Khrushchev Primary Source Analysis

Propaganda used to induce terror included posters, political statements, and comics. One such comic was Is This Tomorrow?, a popular dramatization of the Soviets and of communism(Document 7). By depicting the Soviets in such a violent, authoritarian light, it spread anti-communist feeling among Americans, and attempted to prevent any Soviet sympathizers. In the Soviet Union, a secret speech made by Nikita Khrushchev to the closed session of the Twentieth Party of Congress denounces capitalism and fights against the anti-communist campaign(Document 6). The Secret Speech was a counter to recently made anti-communist organizations, and reinforced the Soviet Union’s own ideals, while countering the US’s arguments for capitalism. Through the use of past faults and militaristic policies, Khrushchev argues that the US’s attempts at peace were false, and only a front for their true intentions. This effectively promoted terror and anti-capitalist feeling among Soviet Congress. It gave strong reasoning to fight back against Americans, as it instilled fears of a capitalist overtake, and the need for preservation of the

Khrushchev was desperate to present himself as a reformer, completely breaking away from the reliance of ‘fear into submission’ tactics of the Stalinist era, by presenting

Stalin’s unquestionable dominance over the Bolshevik party and their actions highlights the impact of Stalinism

Firstly, Kennan explains that the Soviet political personality is made up by the marriage of Soviet ideology - namely the Russian-Communist projection of Marxism - and the circumstances of the power Communist leaders exercised in Russia for the previous three decades. The initial Soviet ideology is characterised by the basic belief that the Capitalist system is flawed and leads to the exploitation of the working class - hence the necessity for Russian expansion. The Soviets also believe that, while Capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction, a final push by a proletariat revolution will be needed to finally topple the system. Despite the supposed widespread

The effects of the purges on the political structure and community of the USSR can be described (as Peter Kenez asserts) as an overall change from a party led dictatorship to the dictatorship of a single individual; Stalin. Overall power was centred in Stalin, under whom an increasingly bureaucratic hierarchy of

While Stalin was in power the size of the Communist Party increased by many millions. Many people attribute this to the fear that he culminated into the Soviet Union’s citizens’ minds. His principal way to gain power were a sum of dishonesty, fraud, lies, extreme brutality, and mass murder. Some examples of the ways he used to make people fear him are the Gulag camps, the secret

This historical investigation assesses the following question: To what extent did Joseph Stalin cause tension between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the World War II era? To grasp the true cause of the Cold War, research must include insight into separate ideals believed by each; the will of communism spread vs the will of capitalism to contain it; the anxiety of nuclear war; and the presidency of Harry S. Truman. The main sources will include Stalin’s Curse, written by Robert Gellately, and A History of Twentieth-Century Russia, authored by Robert Service.

Many Historians have debated as to why Khrushchev fell from power in 1964. Historian John Laver states that the failures in foreign policy “are what provided the final straw for many colleagues” however Pravda were eager to blame “his hare-brained schemes”. To assess the reason for his fall from power in 1964 one must assess the policy of De-Stalinisation, his failures in foreign policy and his economic reforms and their failures. This essay shall argue that the main reason for his downfall was his policy of De-Stalinisation.

Traditional research is a form of research that focuses on a systematic approach. Traditional research examines the qualitative and quantitative in research. Traditional research includes data about the group, the problem and how to address the problem. Traditional research does not incorporate the population environment factors and society factors in the research, which limits the understanding of different factors that causes the population to face oppression.

Josef Stalin’s ability to manipulate and his paranoia of losing power Throughout the history of the USSR, Josef Stalin has been a communist leader from 1925 to 1953. He was a dictator, which killed many innocent people and sent huge populations to labor camps just to do what he wants and to keep his power, just after he gets to power. His policies right after he gets Lenin’s place and during the purges clearly shows that how paranoid he is about keeping his power and protecting his connection with people of USSR with somewhat manipulating them and protecting his position as the party leader in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. During the Great Purge, with the start of Josef Stalin’s policies, everyday life for the people of the USSR

This ‘Anti-Party’ group assaulted Khrushchev on his agricultural policies and called for his abdication as the First Secretary of the Central Committee (S., 1957). However, despite the supporters and efforts to take power from Khrushchev made by the ‘Anti-Party’ group, Khrushchev proved to have stronger allies. On July 4th, 1957 Malenkov, Molotov, and Kaganovich were removed from their positions in the Party and any real threats to Khrushchev’s power were thereby diminished ( S., 1957). Now Khrushchev had no competition and in March of 1958 he was named the First Secretary of the Central Committee, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Chairman of the Central Committee Bureau for the RSFSR, and member of the Presidium, finally supplying Khrushchev with immense power and signifying that he was Stalin’s clear successor (Taubman et al.,

Under a backdrop of systematic fear and terror, the Stalinist juggernaut flourished. Stalin’s purges, otherwise known as the “Great Terror”, grew from his obsession and desire for sole dictatorship, marking a period of extreme persecution and oppression in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s. “The purges did not merely remove potential enemies. They also raised up a new ruling elite which Stalin had reason to think he would find more dependable.” (Historian David Christian, 1994). While Stalin purged virtually all his potential enemies, he not only profited from removing his long-term opponents, but in doing so, also caused fear in future ones. This created a party that had virtually no opposition, a new ruling elite that would be

For nearly 25 years, the global face of communism was the Communist International (Comintern). In that short time, the organization changed perspectives, policies, and leaders several times. The effect of Stalin’s leadership on the Comintern provided the sharpest shift in tone, one that led directly to its downfall. During the 1930s, Stalin solidified his hold on the Soviet bureaucracy and on power through a series of bloody purges that decimated his political opponents.

Primary sources are original source created or compiled during an observation or event. These documents are raw materials which provide first-hand accounts or direct evidence about a topic under the examination. Primary sources, according to William Kelleher Storey in Writing History: A Guide for Students, “originate in the time period that historian are studying and vary a great deal.” Primary source documents can help reconstruct a particular event that happened in the past. For example, if someone is interested on landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases, he or she would analyze the records these cases. Primary sources may include but not limited to, memoirs, government documents, autobiographies, government documents, transcripts, traditions, courtroom testimonies, witness interviews, evidence gathered during investigation, visual, artifacts and archaeological and biological evidence. “Primary

The communist party had quite an aggressive attitude towards prospective and actual members, with many who attempted to join being rejected because they failed to provide satisfactory answers during interviews.11 Moreover, those who made it into the party were dealt with severely, told that personal loyalties should take a back-seat to party loyalty,12 and the party strictly prohibited dissent.13 Such behaviour, in addition to turning away many who aimed at becoming active in a militant group, would have alienated those who became members and others who followed them from the outside, leaving the party lacking enough public support to feel comfortable using violence in their aim of overthrowing capitalism. Such is expressed by party officials in Moscow, who rejected plans that utilised violence citing a lack of popular