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Born
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Joined Bolsheviks
Bolsheviks= Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party:
incited strikes, spread propaganda, raised money by robbing, ransom and extortion -
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Russian Civil War
Challenged Trotsky (founder of Red Army)
Ordered killings of counter-revoltuionists and former red army officers
Had deserters publically executed as traitors -
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Polish-Soviet War
Wanted to take Polish held Lviv, which conflicted with Lenin/Trotsky's strategy
Refused to redirect troops for Lviv- lost both battles-blamed on Stalin -
Resigned military command
After losing battles over Polish-held Lviv -
Played role in Red Army invading Georgia
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Appointed to Gen. Secretary of Communist Party of Sov. Union
Alloved Stalin to appoint personal allies to Gov't. positions. -
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General Secretary of Party's Cental Committee
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Replaced New Economic Policy w/ Centralised Command
5yr Plans => USSR Industrialised -
Trotky criticised Stalin of Lviv battles
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Soviet Famine
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Organised Ukrainian famile to kill idlers off
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Receives 1108 negative votes @ party conference
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Communist Party boss murdered
Stalin launched purge vs internatl enemies, -
Soviet Union consists of Workers/Kolkhoz peasentry
Wrokers-state property
Kolkhoz- collective property -
Stalin's purges ended- no opponents left in power
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Stalin failed to establish France-Soviet Alliance
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Soviet Union enter non-aggressive pact w/ Germany
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Gave secret police order to assassinate Trotsky in Mexico
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Ordered 25,700 Polish POWs to be executed
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Deported 3.3million people to Serbia
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Premier of Soviet Union
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Destroyed all supplies before Germans could seize them
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Order No. 270
Deserters to be shot on spot -
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Soviet Atomic Bom Project
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Stalin kept forces in Germany after country surrendered
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Suffered severe heart-attack
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Suffered from probable stroke
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Died