...Niccolo Machiavelli played certain roles during the Renaissance Era. Machiavelli was known for his novel titled, The Prince. The novel explained the regulations and actions of how a prince should become a good ruler. Machiavelli’s novel concentrated it attention on knowing when to use your morals and when they should be put aside so you can keep your position intact. As Machiavelli had the mindset of what a ruler should be like, one particular ruler that comes to mind such as Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin epitomizes the ideas put forward by Machiavelli by depicting that being neutral is never an option, going to war, and having discipline. Joseph Stalin is a certain individual who made the Soviet Union a world superpower. Joseph Stalin is commonly known for his harsh ways and his leadership skills. At a tender age, Joseph Stalin felt he has been treated unfairly his entire life, as a result it led to the desire for greatness and respect in his future. In 1922 Joseph Stalin was appointed as the General Secretary of the Communist Party’s Central Committee. Stalin utilized this new position to overpower the less fortunate. Stalin’s tenure as dictator was so harsh that when Nikita Khrushchev took over in 1953 he started a policy of “de-Stalinization.” Stalin, having the utmost fear of being overthrown he executed some of his best medium ranked leaders. Machiavelli was noticed for Realpolitik, a political and judicial action that fits the circumstances but is not moral and...
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...Professor Seal March 15, 2012 Life of Joseph Stalin Stalin was a great a man and on his way in life to some prosperous achievements. The man who turned the Soviet Union from a backward country into a world superpower at unimaginable human cost Stalin was born into a dysfunctional family in a poor village in Georgia. Permanently scarred from a childhood bout with smallpox and having a mildly deformed arm, Stalin always felt unfairly treated by life, and thus developed a strong, romanticized desire for greatness and respect, combined with a shrewd streak of calculating cold-hardheartedness towards those who had maligned him. He always felt a sense of inferiority before educated intellectuals, and particularly distrusted them. Joseph Stalin's creation and rule of the Soviet Union, from 1922 until his death in 1953. Joseph Stalin early years in life, Joseph Stalin was born in Gori Georgia, a Russian Empire on December 18, 1879. Joseph Stalin real name was Joseph Vissarionvich Djvugashvili, but he changed it to Stalin which means (Man of Steel). His family was very poor. His mother was a washerwoman, domestic servant at the rich people houses, and his father was a cobbler. Joseph Stalin resented his father, because he uses to beat Joseph when he came home from work drunk. On the other hand Joseph loved his mother, because when he was in pain she would confront him. Joseph got sick when he was a young boy he came down with smallpox, and his family was really poor so they couldn't really...
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...athan Ferro Fulton High School Joseph Stalin had a harsh early life. Joseph Stalin was born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili on December 18, 1878, or December 6, 1878, according to the Old Style Julian calendar. He was born in small town of Gori, Georgia, and then part of the Russian empire. When Joseph was born, he was born into poverty and he then became involved in revolutionary politics, as well as criminal activities, as a young man. Stalin’s father was a shoemaker and beat Stalin all the time. Joseph also liked to keep his life personal and very private. “Stalin had no close friends; he was sullen, rude, and had other (unspecified) character traits that made many party comrades shun his company.” (Young, M. 2005) Joseph...
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...Adolf Hitler is often credited as the Twentieth Centuries most evil man, there are others who could easily be seen as equally sharing this assumption. Undoubtedly, Hitler was an extremely evil man and was responsible for the deaths of millions of people during his time in power in World War Two, however there are other past world leaders who were responsible for the deaths of many more people. Through examining Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1929-1953, and Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1945-1976, it is clear that Hitler cannot accurately hold the title of being the most evil man in history. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20 in the small Austrian town of Braunau. In his early years Hitler excelled at school and was admired for his leadership qualities (history.com), however when he reached high school he found the work to be much more difficult. When Hitler was fifteen years old he failed his exams and was informed he would need to repeat that school year. Stubbornly, Hitler refused to continue with his education and dropped out of school. When he was eighteen years old his father, Alois Hitler, passed away. Hitler used the money he Logan 2 inherited from his later father to move to Vienna in hopes of pursuing a career in the arts. He applied to the Vienna Academy of Art and the School of Architecture, to which he was both rejected from. After this rejection Hitler turned his attention away from the world...
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...Damage Caused By Joseph Stalin “Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.” -Joseph Stalin. In the early 1900’s Russia was on the verge of a revolution. For decades the country had been in an immense struggle between the Czars (otherwise known as the rulers of Russia) and the people. Corrupt leadership and inequalities throughout the Russian society eventually lead to a revolution. Nevertheless when Russia started fighting in World War One it was evident that the spark had been ignited and the insurgency had begun. And as Europe approached the end of the war, Russia further advanced into chaos. Vladimir Lenin, a revolutionary leader, lead the Russians into a rebellion to seize the Russian government. Lenin...
