Using the sources in this paper and your knowledge of Stalin explain whether or not you think he was a monster. (15)
Since Stalin was appointed in 1927 he made a lot of changes to the face of the USSR.
After the Tsar in 1917 Russia was undeveloped and behind the west in its economy, agriculture and standard of living, Lenin had made a futile attempt at changing this but little had been achieved. Stalin enforced new policies to change and improve the USSR.
Stalin made great changes in the Russian economy, he introduced Five year plans to do this. His main reasons for wanting change in the economy was so that the USSR relied less on the west and to produce arms to defend the USSR. The first 5 year plan was to improve heavy industry (coal, steel oil, power), the second was to improve heavy industry, rail and chemicals and the third was to improve luxury goods but was interrupted by WW2 and factories used to make arms.
Stalin had modernised Russia through his five year plans, this is backed up by source B, the sources shows the results of this modernised Russia a new hydroelectric power station and it shows how the Soviets wanted you to see Stalin as somebody who jokes with workers.
Stalin made changes in the standard of living for the Russian people. Almost every person had a job, enough money to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads, children were educated and there was a health service.
Since Stalin was appointed in 1927 he made a lot of changes to the face of the USSR.
After the Tsar in 1917 Russia was undeveloped and behind the west in its economy, agriculture and standard of living, Lenin had made a futile attempt at changing this but little had been achieved. Stalin enforced new policies to change and improve the USSR.
Stalin made great changes in the Russian economy, he introduced Five year plans to do this. His main reasons for wanting change in the economy was so that the USSR relied less on the west and to produce arms to defend the USSR. The first 5 year plan was to improve heavy industry (coal, steel oil, power), the second was to improve heavy industry, rail and chemicals and the third was to improve luxury goods but was interrupted by WW2 and factories used to make arms.
Stalin had modernised Russia through his five year plans, this is backed up by source B, the sources shows the results of this modernised Russia a new hydroelectric power station and it shows how the Soviets wanted you to see Stalin as somebody who jokes with workers.
Stalin made changes in the standard of living for the Russian people. Almost every person had a job, enough money to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads, children were educated and there was a health service.