Joseph Stalin: Difference between revisions
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Spreading class consciousness<br> | Spreading class consciousness<br> | ||
|goals = Rise to power over the people of the Soviet Union (succeeded)<br> | |goals = Rise to power over the people of the Soviet Union (succeeded)<br> | ||
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|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Anglophobia]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Persecution of Christians]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Polonophobia]]<br>[[Ableism]]<br> | |crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Anglophobia]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Persecution of Christians]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Polonophobia]]<br>[[Ableism]]<br> | ||
|type of villain = Genocidal Dictator | |type of villain = Genocidal Dictator | ||
|name= | |name=Evil-doer}} | ||
{{Quote|Fascism is a reactionary force which is trying to preserve the old system by means of violence. What will you do with the fascists? Argue with them? Try to convince them? But this will have no effect upon them at all.... Communists say to the working class: Answer violence with violence; do all you can to prevent the old dying order from crushing you, do not permit it to put manacles on your hands, on the hands with which you will overthrow the old system... Communists cannot ignore facts.|Joseph Stalin (1934)}} | {{Quote|Fascism is a reactionary force which is trying to preserve the old system by means of violence. What will you do with the fascists? Argue with them? Try to convince them? But this will have no effect upon them at all.... Communists say to the working class: Answer violence with violence; do all you can to prevent the old dying order from crushing you, do not permit it to put manacles on your hands, on the hands with which you will overthrow the old system... Communists cannot ignore facts.|Joseph Stalin (1934)}} | ||
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=== Early life === | === Early life === | ||
[[File:Young stalin screenshot.jpg|left|thumb|249x249px| | [[File:Young stalin screenshot.jpg|left|thumb|249x249px|Young Stalin's Mugshot]] | ||
Stalin was born as Ioseb Jughashvili to a Georgian family in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Vice royalty, Russian Empire (now in modern Georgia) on December 18th, 1878. He was born into a poor family, two of his siblings died in infancy prior to his birth. His father [[Besarion Jughashvili|Besarion]] was an alcoholic and beat his wife named Keke and Joseph. He later changed his surname to "Stalin", meaning "Man of Steel" in Russian. He became interested in Marxism at a young age after reading some of [[Vladimir Lenin]]'s works. It was that this time that he joined the Bolshevik party. | Stalin was born as Ioseb Jughashvili to a Georgian family in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Vice royalty, Russian Empire (now in modern Georgia) on December 18th, 1878. He was born into a poor family, two of his siblings died in infancy prior to his birth. His father [[Besarion Jughashvili|Besarion]] was an alcoholic and beat his wife named Keke and Joseph. He later changed his surname to "Stalin", meaning "Man of Steel" in Russian. He became interested in Marxism at a young age after reading some of [[Vladimir Lenin]]'s works. It was that this time that he joined the Bolshevik party. | ||
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Stalin's regime partly to blame for [[The Holodomor]], a natural famine in Ukraine. Around 12 million people died in the famine, which is considered an act of [[Genocide]] by 16 countries. | Stalin's regime partly to blame for [[The Holodomor]], a natural famine in Ukraine. Around 12 million people died in the famine, which is considered an act of [[Genocide]] by 16 countries. | ||
[[File:Trotsky.jpg|left|thumb|Trotsky | [[File:Trotsky.jpg|left|thumb|[[Leon Trotsky|Trotsky]]'s corpse after being killed by Stalin.]] | ||
In 1944, he ordered the deportations of Chechens, Ingush, and Tartars, all of whom are majority Muslim, from their homelands to Central Asia after accusing them of collaborating with Nazi Germany. Over 400,000 people were killed during these deportations. They were not allowed to return to their homelands until 1957. | In 1944, he ordered the deportations of Chechens, Ingush, and Tartars, all of whom are majority Muslim, from their homelands to Central Asia after accusing them of collaborating with Nazi Germany. Over 400,000 people were killed during these deportations. They were not allowed to return to their homelands until 1957. | ||
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Results of a poll taken in 2006 stated that over 35% of Russians would vote for Stalin if he were still alive. Fewer than a third of all Russians regarded Stalin as a "murderous tyrant". In a July 2007 poll, 54% of the Russian youth agreed that Stalin did more good than bad, and 46% (of them) disagreed that Stalin was a "cruel tyrant". Half of the respondents, aged from 16 to 19, agreed Stalin was a wise leader. In 2011, a poll by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace found that 45 percent of Russians had a "generally positive" view of Stalin. In his home country of Georgia, that number rises to 68 percent. Only a few years beforehand, a TV poll of 50 million Russians named Stalin the “third-greatest Russian of all time.” Western Ukraine still commissions statues of him on a regular basis. | Results of a poll taken in 2006 stated that over 35% of Russians would vote for Stalin if he were still alive. Fewer than a third of all Russians regarded Stalin as a "murderous tyrant". In a July 2007 poll, 54% of the Russian youth agreed that Stalin did more good than bad, and 46% (of them) disagreed that Stalin was a "cruel tyrant". Half of the respondents, aged from 16 to 19, agreed Stalin was a wise leader. In 2011, a poll by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace found that 45 percent of Russians had a "generally positive" view of Stalin. In his home country of Georgia, that number rises to 68 percent. Only a few years beforehand, a TV poll of 50 million Russians named Stalin the “third-greatest Russian of all time.” Western Ukraine still commissions statues of him on a regular basis. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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===Videos=== | ===Videos=== | ||
<YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/KqfcpNrcGb0</YouTube> | <YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/KqfcpNrcGb0</YouTube> | ||
<YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/WbwWn0m03lM</YouTube> | <YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/WbwWn0m03lM</YouTube> | ||
<YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/RMiI651gETk</YouTube> | <YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/RMiI651gETk</YouTube> | ||
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<YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/e_2of8pmHYU</YouTube> | <YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/e_2of8pmHYU</YouTube> | ||
<YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/wkaJ6YnWws0</YouTube> | <YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/wkaJ6YnWws0</YouTube> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||