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...them to do whatever the leaders of the country want them to do. Communism at first keeps promises of equality but, once a selfish leader comes to power communism goes south very quickly. Three important things about communism are the history of communism, the early leaders of communism, and communism in Russia. Every country is unique. The driving force of every country is its government. Russia's government was a communist witch, in turn made Russia a superpower. “Communism is a political and economic doctrine, the aim of witch is to abolish private...
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...Joseph Stalin is the epitome of a failure, both as a leader and as a human being. Throughout his reign over The Soviet Union he implemented many programs that directly led to the death of over 30 million of his people. Many debate about whether the Stalinization of the USSR were in good intentions, or if Joseph Stalin had ulterior motives (such as creating the Ukraine famine to oppress those seeking freedom from his rule). Regardless, many of his movements failed miserably while also destroying his own country and people. It is clear to see that despite any accomplishments that Stalin may have had, his legacy has been tarnished by his blatant disregard for human life. Stalinism, the set of policies put into place under Stalin’s rule, was based off of socialist and Marxist ideals. Collectivism was one of the first of these movements to affect Soviet Russia in a major way. Under the guise of more efficient agricultural production and a self-reliant union, Joseph Stalin forced his people to turn their individual peasant farms into collective ones. He...
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...Orwell's “Animal Farm” was an allegorical novella written about the Russian Revolution. Set on a farm with a cast of almost exclusively animals Orwell used this novel to illustrate how Russia had failed in their revolution in a way that was easy to understand and translate. In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, many animals represent important figures and groups from the Russian Revolution. This is proven in particular by three animals, all with uncanny resemblances to Russian Revolutionaries. The first animal with a Russian counterpart is Snowball the pig, who represents Leon Trotsky, the Russian politician...
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...For an efficient government, should the leader be feared or loved? Thought the entire human history, there have been many situations where in which a group of person or an individual has lead his nation to great achievement or to awful tragedy. Citizen following a great leader who inspired his countrymen to action by his ideology and philosophy of life, or leader that repressed their people and made their life so hard that they will not have the strength to fight against the power in place. Both ways of governing a nation have existed and exist, and are completely opposite, but it’s a clear fact that leader how are loved are able to transmit their ideals and achieve their purposes more easily if they can grasp the interest of the nation. It is imperative for a leader to be respected, admired, and loved by its people. This leads to trust, as the citizens feels heard and understood by their leader. In fact the more a person feel secured and are satisfied with the current regime, then they are less likely to be misbehave in society, and be productive and positive towards the growth of the nation. Another features of a loved leadership is that mostly all government official would believe in their work and ways of modifying society that they would become less corruptible, which would allow for a stronger nation, as it wealth can be put to good use and not go in the pocket of the rulers and his family. Although being a good and loved leader should not be so difficult, there is a lot...
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...Joseph Stalin: Man of Steel Only a few years after the end of World War I, a new leader came to power in Russia. This man quickly became a threat to any potential enemies of the Soviet Union by showing his competence militarily. His military leadership would prove itself more admirable in World War II. Also, being a leader in a leader in an underground revolutionary group and a member of the Bolsheviks could only add to his intimidating persona. The name most commonly matched to said persona is that of an important, tyrannical former leader of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin’s political reign is that of violence and war, but his story still influences politics today and influenced the decisions of other world leaders along the way. Joseph Stalin lived a fairly normal early life. He was born on December 21, 1879. His birthplace was Gori, a small town in the Russian province Georgia. Only later did he adopt the surname ‘Stalin’. His actual birth name was Joseph Vissarianovich Dzhugashvili (Schlesinger 14). So how does a boy from a small town grow up to kill millions in a military dictatorship? Stalin is the perfect example of someone being influenced by the media. One particular book made a huge influence on his future and his feelings towards Russia. When Stalin was young, he read a book about a character by the name of Koba, a Georgian equivalent to Robin Hood. This Robin Hood-like character despised Russians and how they treated the people of Georgia (Schlesinger 16). The...
