Impacts of Stalinist Leadership
"Stalin has arguably made a greater impact on the lives of more individuals than any other figure in history."
-Ronald Francis Hingley
Positive Impacts of Joseph Stalin's Leadership
Negative Impacts of Joseph Stalin's Leadership
This change did have monumental economic, developmental, and physical costs, including the deaths of approximately 20 million individuals, and therefore, it is commonly stated that a similar degree of industrialization could have been achieved by less savage methods.
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“As the valued ally of Great Britain and the United States during World War II, he was responsible for his country's great victory over Nazism, which cost, sometimes senselessly, the lives of 27 million Soviet citizens.” |
Personal Interview with Adam HochschildWhat are some notable impacts of Joseph Stalin’s leadership?
"He made people terrified of speaking out in opposition in any way—and that fear lingered, with some reason, long after his death. He did effectively win World War II for the Allies in Europe, and he did preside over the industrialization of the USSR, but it is possible to imagine both things happening with far less loss of life." Navigate to: Adam Hochschild
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