories, all of these agent types operates

A&E Television Networks”). In the prince, Machiavelli states “And as the fact of a private individual becoming a prince presupposes either great ability or good fortune...” (Machiavelli 48). As a “private individual” Putin rose to power by both good fortune and ability. After returning to Leningrad ranked colonel, Putin became a supporter of Anatoly Sobohak, a liberal politician (“Bio. A&E Television Networks”). In 1991 after Sobohak won the election as mayor of Leningrad, Putin became his head of external relations and his first deputy mayor in 1994 (“Bio. A&E Television Networks”). In 1996 he resigned and moved to Moscow after Sobohak’s defeat (“Bio. A&E Television

From 1947-1991, the looming fear of war between the USSR and the United States was a constant anxiety for citizens and their governments, because of differing ideologies that they believed in. Both sides were fearful of nuclear weapons that had been created by the U.S. and used in Japan. Frightened by its destructive power, the then USSR began to create its own Nuclear weapons to compete with the U.S., instilling fear of nuclear assured destruction. This lead to what we know now as the Cold War. The Cold War did not involve any physical fighting, but included battles between differing ethics. The debate on whether the collapse was caused by Mikhail Gorbachev and his deconstruction of the Soviet economy by his policies of perestroika and glasnost or Ronald Reagan’s arm race that forced the USSR into economic submission. While many attest Ronald Reagan for bring the Cold War to an end, I believe the collapse was due largely to Gorbachev’s social policies that gave the people the freedom to express themselves politically.

First of all, Putin had a very unique background. Masha Gessen, Russian and American journalist, author, translator and activist who has been an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, claims that ¨Putinś leadership resulted from his experience as a street thug¨ (Gessen 1). Putin was not interested in school or the idea of success. When he was growing up, he always found himself in fistfights. He would fight anyone who disrespected him in any way shape or form, such as scratching them, biting them, and even ripping their hair off. Putin began looking for a place where he could learn skills to complete his will to fight. He found Sambo, which is a Soviet martial art. Sambo had changed his life from a

Russian spies are known in the United States, but only during the Cold War. In that period, Russia was known as the United Soviet Socialists Republic, or the U.S.S.R. for short. After World War Two, the only major superpowers were the United States, a democratic republic, and the U.S.S.R., which held the belief of communism. The Cold War was a time period where enemy spies were believed to be everywhere. While this may have been the only time when Russian agents were prominent in American culture, many others remain unseen throughout history in the U.S.