Stalin, originally from Georgia, was the supreme leader of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party, he assisted Lenin and successfully won the victory of the October Revolution.
He led the Soviet Union to rapid industrialization, making it a world-class industrial power and military power. After the outbreak of World War II, he commanded the Soviet military and civilians to successfully win this global war, laying the foundation for the Soviet Union to share world hegemony with the United States.
At different stages of his life, Stalin showed very different personality traits and outlook. In his youth, he was a brave and fearless revolutionary, repeatedly ** and exiled, fighting endlessly for the revolutionary cause.
During World War II, he showed a firm will, and in the face of Nazi Germany, he delivered an impassioned speech at the military parade on Red Square in Moscow, inspiring the determination and courage of the whole people.
In his later years, he became cautious, often smiling and telling stories, observing the listeners' reactions in a horrific way.
In Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia in 1907, a group of revolutionaries lurked in the streets: the warriors known as the Bolsheviks. Some of them sit leisurely in the open-air taverns on the side of the street, some wander the streets with parasols, and some nervously stare at the movement outside in the secret rooms of the corner inns.
The goal they were waiting for was the huge money that would be sent to the newly created National Bank today, and Stalin, their leader, who was not yet called Stalin at that time, was originally surnamed Dzhugashvili.
They were young, brave and bold, and fought ceaselessly for the revolution.
Stalin, the great leader born in Georgia in 1878, was influenced by his mother from an early age to dream of becoming a devout Orthodox priest. However, his father strongly opposed this and wanted his son to inherit his shoemaker's trade.
Unfortunately, Stalin's father died when he was 11 years old, which gave his mother the opportunity to fulfill her wish and send Stalin to the seminary.
However, Stalin was deeply influenced by Marxism during his studies and drifted away from the priesthood that his mother expected. Due to his family's poverty, he could not continue to pay his tuition fees and had no choice but to drop out of school.
However, this did not hinder his revolutionary path. Stalin was actively involved in revolutionary activities and became a member of the social democratic labor party, the leading proletarian revolutionary party, and from then on, the trajectory of his life completely changed and he became an unwavering revolutionary.
As a young man, Stalin showed great charisma as a leader, attracting young people to follow him and gradually become the leading revolutionary figure in the Caucasus. Stalin's bold personality and strong executive power united a group of young people who believed in communism and dared to challenge the authority of the tsar, and repeatedly used force to join the revolutionary struggle.
From 1902 to 1913, Stalin was arrested seven times and exiled six times, but he was always able to escape from exile and unswervingly carry out the revolutionary struggle.
In Tbilisi, Georgia, Stalin planned a robbery of the National Bank to finance the revolutionary activities of the Social Democratic Labour Party with the money of the Georgian aristocracy.
When the wagon, loaded with huge sums of money, drove into the center of the square, the long-awaited revolutionaries rushed out and threw grenades at the wagon. This unsuspecting attack threw the convoy into chaos in an instant.
Immediately afterward, they quickly picked up their guns and quickly removed the money bags from the carriage while shooting at the police and officers. This action raised 250,000 rubles for the revolutionary activities of the Social Democratic Labour Party and made Stalin famous.
Within the Social Democratic Labour Party, however, the action has received mixed reviews. In the days that followed, Stalin went to Baku, an important industrial center and oil base in the Caucasus, where he led the famous Baku workers' strike.
The Social Democratic Labour Party (SDLAB) formed two factions, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks, led by Lenin, and Stalin was always a staunch supporter of Lenin, especially under Lenin's instructions, when he founded Pravda and used it for the first time in this newspaper"Stalin"This pen name means as firm as steel.
Stalin followed Lenin and together won the victory of the October Revolution and established the Soviet Union. After Lenin's death, Stalin gradually seized the military and political power of the Soviet Union and became the supreme leader of the Soviet party and state.
In the cold winter of 1941, the capital of the Soviet Union, Moscow, was in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, as the city symbolized the center of the socialist camp.
