As general secretary of the Communist Party, Stalin was regarded as a mere paper shuffler.
他们以为斯大林不过是个小角色
Flashier, cleverer Communists like Kamenev and Zinoviev thought they could use Stalin as a counterweight to Trotsky, but the joke was on them.
像加米涅夫和季诺维也夫这些更光鲜更聪明的政客希望利用斯大林来钳制托洛茨基,然而命运却开了个大玩笑
Stalin secured his power by setting up a cult of personality around the deceased Lenin, with himself as the humble high priest
而斯大林却通过建立对列宁的个人崇拜,把自己打造成了最卑微,虔诚的信徒的形象
and Trotsky as the Judas figure who supposedly betrayed the wonderful Lenin.
而托洛茨基则被渲染成了背叛了列宁的犹大
Segment 23c: The Time of Terror
23段第三部分,恐怖时期
Explains the two almost totally separate reigns of terror Stalin had upon securing his power in 1929.
介绍了斯大林自1929年掌权后两段截然不同的恐怖统治
The first wave of terror from 1929 to 1932 was tied to fulfillment of the first five-year plan,
第一段恐怖统治从1929年到1932年,为了实现第一个五年计划
in which all of agriculture was turned into one big collective farm.
所有的农业生产都变成了大型集体农舍
The victims of this wave tended to be well-off peasants called Kulaks.
这一波恐怖统治的受害者们基本都是被称为Kulaks的富农
The communist party was left largely intact.
而共产党大部分都没有受到侵害
The second wave of terror, 1934 to 1939 was aimed more generally at the Communist party and Soviet society in general.
第二段恐怖统治从1934年到1939年主要旨在打击共产党以及苏联社会
It took place before a backdrop of Germany's frightening rise to power and the bizarre anti-Comintern pact.
这波浪潮在德国恐怖政权兴起,以及令人匪夷所思的《反共产国际协定》签署之前就开始了