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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.
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What did Joseph Stalin want for the Soviet Union?
He dreamed of power and control.He wanted people to worship him.
Where did the soviet union want communism to expand to?
everywhere. Stalin wanted the world's workers to revolt against capitalism
What did Stalin want to use the border countries for?
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.
What did Stalin want for the future of Germany He wanted Germany to remain under the control of the Allies. He wanted a stronger and united Germany. He wanted to establish Germany as an independent na?
Stalin wanted Germany to be weak & divided up by the victorious powers, especially by the Soviet Union.
What did Stalin want the allies to do to reduce pressure on the Soviet Union of World War 2?
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.
