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The following were equally important reasons why Stalin was able to hold on to power in the soviet union:
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The following were equally important reasons why Stalin was able to hold on to power in the soviet union: * The purges and show trials * The secret police * Propaganda and the cult of personality * Stalin's economic polices Explain how far you agree with this statement. Throughout Stalin's reign he had various problems to overcome. Despite this he remained in power until his death in 1953 .In the 1930s Stalin consolidated his position as Supreme Dictator of the Soviet Union, maintaing it using many different methods. He controled the people by terror and had control of their ideas, minipulating their belives to suit himselfe. There were many reasons why stalin was able to maintain control of the USSR, and had he not had these successes he would not have been able to hold on to power. Firstly, there was the "purges" and "show trials". The purges were used as a...
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