Stalin



Profile

**+ Stalin (1879 - 1953) was born with the birth name Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. (2)**

**+ He had a few complications during his boyhood like Smallpox and a slightly deformed arm. (4)**

**+ At home, his family was very poor, he was the only surviving child, and his father was very** **abusive.** **(3)** **Perhaps these conditions contributed to the vicious dictating characteristics he acquired** **later in life.**

Stalin as a Leader of the Soviet Union

**+ Stalin was associated with the Bolshevik Party (Red), strongly against Trotsky. Pushed for extreme** **communism, totalitarian rule. (5)**

**+ "[Stalin] presented himself as Lenin's heir. (1)** Napoleon as Stalin in Animal Farm


 * **Stalin ** ||  **Napoleon**  ||
 * Established secret military Police to enforce and spread propaganda (5) || Raised dogs to contribute to his aggressive presence and attack any animal who went against his demand. ||
 * The purges. Stalins police killed people he suspected were against him (5) || Napoleon had pigs killed by his dogs for plotting against him. ||
 * Non-Agression act with Hitler (4) || Participated in timber deal with Frederick ||
 * Stalin was constantly in disagreement with Trotsky (5) || Napoleon and Snowball had conflicting interests with every decision made related to the growth of the farm. ||
 * Stalin ordered the arrest and murder of Trotsky by his secret police (5) || Napoleon called his dogs to charge in and run Snowball out of the farm. ||

Further Reading

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**(1) Life in USSR Under Stalin.(n.d.). Retrieved from []**
 * (2) Joseph Stalin. (1998). In Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale. Retreived from http://ic.galegroup.com **
 * (3) Joseph Stalin. (1999). Retrieved from [] **
 * (4) Stalin, The Nazis, and the West. (n.d.). Retrieved from [] **
 * (5) Stalinism. (1994). Retrieved from [] **