Since the outbreak of World War II, Germany has swept through Western Europe at lightning speed, and countries such as Poland and Belgium have become the prey of fascist Germany. In front of the German ** team, even France, which forced Germany to sign a defeated treaty in World War I, could only choose to surrender.
In Europe, only Britain and the Soviet Union could hold off the German offensive. Hitler believed that Britain was separated from the European continent across the English Channel, which was not conducive to the German Army's cross-sea attack, so he saw Britain as the next target after the unification of Europe.
However, in order to achieve this, it was first necessary to conquer the Soviet Union.
In June 1941, Hitler launched the "Barbarossa Plan" aimed at conquering the Soviet Union. The plan sent 190 divisions, 5.5 million men, 4,900 aircraft, 3,700 tanks and 47,000 artillery pieces to raid the Soviet Union from three directions.
At that time, the Soviet Union misjudged the situation in Europe and believed that Germany, which had just occupied a large amount of territory, needed to digest the fruits of victory and would not immediately attack, so it did not make sufficient pre-war preparations.
In the face of the attack of the German elite troops, the Soviet Union, which hastily responded to the battle, was unable to do so, and was defeated by the advanced German tank troops. In just a few months, hundreds of Soviet divisions were annihilated, several important cities were lost, and almost all key areas of the Soviet map, including the Baltic Sea coast, were lost.
The German team achieved amazing results in World War II, conquering almost the entire Soviet Union. They came to Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, and quickly occupied all the surrounding positions, wiped out 600,000 Soviet Red Army, and successfully surrounded Moscow.
At this time, the young Red regime was facing a critical moment of life and death, and the Soviet Union was ready to withdraw from Moscow, while Hitler and his German generals arrogantly planned a celebration in Moscow.
They believed that the Soviet Union was powerless and that Moscow had fallen into German hands, so they decided to hold a German military parade on Moscow's Red Square on November 7, 1941.
This day is the day when the Soviet Union commemorates the victory of the October Revolution, and it is also the day when Lenin, Stalin and others overthrew the tsar** and established the world's first socialist state.
New copy: Stalin's choice on the day of the parade, proclaiming the victory and tenacity of the USSR. The chaos in Moscow, the spies in Germany, the rebels in their own country, all this did not shake Stalin.
He arrived at the railway station, ready to leave the city, which symbolized the victory of the revolution, but in the end, after pacing at the railway station for two hours, decided to hold on to Moscow.
His decision immediately boosted the confidence of the Soviet military and civilians, and social order quickly stabilized, and people began to build fortifications in preparation for a decisive battle with the Germans. Stalin's choice is a symbol of tenacity and courage, a symbol of perseverance and hope, and a symbol of the spirit of the Soviet Union.
Stalin's resolute decision to hold a military parade on the anniversary of the Revolution surprised the heads of the Moscow Guard Army. At that time, Moscow was like a boat in a torrent of German steel, ready to capsize at any moment.
If a military parade is held, not only the army may become a target for the German army, but even the heads of state who will review the army may also put their lives in danger. However, Stalin's determination inspired everyone.
The commander of the front, Zhukov, also gave his judgment, believing that the German Army had also suffered considerable losses in previous battles, and it would not be possible to carry out a large-scale offensive in the short term, which would not affect the parade.
Eventually, Stalin finalized the deployment of the parade and brought it forward to eight o'clock in the morning to guard against Luftwaffe bombing. The Soviet Air Force was ready for battle, and all the press and propagandists were in place to convey the live parade to the world.
In the early morning of November 7, Moscow's Red Square was covered with heavy snow, and Stalin stood firmly on the podium, ready to use this unprecedented military parade to change the fate of the Soviet Union.
Standing in front of hundreds of thousands of Moscow citizens and newly formed troops, Stalin made a speech in which he told everyone that the enemy's army was approaching, but our country would never give in.
He called on the whole country to unite and defeat the German invaders. Finally, Stalin passionately declared: "Long live our Motherland, long live our freedom and independence!"
