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guarantee security from the West.
wanted nothing less than to rule the Soviet Union and make her the greatest country in the world and he would stop at nothing to reach those goals. In his quest for leadership wished to consolidate his power in only himself, thus enabling him to better rule the Soviet Union. 's roots in politics go all the way back to him being expelled from the theological seminary in Tiflis, Georgia in 1899. This was where got his first real taste for politics and from that point on his political ambitions grew greater and greater. soon joined up with the Social Democratic Party and after the party split over ideological differences in 1903, joined the Bolshevik party under Vladimir Lenin. From 1903 to 1912 was arrested, and managed to escape, several times. He was exiled to Siberia from 1913 to 1917, returning only after the fall of the Tsar. With the fall of the Tzar and the country in the hands of the revolutionaries believed it to be the perfect time to ...

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There were also several show trials put on to demonstrate to the Soviet people that all of the killing was being done for a reason and that there really were conspirators and spies among them. Several accused openly confessed to active membership of a plot to murder the Soviet leadership. With the Army purges done, had not only control over the country but the military as well. With 's iron fisted rule things were able to happen much more quickly then they would have under a large bureaucracy. Indeed the great advances in industrialization and defense would almost definitely not have as high as they were at the outbreak of war if not for rule.
instituted the Five year Plans to ...

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