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From 1928 to 1932, pig iron output, necessary for further development of the industrial infrastructure rose from 3.3 million to 6.2 million tons per year. Coal production , a basic fuel of modern economies and Stalinist industrialization , rose from 35.4 million to 64 million tons, and the output of iron ore rose from 5.7 million to 19 million ...
Stalinism (Russian: сталинизм, stalinizm) is the totalitarian [1] [2] [3] means of governing and Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1924 to 1953 by dictator Joseph Stalin and in Soviet satellite states between 1944 and 1953.
The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.
Up to 1928, Stalin supported the New Economic Policy implemented by his predecessor Vladimir Lenin. The NEP had brought some market reforms to the Soviet economy, including allowing peasants to sell surplus grain on the domestic and international market. [3]: 174 However, in 1928 Stalin changed his position and opposed continuation of the NEP.
This decision led to the creation of the office of the General Secretary which Stalin assumed on 3 April. Stalin soon learned how to use his new office to gain advantages over key persons within the party. He prepared the agenda for the Politburo meetings, directing the course of meetings. As General Secretary, he appointed new local party ...
Journal of Contemporary History, 3(1), 169–182. Szaynok, B. (2002). The Anti-Jewish Policy Of The USSR In The Last Decade Of Stalin's Rule And Its Impact On The East European Countries With Special Reference To Poland. Russian History, 29(2/4), 301–315. Thomas, B. (1968). Cold War Origins, II. Journal of Contemporary History, 3(1), 183–198.
Stalin and the Fate of Europe: The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty is a historical book written by Stanford University historian Norman Naimark.. Published in 2019 by Harvard University Press, the book discusses Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's post-World War II strategies and interactions with Eastern European countries as they sought to assert their sovereignty amidst growing Cold War tensions.
Trotsky was also denounced for his theory of permanent revolution which contradicted Stalin's position that socialism could be built in one country, Russia, without a worldwide revolution. As the prospects for a revolution in Europe, particularly Germany, became increasingly dim through the 1920s, Trotsky's theoretical position began to look ...