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His economic policies, like Industrialization - were immensely popular among the people. The Bolsheviks under the leadership of Stalin managed to mobilize the entirety of the workers & peasants for the transformation of their country, bringing them into the fold of building their new society and securing a brighter future. The masses were imbued with a sense of “quasi-religious enthusiasm”<ref>https://archive.org/details/sovietcommunismn02webb</ref> Soviet Communism: A New Civilization, IBSN: 9781473311374] and gave them a real sense of purpose, with hard work and sacrifice (by means of initial low wages etc.), they were successful in this transformation. If the masses of people didn’t support such policies, if they “didn’t want” industrialization or opposed the way in which it was carried out, the achievements and the speed at which they were achieved would’ve been impossible, The mobilization of the masses of people would’ve been impossible, an innumerable of issues would’ve arisen which did not. The work they put in wasn’t in vain, its benefits were immediate and ever-increasing.<ref>https://archive.org/details/stalinera0000unse Anna Strong, The Stalin Era, IBSN: 9781460969922</ref> This also allowed for the modernization of the Red Army, the capacity of Soviet industry to produce war materials, the huge reserve of educated and fit men to call into battle, and Collectivization allowed for the stockpiling of foodstuffs to prevent paralysis in the town and country. This was incredibly crucial to the survival of the Soviet State in the coming Nazi onslaught.<ref>https://archive.org/details/stalinmanofhistory Ian Grey, Stalin: Man of History. IBSN: 9781640190566]</ref> | His economic policies, like Industrialization - were immensely popular among the people. The Bolsheviks under the leadership of Stalin managed to mobilize the entirety of the workers & peasants for the transformation of their country, bringing them into the fold of building their new society and securing a brighter future. The masses were imbued with a sense of “quasi-religious enthusiasm”<ref>https://archive.org/details/sovietcommunismn02webb</ref> Soviet Communism: A New Civilization, IBSN: 9781473311374] and gave them a real sense of purpose, with hard work and sacrifice (by means of initial low wages etc.), they were successful in this transformation. If the masses of people didn’t support such policies, if they “didn’t want” industrialization or opposed the way in which it was carried out, the achievements and the speed at which they were achieved would’ve been impossible, The mobilization of the masses of people would’ve been impossible, an innumerable of issues would’ve arisen which did not. The work they put in wasn’t in vain, its benefits were immediate and ever-increasing.<ref>https://archive.org/details/stalinera0000unse Anna Strong, The Stalin Era, IBSN: 9781460969922</ref> This also allowed for the modernization of the Red Army, the capacity of Soviet industry to produce war materials, the huge reserve of educated and fit men to call into battle, and Collectivization allowed for the stockpiling of foodstuffs to prevent paralysis in the town and country. This was incredibly crucial to the survival of the Soviet State in the coming Nazi onslaught.<ref>https://archive.org/details/stalinmanofhistory Ian Grey, Stalin: Man of History. IBSN: 9781640190566]</ref> | ||
==== 1936 Constitution ==== | |||
In 1936, Stalin implemented a constitution<ref>https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1936/12/05.htm%7Cnew</ref>, officially establishing the unique Soviet system that we are familiar with. This system was a brilliant innovation, largely by Stalin personally - who thought that free, secret, and universal elections would give the section of the leadership that had succumbed to the disease of bureaucratism a good drubbing and have them casted from their positions. In the book by Wendy Z. Goldman titled "Terror & Democracy in the age of Stalin" it states: | In 1936, Stalin implemented a constitution<ref>https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1936/12/05.htm%7Cnew</ref>, officially establishing the unique Soviet system that we are familiar with. This system was a brilliant innovation, largely by Stalin personally - who thought that free, secret, and universal elections would give the section of the leadership that had succumbed to the disease of bureaucratism a good drubbing and have them casted from their positions. In the book by Wendy Z. Goldman titled "Terror & Democracy in the age of Stalin" it states: | ||
