A Change of Heart

The double was quite a productive lesson for me. I am finding Joseph Stalin and his legacy extremely interesting although, in contrast, I am finding it difficult to find a satisfactory level of information on the affects of Stalin on the Soviet Union as I have found that the main affect of Stalin was the infliction of terror on Russian's and the execution of mostly innocent people. As a result of this I have had a change of heart and have had to alter my proposal. My previous proposal was "assess the affects of Joseph Stalin on the Soviet Union" and has been changed to "To what extent was Joseph Stalin responsible for the industrialisation of the Soviet Union and what was the legacy of his program?" This proposal provides me with an opportunity to talk about more than Joseph Stalin.

As of today, I have come close to completing notes on the Soviet Union before Stalin, Joseph Stalin's background and on a few of the processes he undertook in order to industrialise. I also continued my reading and found some helpful newspaper articles that were written at the time relative events took place. The articles depict the type of world in which people lived in, how Stalin gained and maintained control over Russia and how the people at the time behaved. It also reflects on Stalin's influence on not only Russia but also the world, which proves to be very helpful as it relates to my question/proposal.