attitudes and abilities of Stalin
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- stalins abilities and character
- abilities
- could manipulate situation to serve his needs and wants
- administrator
- 1905, represent branches of Bolshevik party of Georgia and south Russia at conferences
- 1912, elected as central committee of bolsheviks where he excelled
- before 1917- Stalin found party funds, illegally (train robberies) but efficiently
- manager
- military commander during the Civil war
- general secretary of communist party, most senior management post
- 1917-1922 stalin was bolsheviks specialist manger of national minorities' issues
- by 1927 he controlled party congress and could expel enemies
- planner
- 1928-1933 planned economy, police state
- collectivisation started in 1928
- managed Russia resources 1949-1941 in preparation for nazi invasion
- by 1924 he worked himself into a position of power by exploiting his role as general secretary,
- ability to plan, organise and implement ideas effectively
- ability to be ruthless when necessary
- used unprecedented levels of repression when faced with opposition
- character
- megalomaniaand psychotic tendencies- the great terror
- paranoid- increasingly believed no one was to be trusted, including family and loyal party members
- diligent, intelligent resourceful and rational
- followed own brand of marxism (marxism-leninism-stalinism)
- abilities
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