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“Party leaders, insisting on democracy and multicandidate, secret-ballot elections, attempted to bust up the controlling "family circles" within the unions and party organizations. They urged the rank and file to exercise their democratic rights, expose hidden oppositionists, and oust entrenched leaders from power.”<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Democracy-Stalin-Wendy-Goldman/dp/0521685095<nowiki> | "Terror and Democracy in the Age of Stalin", ISBN: 0521685095]</nowiki></ref> | “Party leaders, insisting on democracy and multicandidate, secret-ballot elections, attempted to bust up the controlling "family circles" within the unions and party organizations. They urged the rank and file to exercise their democratic rights, expose hidden oppositionists, and oust entrenched leaders from power.”<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Democracy-Stalin-Wendy-Goldman/dp/0521685095<nowiki> | "Terror and Democracy in the Age of Stalin", ISBN: 0521685095]</nowiki></ref> | ||
==== Great Patriotic War (World War II) ==== | |||
During the [[Great Patriotic War]], Stalin led with great valiance in the fight against the [[Fascism|Fascists]] alongside U.S. president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]]. Roosevelt was an admirer of Stalin's leadership, and advanced US-Soviet relations in a very positive way during this time. | During the [[Great Patriotic War]], Stalin led with great valiance in the fight against the [[Fascism|Fascists]] alongside U.S. president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]]. Roosevelt was an admirer of Stalin's leadership, and advanced US-Soviet relations in a very positive way during this time. | ||
Khrushchev claimed that Stalin didn't expect the German attack, but Khrushchev lied. Stalin did expect it. He did not take every warning with 100% certainty because there was contradictory information, fed by British and German spies, and Stalin listened to the evaluation of the Soviet Navy Admiral Kuznetsov. <ref>Khrushchev Lied, by Grover Furr. Chapter 5.https://archive.org/details/khrushchev-lied/mode/2up</ref> | |||
==== Freedom of religion ==== | |||
The policy of freedom of religion was first declared immediately following the October Revolution, in the Decree “Freedom of Conscience” in 1918 [https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1917-2/conflict-with-the-church/conflict-with-the-church-texts/law-on-freedom-of-conscience/<nowiki>| Freedom of Religious Conscience], further in the 1924 Constitution, then again in 1936 Constitution. Believers in any religion were never repressed for their beliefs and had the right to worship. </nowiki> | The policy of freedom of religion was first declared immediately following the October Revolution, in the Decree “Freedom of Conscience” in 1918 [https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1917-2/conflict-with-the-church/conflict-with-the-church-texts/law-on-freedom-of-conscience/<nowiki>| Freedom of Religious Conscience], further in the 1924 Constitution, then again in 1936 Constitution. Believers in any religion were never repressed for their beliefs and had the right to worship. </nowiki> | ||
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Secretary of the Central Committee I. Stalin."<ref>https://stalinism.ru/stalin-i-tserkov.html Stalin and the Church]</ref> | Secretary of the Central Committee I. Stalin."<ref>https://stalinism.ru/stalin-i-tserkov.html Stalin and the Church]</ref> | ||
The repression of the Church in the years of the Revolution & subsequent Civil War, was both a result of the almost universal joining or supporting of the White Army by the clergy who had just lost all their privileges and benefits from their place in society under Tsardom, and a bottom-up | The repression of the Church in the years of the Revolution & subsequent Civil War, was both a result of the almost universal joining or supporting of the White Army by the clergy who had just lost all their privileges and benefits from their place in society under Tsardom, and a bottom-up phenomenon on behalf of the masses of people, mainly the peasants, who had been exploited to the hilt by the Church all the years before. Resentment on behalf of the peasantry towards the Church had begun before the Bolsheviks or Stalin had anything to do with it. | ||
Repression after the Revolution and Civil War again mainly targeted the clergy of the heavily corrupted Church, that was only freed of its corruption after the October Revolution after the corrupt clergy were purged. The church had not only been co-opted by modern capitalism but also infiltrated by foreign elements. The Church also played a role in cleansing itself of these elements, especially after establishing official ties with the Soviet State. | Repression after the Revolution and Civil War again mainly targeted the clergy of the heavily corrupted Church, that was only freed of its corruption after the October Revolution after the corrupt clergy were purged. The church had not only been co-opted by modern capitalism but also infiltrated by foreign elements. The Church also played a role in cleansing itself of these elements, especially after establishing official ties with the Soviet State. | ||