"People won against" Stalin?
K.Vasilyev, "Farewell Slav", 1975.
First, Stalin was one of the main ideological inspirers of the process of industrialization of the state. So, in 1927, he was told the famous phrase that “we have 10 years to catch up with developed countries, otherwise they will crush us”. To do this, it was necessary to suppress the strong resistance of the supporters of the development of the NEP, “tighten the belts” and turn the state into a powerful industrial power in just three part five-year periods. This was already a feat. One can imagine what would happen if the Soviet Union took the path of the NEP supporters, when the Wehrmacht mechanized armada would encounter an army like the Polish, without a powerful defense industry, of thousands tanks and aircraft and the ability to produce them in thousands. And all this is the merit of Stalin.
The industry “for war” was rebuilt and built over 10 years, so even the Moscow metro had two uses: one of the modes of transport and a powerful and roomy bomb shelter. An industrial base was specially built in the east of the USSR, so that if the western regions were under bombardment or, God forbid, were captured by the enemy, the country could supply the army with everything necessary. The enterprises were built "double", with the same purpose.
Secondly, the country where a large part of the population was illiterate, simply at amazing rates, first eliminated illiteracy, and then began to increase the educational potential at a pace that eventually resulted in the Soviet educational system becoming the best in the world. The Germans were then amazed at the striking changes: if in the First World War the Russian soldier was mostly an illiterate or semi-literate peasant, then in the Second World War the Germans had already encountered competent, often technically savvy workers, collective farmers. These people could already have mastered the management of a tank, an airplane, become an anti-aircraft gunner, etc. It’s not for nothing that they say that “the Soviet teacher won the war”. And it is clear that education itself does not develop by itself, the country's top leadership has given it enormous influence.
Thirdly, Stalin and the top leadership of the USSR love to scold for collectivization, in fact, so-called. “Excesses” were not small, but in the end food security was ensured. Agriculture could provide raw materials industry, feed the city and the army, including during the war.
Fourth, great attention was paid to the army, the fleet, large resources that could be spent on education, science, the construction of houses, light industry enterprises, etc., went to defense needs. They tried to arm the army with the most modern weapons according to the principle “it is better to feed your soldier than a stranger”. And then Stalin had nothing to do with it?
Fifthly, the greatest attention was paid to the patriotic and technical education of young people. Various circles, clubs, gliders, parachutes, war games, films, music, etc., were aimed at educating the patriot of his country, who was skillful and versed in technology. Negative tendencies of 20's were curtailed when the struggle against the “damned tsarism” was going on and under its cover they destroyed “Russian great-power chauvinism”, together with A. Pushkin and Alexander Nevsky.
Sixth, and this is a very important factor, the “fifth column” of the “Trotskyists-internationalists”, who could stab in the back in the event of war, was largely disarmed.
And all this was done in spite of Stalin? It was during this period that the system was created, it is called by the name of Stalin - Stalin, who broke the back of another effective management system - Hitler, which was able to subjugate almost the whole of Europe. In order for people to win, they needed an effective system that took care of weapons, supplies of ammunition, uniforms, food, medicine, treatment of the wounded, feeding of cities and much more.
One of the myths that supports the idea of “victory contrary to the system” is the myth of “decapitating the army” before the war. But what the documents say: in the years of mass repressions of the commanders who were shot, 1410 was a man of commanding personnel, not 30-100 thousand, according to “de-Stalinizers”. There were a total of 30 thousands dismissed for health reasons, political reasons, drunks and other reasons, but of these, over 12 thousands of people were able to recover, proving their “purity”. In addition, in 1938-1940, the army received 271 500 new commanders, that is, ten times more than it lost from "mass" repression. During this period, military education grew steadily: if in 1936, 13 thousand people received higher academic military education, 125 thousand people received secondary military education, then 1941 thousand commanders received academic education and 28 thousand military commanders by 206 year. As a result, we met the war with an educated army. In addition, those commanders who, during the Great Patriotic War, will become heroes, our best commanders, have advanced to the top.
Stalin perfectly learned the lessons of the First World War, the Russian Empire died due to the fact that it did not neutralize the assorted “fifth column” before the war, which eventually organized the February Revolution. The empire did not industrialize and did not introduce universal primary education. The activities of foreign agents, both German, Austrian, and supposedly "allied" - English, French, have not been stopped. A complete failure in the field of ideology, the church in society no longer had its former authority, and almost all of the intelligentsia were pro-Western, conducting subversive work against their own state. As a result - a total disaster.
That is why in 30-ies and gave a decisive battle of various kinds of destructive elements, undermining the unity of the people in the face of a common threat. That is why Stalin is so hated - he did not allow Russia to be “devoured” in 1941, preparing the country and the people for a decisive battle for survival.
K. Vasiliev, "The Parade of the forty-first"
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