Stalin wanted to modernize Russia in order to ensure that it would survive against the capitalist countries. Karl Marx had said that a single communist country could not survive amidst surrounding capitalist countries. Stalin believed he could make socialism survive in one country. He also recognized that Russia was still a backward country with an agrarian economy that needed to be changed into an industrial one.
He had stated in a speech that Russia had a history of being conquered by countries that were more advanced economically and politically than Russia was at those times and that unless Russia caught up to the Western world technologically, the western countries would eventually conquer Russia again.
He felt that Russia was at least 150 years behind the West industrially and that it had to catch up within ten years in order to survive in the long run. He instituted his Five Year Plans to do that.
He dreamed of power and control.He wanted people to worship him.
everywhere. Stalin wanted the world's workers to revolt against capitalism
Soviet Union interest in Finland, Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania had to do with security. Stalin feared these countries could serve as base of operations for Germany or West as a whole in an event of attack against Soviet Union. On the other hand, seizing control over these countries would provide Soviet Union with a firmer foothold in area of Baltic Sea.
tion with a communist government aligned with the Soviet Union.
When Germany turned on the Soviet Union and began a massive invasion eastward Stalin called desperately on the allies to open up a western front to ease the pressure on the Red Army. It did happen but not for about 3yrs while the allies built the force to do it successfully. In the meantime, the Soviets held the German army at Stalingrad.
Stalin's goal was to turn the Soviet Union into a military and industrial superpower. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952.
Stalin wanted to move the boarders of of the Soviet Union Westward.
He dreamed of power and control.He wanted people to worship him.
everywhere. Stalin wanted the world's workers to revolt against capitalism
Soviet Union interest in Finland, Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania had to do with security. Stalin feared these countries could serve as base of operations for Germany or West as a whole in an event of attack against Soviet Union. On the other hand, seizing control over these countries would provide Soviet Union with a firmer foothold in area of Baltic Sea.
He represented the USSR or Soviet Union whatever you want to call it. USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) That country is now called Russia.
tion with a communist government aligned with the Soviet Union.
When Germany turned on the Soviet Union and began a massive invasion eastward Stalin called desperately on the allies to open up a western front to ease the pressure on the Red Army. It did happen but not for about 3yrs while the allies built the force to do it successfully. In the meantime, the Soviets held the German army at Stalingrad.
documents to guarantee the soviet union
The Soviet Union wanted the US to open up a second front.
they didnt want to take on each other!
the U.S. did not want the Soviet Union and China to enter the war.