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...AP Literature The classic novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell unravels the story of a group of farm animals who craved freedom from humans. Many of the characters in Animal Farm relate to ideas and people involved in the Russian Revolution such as, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx and the idea of communism. George Orwell tends to give animals on the farm characteristics of those who lead the Russian Revolution. The novel is simply a reflection of this time period with the twist of the people involved being portrayed as animals instead. George Orwell's novel Animal Farm is directly related to the Russian Revolution in several ways. In the novel Animal Farm, Mr. Jones treats his animals extremely poorly and fails to give them enough food to be healthy (Orwell 18). He is sometimes cruel in which he beats his animals with whips and on the other hand he is sometimes kind by mixing milk into the animals' mash. This relates to Czar Nicholas II of the Russian Revolution. He was a poor leader compared to his western kings and he was sometimes cruel and brutal with opponents, and other times he was kind and hired spies to make money (CITE). Old Major is also a character that can be compared, he taught animalism as Karl Marx had taught and invented communism. Major also spoke of how the animals did all the work while the humans kept all the money and for that reason the animals should revolt against mankind. Marx believed that the workers of the...
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...Snowball and Leon Trotsky “Animal Farm was meant to help destroy the Soviet myth.” – George Orwell. Orwell was a democratic socialist and this led him to denounce that what was going on in the Soviet Union had anything to do with socialism. As people equated the Soviet Union with socialism, he thought no one could appreciate what democratic socialism is. Orwell doesn’t criticize the act of revolution itself but the misery it could cause if the leaders go corrupt, shortsighted, and greedy. George Orwell’s Animal Farm demonstrates a symbolism of the Russian Revolution through features of Snowball and the historical figure of Trotsky. Animal Farm is an allegorical novel written by George Orwell in 1945 that reflects the social issues of the Soviet Union in the time period of 1917 to 1943. This essay will explain about who Snowball is, who Leon Trotsky was, similarities and differences between these two characters, and the author’s purpose of using Snowball to represent Trotsky in his novel. Snowball is a Napoleon’s rival who contends for control of the Animal Farm after the rebellion. In Animal Farm, chapter two on page 16, it describes Snowball as an eloquent, inventive, and vivid leader. He is most clearly attuned to Old Major’s thinking and devotes himself to actualize it. Snowball insists that in order to defend Animal Farm and strengthen the reality of Old Major’s dream without human beings, the animals should stir up rebellions in other farms throughout England. He brings...
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...Traditionally, prior to the 20th century the world was relatively violent in various practices, activities, and beliefs pertaining to how people lived back then. However, where it was once a lack of understanding or discipline in how we should behave, act, or resolve conflicts, moving into the modern day the act of cruelty against humanity and evil displayed by individuals are not done due to a lack of understanding, but more so done with knowing or having a negligence to what we are doing, which make the issue concerning. In Steven Pinker’s TED talk, he argues that today we live in a better world and we are much more peaceful to which he is partially correct in stating, however, an argument can be made that the ways in how during the 20th...
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...Joseph Stalin was born 18th December 1878 and died on 5th March 1953, was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state. Stalin was born in Gori in the Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire, to Besarion Jughashvili, a Georgian cobbler who owned his own workshop, and Ketevan Geladze, a Georgian who was born a serf. He was the youngest of their three boys; their two previous sons died in infancy. Stalin's chief aim was to expand industrial production. For this, he developed three Five-year Plans between 1928 and 1938. Gosplan, the state planning agency, drew up targets for production for each factory. The first two plans concentrated on improving heavy industry - coal, oil, steel and electricity. Some keen young Communists, called Pioneers, went into barren areas and set up new towns and industries from nothing. There were champion workers called Stakhanovites, named after a coal miner who broke the record for the amount of coal dug up in a single shift. Education schemes were introduced to train skilled, literate workers. The Soviet Union also gave opportunities to women - crèches were set up so they could also work. Women became doctors and scientists, as well as canal diggers and steel workers. At the same time, many of the workers were slave workers and kulaks from the gulag. Strikers were...
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...with whip •sometimes kind - mixes milk in animal mash Czar Nicholas II •a poor leader at best, compared to western kings •cruel - sometimes brutal with opponents •Sometimes kind - hired students as spies to make $ Old Major •taught Animalism •workers do the work, rich keep the $, animals revolt •dies before revolution Karl Marx •invented Communism •"workers of the world unite", take over gov't •dies before Russian Revolution Animalism •no owners, no rich, but no poor •workers get a better life, all animals equal •everyone owns the farm Communism •same •all people equal •gov't owns everything, people own gov't Snowball •young, smart, good speaker, idealistic •really wants to make life better for all •one of leaders of revolution •chased away into exile by Napoleon's dogs Leon Trotsky •other leader of "October Revolution" •pure communist, followed Marx •wanted to improve life for all in Russia •chased away by Lenin's KGB (Lenin's secret police) Napoleon •not a good speaker, not as clever like Snowball •cruel, brutal, selfish, devious, corrupt •his ambition is for power, killed opponents •used dogs, moses, and Squealor to control animals Joseph Stalin •not a good speaker, not educated like Trotsky •same as Napoleon, didn't follow Marx's ideas •cared...
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