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    army can reach.” Joseph Stalin was a dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During Stalin’s rule as dictator George Orwell wrote the book “Animal Farm” as an allegory of the USSR’s history. In the book the characters symbolize real life people. Stalin, symbolizes Napoleon from the book “Animal Farm” because he eradicated anyone that opposed him, was a subject of complementary literature, and debated against opponents about collectivization. Joseph Stalin became involved in

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    Joseph Stalin In 1945, author George Orwell was living the communist Soviet Union, ruled by Joseph Stalin. Orwell wrote Animal Farm to portray the events of the Russian Revolution. The book Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian revolution; all the characters in the story represent a person or a group of people in the Russian Revolution. Orwell wrote this story as an allegory to make the story easier to comprehend, while still getting his point across. One of the characters in the story is

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    from the past such as Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Throughout this analysis i will also explain on how the other characters in the story represent someone who has to do with society and government in the past. First, There is a character by the name of Old Major who represents Vladimir Lenin who was a leader of the bolshevik revolution and was a communist. Lenin in other words old major was the voice that would guide all of society before Joseph Stalin took over. Stalin had a peasant society

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    changed his name to Stalin when he was in his 30s, a couple years before he was a dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1929-1953 (Joseph Stalin). The main question you might ask is, how did Joseph Stalin become famous? He was successful at being known because in 1924 the founder of the Soviet Union died, making Stalin the next ruler. The person who founded the Soviet Union was Vladimir Lenin. Lenin tried to write a testament before his death about Stalin because of the arbitrary

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    Joseph Stalin Former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Born in December 18,1878 in Georgia, and died in March 5,1953. Joseph Statin was the leader of the soviet union in the middle of 1929s until his death. “After Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin sought to create “socialism in one country” and clashed with Trotsky, who denied the possibility of socialism inside Russia until revolution had occurred in Western Europe.” (Hutchinson's Biography Database)

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    what could have been a democracy. However, Lenin appears to be a hero when juxtaposed with his successor Joseph Stalin. While Lenin extinguished the spark, Stalin punished anyone that even had the audacity to think of lighting a match. Stalin had smashed the delicate glass of civilization, shattering it in such a way where some shards are still beyond the point of repair. In his youth, Stalin often endured harsh treatment from his

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    1900s, one man has made a huge impact in history. It was the birth of a revolutionary; Joseph Stalin was born. Joseph Stalin has made a huge impact in society/world, however; he has impacted it not only positively, but also negatively. In his early life he has faced many things normal kids his age hasn’t which made him grow into a stronger, broad minded man. Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1879 only as Joseph Djugashvili. He was born in a small town called Gori in Georgia located in Russia.

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    Joseph Stalin forever changed the world through his leadership of the Soviet Union. He made the Soviet Union one of the most powerful countries in the world. Even today the world is affected by his actions. Just think many countries now have nuclear weapons now because of him. He did all of this because he was a world leader. Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878 in Gori, Georgia. Initially his family was very prosperous but then his father became an alcoholic. This led to his father’s

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    ”(-Josef Stalin) Josef Stalin was a cruel dictator that killed many people during his rule in the Russian Revolution. He can be very comparable to the pig from the novel Animal Farm called Napoleon. Animal Farm is a mockery about the Russian Revolution and how it collapsed. Napoleon is very similar to Stalin because they both abused the power of propaganda to stay in power, both killed or persecuted anyone that opposed them, And they used power to create a totalitarian state. Napoleon and Stalin both

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    Joseph Stalin and Enver Pasha For Germany, against Germany, for the Soviet Union, against the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin and Enver Pasha had very different views throughout their rule. Whether good or bad, students learn about them and many other dictators to this day for a reason. Stalin and Pasha both made impacts on the world and killed around 52.5 million people combined. Joseph Stalin and Enver Pasha both brought the countries they ruled over into war while in power, although Stalin fought

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