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The Russian Revolution: From Lenin to Stalin

The Russian Revolution: From Lenin to Stalin. Lesson 2 Chapter 15.2 Big Idea: After Lenin helped the country recover from civil war, Stalin established a brutal Communist dictatorship in the Soviet Union. Objectives. Describe how the Communist state developed under Lenin

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The Russian Revolution: From Lenin to Stalin

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  1. The Russian Revolution: From Lenin to Stalin Lesson 2 Chapter 15.2 Big Idea: After Lenin helped the country recover from civil war, Stalin established a brutal Communist dictatorship in the Soviet Union.

  2. Objectives Describe how the Communist state developed under Lenin Summarize the effects of Stalin’s five-year plans Explain why Stalin launched the Great Purge Assess how Soviet foreign policy affected relationships with the western powers

  3. Big Ideas After Lenin helped the country recover from civil war, Stalin established a brutal Communist dictatorship in the Soviet Union.

  4. Warm up • Describe what happened in the two revolutions and the civil war. • March Rev- Long term unrest & weak leadership cause proletariat to rise up. Czar abdicates & provisional govt formed • Nov Rev- Bolshevik takeover of govt • Civil War- Reds v Whites • Czar and family executed • Communist govt victorious

  5. Building the Communist Soviet Union • Government • 1922 Constitution • Democratic & socialist • Elected legislature • Right to vote • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) • Party reigned supreme • Lenin’s NEP • “War communism” failed • New Economic Policy (NEP) • Capitalism helped econ • S.O.L improved

  6. Video Watch Joseph Stalin Red Terror Review video worksheet

  7. Stalin Gains Power #1-5 • Lenin dies 1924 • Trotsky vs. Stalin • T- brilliant Marxist thinker and skillful speaker • S- shrewd poly operator & organizer • Stalin aka Joseph Djugashvili • Georgia • Poor & in seminary • Stalin= “Man of Steel” • Joined Bolsheviks • Lenin saw Stalin as too • Ambitious & rude • Stalin put supporters in top jobs & isolated Trotsky • Trotsky murdered in MEX 1940

  8. Stalin’s “5-Year Plan” #6-7 • Soviet Union to be industrial power • Heavy industry, improve transportation, increase farm output • Command economy • Govt controls econ • Mixed Industrial Results • bonuses to success & punishment to failure • SOL poor, wages low, consumer goods scarce, central planning inefficient • Revolution in Agriculture • Govt control • Collectives • Ruthless Policy • Resistance • Destroy kulaks • Seized grain

  9. The Great Purge #8-11 • Stalin’s power absolute • Paranoid • Reign of terror • Secret police crackdown • Charged w/wide range of crimes • Show Trials • Labor camps in Siberia • Victims- military officers

  10. Soviet Foreign Policy # 12-13 • Lenin- Communist International or Comintern • Aided rev groups around world • Urged colonial ppls to rise up • Caused suspicion and fear in the West (“Red Scare”)

  11. Video Review Discuss #14-17 Map?

  12. Closure How did Stalin’s “Five-Year Plan” change Russia?

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