How Did Stalin Change Russia

The death of Lenin marked the start of Stalin legacy over U.S.S.R. In his speech The Hard Line, he said “All beat her-for her backwardness: for military backwardness, for cultural backwardness, for political backwardness, for industrial backwardness, for agricultural backwardness.”, not only does this phrase describes the state of U.S.S.R but also Stalin ambition and sensitivity towards his country. Stalin design was to insure that Russia would no longer trail behind the rest of the world as it had done in the past. The Five Year Plan as it was called, would help Russia obtain authority and dominance over Europe. The first phase was to overhaul Russia’s heavy manufacturing and industry. This would include the production of steel, cast iron,
Another major part of Stalin’s plan was to change Russia into a Humanitarian Socialist Society. This means that he would have to take forcefully action in shifting the life and culture of U.S.S.R. The most positive aspect of his reforms were the introduction of old-age pensions, free medical services, free education, full employment and daycare. Women also entered the workforce and played a huge role in professionals and as technical specialists. Women’s rights also increased due to this shift. Almost all were literate and could get technical education. While all this seemed like great improvements, the reality was most people didn’t make a decent earing. Women no chose but to enter the workforce. This was life under that control of the state, this didn’t change until the 1940 when living standards finally went up. Life under the control of the regime was hard and terrorizing as you could be arrested for almost a reason. To maintain control of the government Stalin would have purges to find traitor and opponents who plotted against him, many time citizens were would become involved. Those who were accused had no chance in a corrupt system and were sent to camps or executed. Stalin took control of nearby eastern states as part of the overhaul of