Stalin's First Section

  Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (December 21, 1879 - March 5, 1953), great proletarian revolutionary, leader of the international communist movement, one of the most important founders of the Soviet Union. The highest leader of the Soviet Union and the Soviet government, commander-in-chief of the Soviet Red Army. Stalin was a Georgian. His original surname was Dzhugashvili, he was Lenin's comrade-in-arms, made indelible contributions to the victory of the October Revolution and the consolidation of Soviet power. From a historical perspective, Comrade Stalin's contribution is enormous. First, he inherited Lenin's legacy and created the Soviet Union. Second, he led the Soviet people to establish a socialist system, completed socialist industrialization and socialist transformation, making the Soviet Union a great socialist power in Europe and second in the world within a decade or so. Third, he led the Soviet people to win the great victory of the Patriotic War, made outstanding contributions to the victory of the anti-fascist war. Fourth, Stalin established the world's earliest socialist model - Soviet-style socialism, according to Marxist-Leninist ideas, this model has had a profound and far-reaching impact. In general, Comrade Stalin made outstanding contributions to world peace and progressive development. During Stalin's time, the Soviet Union accelerated its development, national economic strength increased significantly, socialist planned economy system and people's welfare system were established, ensuring fairness and justice for the vast majority of people. During Stalin's era, the system of man exploiting man was eliminated, gambling, prostitution, drug addiction, and gangsterism were eradicated. In Stalin's era, the Soviet Union was a thriving, prosperous society that promoted communist new ideas, new morality, and basic equality among all people.

  But Stalin also made serious mistakes. Stalin's mistake was:

  First, autocratic dictatorship and patriarchal style of governance became more severe. After the 1920s, Stalin was no longer humble and cautious, and he increasingly refused to listen to criticism and suggestions. He eliminated opposition within the party and extensively used administrative and coercive measures. The Soviet Constitution of 1936 was merely a facade for show, and democratic rule of law was not implemented.

  Secondly, he cultivated a cult of personality and created a new privileged class in the Soviet style, forging a bureaucratic hierarchy society and creating new inequalities.

  Thirdly, the Soviet Union practiced great power chauvinism towards small and weak countries. During World War II, it established an Eastern Front with Nazi Germany and signed a non-aggression treaty with Japan. From a macro perspective, this was not worth it. Firstly, these compromises allowed fascist forces to become more rampant; secondly, they severely damaged the reputation of socialist Soviet Union; thirdly, they harmed the relationship between the Soviet Union and surrounding small countries. The Soviet Union invaded Eastern European countries from 1939 to 1941. At the Yalta Conference, it engaged in great power diplomacy with Churchill and Roosevelt, showing off its great power chauvinism, taking away China's Outer Mongolia, severely damaging China's sovereignty. After World War II ended, it could not treat China equally, still maintaining privileges in Northeast China like the old Tsar.

  Fourthly, after the war, in dealing with fraternal countries, it was somewhat rough and forcibly implemented the Soviet model, resulting in long-term hidden dangers for the development of socialist countries in Eastern Europe, and also set a very bad precedent for Soviet hegemonism.

  Fifth, Stalin's domestic policies were overly harsh. The Great Purge of the 1930s eliminated some enemies, but also misused personnel and indiscriminately killed many innocent people, resulting in irreparable losses.

  Sixth, Stalin was propagandized as infinitely great before his death and smeared as extremely despicable and hateful by domestic and foreign enemies after his death. Both are extreme and unreasonable. We need to understand the glorious greatness of Comrade Stalin as well as his mistakes.