Stalin was born in December 1878 into a poor family in the city of Gori, in present-day Georgia, which at the time was part of the Russian Empire. your birth name, Yosif Vissarionovich Djougashvili, it ended up being replaced by the name of Stalin, or “Man of Steel”, in the words of the German Stahl. From an early age he showed interest in the work of Marx and, while still young, joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDP), where he began his revolutionary activity.
Stalin’s election and the guidelines of his government
In 1922, two years before his death, Lenin is leaving power for health reasons, which generates tensions within the party, more specifically between Stalin and his main rival, Leon Trotsky. Stalin eventually emerged victorious, being elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Upon assuming power, Stalin decided to abandon the “New Economic Policy” (known by the acronym NEP) implemented by his predecessor, a policy of recovery of the Russian economy, promising certain capitalist practices. Thus, in 1928, he implements a program of agricultural industrialization and collectivization, which will allow a profound reorganization of Soviet society.
For the success of the industrialization strategy implemented by Stalin, the regime’s incentive for young workers and party members to attend higher education courses, especially engineering courses, contributed greatly to the success of the industrialization strategy.
The collectivization of agriculture carried out by Stalin forced the peasants to hand over their land to the State, which provided for the creation of large agricultural estates, the so-called kolkhoz. However, this practice was not well received by the peasants who, dissatisfied with this collectivization program, destroyed crops, slaughtered livestock, and sabotaged production in the area. kolkhoz. This generated a period of widespread famine, responsible for the death of millions of people.
Economic progress and modernization were the priorities assumed by stalin throughout his government, goals achieved through the urbanization of the country and the creation of a vast working class.
The promotion of the cult of personality should be noted as one of the main characteristics of the Stalinist leadership. Any positive result registered in the most diverse sectors was always attributed to the leader.
An overview of Stalin’s leadership and policies.
At the age of 74, Stalin died in March 1953 in Moscow. Nikita Khrushchevhis successor, implements a deep desalination process.
Positive and negative points can be pointed out to the leadership of this one of the great figures of the 20th century. If, on the one hand, Stalin was responsible for the transformation of the Soviet Union and its elevation to a relevant power in the international context, on the other hand, one must not forget the repression and totalitarianism that marked his regime, such as the repressions the massive mob he launched, the ethnic cleansing he promoted, as well as the periods of famine that marked his leadership. As a result, millions of people died. The destruction of individual liberties was accompanied by the elimination of any form of opposition in the USSR, through the arrest, deportation and execution of opponents of the Stalinist regime.
Source: TSF
