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“His childhood was harsh with a drunken cobbler father, who beat both mother and child, and in school was bullied as a child, Joseph Stalin grew up to be a bully himself’ (Keller). These events in Stalin’s childhood dramatically influenced the later events as an adult. Joseph Stalin had caused social injustice in Russia through two wars, during the Great Purge, and in the Russian government. Joseph Stalin used social injustice during World War II and during the Cold War. During World War II, Stalin killed many different groups of people. According to Keller, “Stalin was unpredictable in his killings.
While wealthy peasants were targeted along with other class enemies, Stalin also destroyed imaginary enemies within his own parties. ” Later during the Cold War Stalin put up a blockade around the city of Berlin, this blockade is known as the Berlin Wall (Marin, 827). Stalin also caused social in Justice in the government as well. Stalin started his own secret police known as the NAVE (“Normandy Commissariat Eventuating Del” which in English means People’s Commissariat for Internal affairs). This secret police had to meet certain quotas in arrests and in how many killings they did (Keller).
The NAVE arrested anyone who opposed communism as well as all of Stalin’s enemies. In a desperation for his country to become more industrialized, “Stalin wanted Russia to become an industrial superpower, so he moved families to the coldest regions of Siberia” (Ingram, 64). The NAVE and Stalin’s selfishness caused many families to be killed, including children, as well as Stalin’s enemies. In addition to Injustice In government and wars, Stalin caused social Injustice during the Great Purge. Joseph Stalin killed anyone who was against the communist arty, which then later led to Stalin killing the older Bolsheviks (Cunningham, 121-22).
After Stalin started doing this, he came up with another plan. “He later sent people to Gulags (Soviet Prison camps In the northern reaches of Russia or In Siberia), and all of Stalin’s potential enemies were eliminated” (Stalin). All of this happened because Stalin wanted Russia to become an Industrial superpower, which happened later In his dictatorship. Stalin later on became less destructive and caused less social Injustice. During his early reign, he caused a lot of social Injustice through different wars, In government, ND during the Great Purge. Injustice anywhere Is a threat to Justice everywhere. We are caught In an Inescapable network of mutuality, tied In a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all Indirectly’ (Martin Luther King Jar. ). Even though Stalin did not know It Stalin affected the world with social Injustice. Joseph Stalin By buyout himself” (Keller). These events in Stalin’s childhood dramatically influenced the later In addition to injustice in government and wars, Stalin caused social injustice Gulags (Soviet Prison camps in the northern reaches of Russia or in Siberia), and all
Stalin wanted Russia to become an industrial superpower, which happened later in Stalin later on became less destructive and caused less social injustice. During his early reign, he caused a lot of social injustice through different wars, in government, and during the Great Purge. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly’ (Martin Luther King Jar. ). Even though Stalin did not know it Stalin affected the world with social injustice.