Stalin: Did his Rule Benefit Russian Society and the Russian People? In this paper I plan to prove that even though Stalin made improvements in the Russian industrial system, his rule did not benefit Russian society and the Russian people. In order to accomplish this, several questions must be asked. How did Stalin affect Russia's industrial power? How did Stalin try to change Russia's agricultural system? What changes did Stalin make in society? What were …showed first 75 words of 2442 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2442 total…that does not even begin to equal the death and destruction that he caused. Works Cited Dmytryshyn, Basil. USSR: A Concise History. 2nd ed. New York: Scribner's, 1971. Lewis, Jonathan, and Phillip Whitehead. Stalin. New York: Pantheon Books, 1990. Marrin, Albert. Stalin: Russia's Man of Steel. New York: Viking Kestrel, 1988. McKay, John P, Bennett D. Hill, and John Buckler. History of Western Society. 4th ed. Boston: Houghton, 1991. Treadgold, Donald W. Twentieth Century Russia. 2nd ed. Chicago: Rand, 1964.