Under the guidance of Lenin, let's march towards victory together! ”
In the bitterly cold winter, Stalin's speech boosted the morale of the Soviet military and civilians, who sang the melody of the "Internationale" as the warriors of the army walked with heroic steps under Stalin's gaze.
Although these units were formed in a hurry, most of the soldiers were warriors returning from the front line or newly joined enthusiastic youths, who did not have enough time to train in the queue.
They walked through Red Square and were about to rush to the battlefield outside Moscow to fight to the death against the German invaders. Stalin's speech and the live military parade on Red Square spread around the world, proclaiming to the world the determination of the Soviet Union never to surrender.
In the Moscow battlefield, the Soviet Red Army showed fearless courage and tenacity in the arduous battle, and the German ** team not only failed to quickly capture Moscow, but suffered huge losses and was forced to retreat.
This victory gave the Soviet Red Army a precious respite and also laid a solid foundation for them in the next **. In the course of World War II, Stalin's unwavering determination and will, as the leader of the Soviet Union, played a crucial role in the final victory of the Soviet Union.
In his later years, despite the victory in World War II and the fact that the Soviet Union had become one of the two poles of world hegemony in the world, his position became more and more secure, and his prestige reached its peak.
However, the brutal struggles of the revolutionary years and the years of war with the countries of the hostile camp of capitalism kept his spirit in a state of high tension.
Thus, despite the victory, he was not less wary of the Cold War on a global scale and the dissent within the Soviet Union. His caution is even to the extent that even his comrades-in-arms who have fought side by side for many years will be looked at with suspicion.
In his later years, Stalin often liked to share an interesting story with those around him. He tells about a winter hunting experience, riding a sleigh with a gun, crossing the Yenisei River and walking 12 versts.
On the way, he saw some birds parked in the trees, which he didn't recognize as partridges at first. Although he had hunted partridges before, he had always thought of them as fowls in the field, to stay in the haystacks.
However, he believes that learning should be continuous, no matter when and where. So, he got closer and started to put his gun. He had only 12 rounds of ammunition, while there were 24 partridges in the trees.
He killed 12 of them, and the rest remained in the trees, so he decided to go back and get more bullets, and when he came back, he killed the remaining 12. This story teaches us that learning is never-ending, and we need to constantly enrich ourselves in order to better cope with life's challenges.
In Stalin's hunting experience, it was not uncommon to go out into the field to hunt partridges with a gun, but the interesting thing about the story is that how could a partridge, alarmed by the sound of gunfire, stand stupidly on a tree and wait for Stalin to come back and get a bullet to shoot again?
This story clearly does not correspond to the logic of reality, and even if Stalin was just joking, it was enough to cause nervousness in others. Stalin told this absurd story in order to gauge the listener's reaction and judge whether it was trustworthy or not.
And the listeners were all terrified, for fear of losing Stalin's trust.
When someone had doubts about this story, Stalin would ask directly, "Why do your eyes flicker, or why do you always wander today and do not want to make eye contact with me?"
Khrushchev, who followed Stalin in his later years, detailed in his memoirs one of the characteristics of Stalin's later years: as soon as he no longer trusted someone, he would begin to examine the person, and the more he looked at him, the more suspicious he felt, until he completely lost trust in the person.
Under such pressure, the people around Stalin were all shocked when they heard this story, for fear that they would not respond properly and invite Stalin's questioning. Stalin's death in 1953 ended his illustrious life and ended his cautious and fearsome old age.
The two articles respectively describe the ideas of Khrushchev and Stalin in governing the country and their influence. The article "Khrushchev's "Forced Palace" and "Forced Palace" reveals Khrushchev's role in the political power struggle and how he broke the shackles of the Soviet system through reforms.
Stalin's Later Years: Governing a Great Country is Equal to Managing a Small Circle" deeply analyzes the shortcomings of Stalin's governance of the Soviet state in his later years, and puts forward the question that he equates governing the country with managing a small circle, which is of great value for understanding the history and politics of the Soviet Union.