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Easily. he just killed all his enemies, real and percieved.
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Papa Stalin was loved by millions, and still is. he ensured everyone had jobs, a decent retirement pension, child care, uni education, and brought Russia out of the dark to be a leading nation. Just because he was stern with layabouts he got a bad name among the few. Keep the red flag Flying Forever.
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stalin controled his people because of many reasons. 1. he had the nation under communisism. so when the men were away at war, the women and children still had food and a place to stay. 2.held marches and parades to keep moral up 3. killed the ones who opposed him, so no slandering occured. 4. the people did not know how to run their own lives and stalin told them what to do. this gave the people confidence. when stalin died the nation was nervouse about what to do, but lucky for them 3 brave souls stood up and lead the nation
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When the Tsarists were overthrown the country broke down into chaos. Stalin rose to the top of one political group that fought with many others. It was his use of Communism as a platform that put him ahead. Communism took root in every country that it was successful in in the same way. The leaders used Communism as an excuse to murder and rob the landlords. Since most people were poor and hated lanlords, it was a catchy idea. Stalin led an army through the countryside robbing the landlords and recruiting the peasants as he went along. By the end, he had a large army and killed off his political rivals.
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Stalin controlled the people through a variety of methods. Fear, during the Great Purges a culture developed of informing on friends, loved ones, parents, neighbours and work colleagues. So people learnt not to say what they meant, but to only speak about certain things in glowing, propaganda-like ways - this was the process Orwell called "double-think" in his book 1984. Propaganda - Soviet propaganda was everywhere, there were posters throughout the towns and villages, most films had a propaganda message and all plays and other artworks had to be produced using the Socialist Realism Style. Fear and propaganda are blunt weapons if used on their own, so Stalin also used rewards. Party members were rewarded for their loyalty and their good service through a system of: higher wages, better apartments, better hospitals, better schools and special shops that stocked better goods than the ordinary citizen's shops. Non-party people were also rewarded for their hard work with gifts and medals - such as Stakhanovite medals and better apartments for these shock workers. Stalin was also the beneficiary of a genunine belief in communism by millions of Soviet citizens. People volunteered in their millions to help in some construction and agriculture projects. Programmes of literacy, free healthcare, female emancipation - they were allowed careers, education and the vote for the first time, free education for all and electrification all helped to make communism a popular ideology.
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it was hell. no one worked or had any reason to because they would be payed the same low wages anyway. my grandmother told me about it and so did my mom. it was after stains time but i'm sure it was the same way back then too.
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