As he is compared to Hitler, and both being regarded as evil, how come even after WW2 he continued ruling...
2007-03-04 01:18:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
All his enemies and suspected enemies were eliminated, starting with Trotsky, all his Corps and Divisional Commanders during the 30s', influential politicians, intellectuals, and anyone who looked at him the wrong way found their way to the gulags in Siberia....
2007-03-04 06:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stalin was able to stay in power because whenever someone was gaining popularity or he felt paranoia about a potential rival he had the ability to find evidence or made up trump charges and the person was eliminated . Through his paranoia and evil he eliminated several of his best generals through the military purges of the 1930's which is why he stayed in power , wigned a nonaggression pact with Germany but with Operation Barbarossa he nearly lost it all.He was saved by all people the Japanese who bombed Pearl Harbor and the Germans were within 15 miles from Moscow.With the Americans involved in WW2 we saved Stalin by Lend-Lease. After the war the Soviet Union took over Eastern Europe and we were struggling with keeping Western Europe under our influence. With Communist China in 1949, stalin was able to achieve another ally that we were preoccupied with especially with Korea and Indochina. It was only through a stroke that Stalin would relinquish power.
2007-03-04 03:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like Hitler, Stalin was paranoid, and he had thousands of army officers and others slaughtered when he first came to power to insure he was surrounding himself with loyal people, loyal to him. Then he had the KGB which was the secret service spy organization keep tabs of people, and he "eliminated" those who were a threat to his power. In other words, he acted as most dictators do.
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2007-03-04 01:40:47 · answer #3 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was a dictator man read you history book he died i think in 1953 and Nikita Cruschef took over, the reason he stayed in power so long anytime anyone was percived as a threat to him they either went to gulag or were just shot
2007-03-04 01:28:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is Fidel Castro still in power?
Same reason.
Dictators rule their own fate.
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2007-03-04 01:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by kyle.keyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was communist first of all
2007-03-04 01:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by funkky_divva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