Friday, January 4, 2008

Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism


Totalitarianism is the concept in where a ruler controls every aspect of someones lives. For example the Chinese ruler attempted to control China. Joseph Stalin controlled most Russia with this concept of Totalitarianism and used use for a longer time then anyone in the Russian Government. The Five Year Plan was a plan to change into a Industrial country in Five years. The Great Purge was when Joseph Stalin started to be paranoid and started to persecute important members of the party. Joseph Stalin was just a dictator almost like Adolf Hitler but Joseph Stalin had a reason to change Russia.

Film Lesson: Doctor Zhivago


In this movie Doctor Zhivago pictured the Russian Revolution to change the ways of Russia Government and make everything fair for Russia. They wanted to change the way they lived they didn't want anymore Czars and the wanted to change their Economy and live with food and a place to live. The Revolution happened because of when Russia's Czar went into battle against Germany in World War 1.This Film pictured Communism with force in controlling everyone and killing to keep everyone in order the also had leader of Communism. When Doctor Zhivago came home he had to share his house with 13 other different families. He also didn't have fuel his house with heat so he went out to get wood to burn. Then most people were stealing his stuff. He also got in trouble went he met his Communist brother and when he told him about poems about he feels toward Communism.

Causes of WWI

WWI strated all because of one crazy man that kill Franz Fredinad which so Austria-Hungary declared war on Sibria so Russia backed up on Siberia and then Gremany, France and England also joined in because all these countries wanted world power over weaponary, industrial power and controling other countries for the resources and land. They all did this by having miltary power. So they made a military and made waepons to fight WW1 which was really called the Great War.