Account for the changes in the policies of Communist Party rule in Russia/Soviet union in the period from 1917 to 1934. The reasons for the change in Party policy are the result of unrest in the proletariat class, foreign security concerns, the desire to use terror as a form of control, and the desire for total power by the Soviet leaders. The leadership position may have changed from Lenin to Stalin, however the underlying desire for …
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…er the Russian people through changes to economic, military, and foreign policies in the period from 1917 to 1934. All policy alterations support the need for this consolidation of totalitarian rule through their relation to conformity and control. Policy alteration was initiated when Lenin or Stalin felt their control of the Russian people was diminishing or endangered, and as a result sought to impose tough controls on the lives of each person under the banner of Communism.