Joseph Stalin: The Dictator of the USSR

By The History Hour

Initially presiding over an oligarchic one-party regime that governed by plurality, Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili became the de facto dictator of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin raised funds for Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction via robberies, kidnappings, and protection rackets. Repeatedly arrested, he underwent several internal exiles.Inside you'll read aboutFrom Georgia with rageWinds of change begin to blowWarfarePurgesThe great terrorThe Great Patriotic WarVictory and aftermathCold WarAll things must endAnd much more To eradicate those regarded as "enemies of the working class", Stalin instituted the "Great Purge" in which over a million were imprisoned and at least 700,000 were executed from 1934 to 1939. In 1939 Stalin's government signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany. Germany ended the pact by invading the Soviet Union in 1941. The Soviet Red Army halted the German incursion and captured Berlin in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980936870
• ISBN13: 9781980936879
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"