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    constant occurrence, no matter what part of the world it may occur. Dictators and powerful tyrants who have utilized fear and propaganda for their own benefit, in order to enhance their power and rule with an iron fist.Between the governing of Joseph Stalin from the mid 1920s-1953 in the Soviet Union, the fascist leadership of Benito Mussolini’s over Italy during the early- to mid 1900s, and Adolf Hitler’s command over Europe during WWII, over time the world has been infested with people who have

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    K History Honors/Block E 4 October 2017 Perfect Prince On December 21, 1879 (Editors, Biography.com) Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili was born. He was later known as Joseph Stalin and he was one of the most powerful men in the world during the 19th century. According to Niccolo Machiavelli's views in the book, The Prince, Stalin was the perfect prince, or in this case the perfect dictator . The Prince examines the traits that are needed to be a perfect leader. Traits such as being feared, but

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    great or corrupt; they are rarely both. Most of Russia’s history is filled with corrupt leaders. Joseph was one of those leaders. Stalin killed millions of people during his rule. But Stalin also led the Soviet Union almost to the top in world power. Stalin had many influences that led him to his Soviet Leadership in which gave him many admirers but even more non-supporters. At the age of 10, Joseph “Stalin” Djugashvili attended Gori’s religious elementary school. His mother, Yekaterina, wanted him

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    When Joseph Stalin was in control on Russia it meant that the people lost freedom. Everything that was done in the USSR had to be approved by the government. The people of Russia had no access to the media. Stalin believed that capitalist societies were driven by self-interest and oppressed people. In Churchill's "Iron Curtin Speech" he is talking about the necessary actions to maintain peace in Europe. Stalin's response to him seems like he's provoking other European nations to initiate warfare

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    Joseph Stalin was the man who turned the Soviet Union into a global force at an unimaginable cost. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Joseph Stalin) was born on December 18, 1878 in a poor Russian village in Gori, Georgia. His father was Besarion Jughashvili, and his mother was Ketevan Geladze. At seven years old, he came down with smallpox, which left his left arm deformed and his face scarred. As a result, his classmates would tease him. This, in turn, made Stalin feel substandard, which made

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    Stalin known as the “man of steel” was the dictator of Russia. He ruled with fear/ terror.Life in Russia at the time was very demanding, it industrialized at a quick pace. Although this came with immense success, it also came with millions of lives lost. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili known as, Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1870, Gon, Georgia. Stalin died on March 5, 1963 in Kuntsevo, Moscow, Russia. Stalin was the son of Besario and Jughashvili who was a cobbler and the son

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    Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the "Union Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)." He was born on December 18, 1879 in the village Gori, Georgia. His real name is Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili but he later changed it to Joseph Stalin. He was a smart kid that achieved good in school and he got a scholarship to "Tiflis Theological Seminary "in 1894. A year later he got in touch with Messame Dassy which is a secret organization that supported the independence in Georgia from Russia. Some of the workers

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    Hello everyone, today I am going to be discussing Joseph Stalin who was born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili. We are also going to be discussing Adler’s theory of personality. To better understand this, I am going to cover the theory first. Alfred Alder believed that the driving force behind someone’s behavior is their goals, and early life (childhood). Joseph Stalin was born December 18, 1878 and died March 5 1953. Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his

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    Joseph Stalin, whose real name is Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, was born on December 21, 1879 in the small town of Gori, Georgia. His family was poor and he was the only child of four to survive. His father was a shoemaker. He was a heavy drinker and died from wounds in a brawl when Stalin was 11 years old. His mother was a pious and hardworking woman. She wanted her son to have a good life so she entered him into priesthood. He attended elementary school run by the Orthodox Church and went

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    Joseph Stalin was the political leader of the Soviet Union during the twentieth century. Stalin’s leadership style was most commonly defined as brutal due to him abolishing private ownership, as well as his numerous political purges that resulted in the deaths of thousands of officials within the communist party. While in the end Stalin did lead the Soviets to win World War II, a large number of lives were lost in the process. Adolf Hitler was an Austrian born, twentieth century Fascist German

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