Stalin, being at the helm of power in the USSR for about 30 years, played a huge role not only in the life of his own country, but the whole world. The Stalin era was remembered for its grandiose achievements in various fields, the victory in the Great Patriotic War, but also the cult of his personality, gross violations of the law, the death and suffering of many innocent people. V. V. Putin, speaking of this historical figure, condemned the negative phenomena of that era, but at the same time called Stalin an "effective manager." Why is that?
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For an objective assessment of the personality and management methods of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, it is necessary to take into account the specific historical situation in the state, and in the whole world. In less than 10 years, having gone through the First World War, the February and October revolutions, the Civil War, the country suffered colossal human and material losses. The general bitterness on the part of people, a sharp decline in industry and agriculture, a violation of the usual way of life, epidemics, and many street children have become a sad reality. If we add to this the unfulfilled hopes for a world communist revolution, a serious illness (and the death that followed soon) of the undisputed political leader V. I. Ulyanov-Lenin and the struggle of his "heirs" for power, the picture turns out to be even more bleak.
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In the early 1920s, Joseph Stalin was noticeably inferior in popularity and influence to Lenin, Trotsky and other prominent party leaders. However, through clever behind-the-scenes intrigues, creating temporary alliances (and then, at the right time, destroying them), he was able to first push Trotsky into the background, and then completely achieve his expulsion from the party. He did the same with other former associates, whom he saw as competitors. By the end of the 1920s, Stalin had become the undisputed political leader. For this, it was necessary to have analytical thinking, patience, the ability to calculate different variants of events, as well as the ability to convince oneself in the rightness. These qualities are essential for a leader to be successful. Here is one of the explanations why Stalin can be called an effective manager.
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The enormous scale transformations carried out in the USSR in a matter of years (from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s), the defeat of the troops of Nazi Germany, as well as the pace of restoration work after the end of the Great Patriotic War, seemed to many people in the world to be a real miracle. The merit of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin in this is very great. He often acted with harsh authoritarian methods, not stopping to face brutal violence. But at the same time, he showed outstanding organizational skills, selecting and placing the necessary personnel in key positions, knew how to delve into the essence of the matter, to concentrate material and human resources in the right place and at the right time. That is, he showed the qualities of an effective manager.
