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Stalinist Russia 1928-1953

Stalinist Russia 1928-1953. Quick write: A little bit of review. Answer these as specifically as possible. Complete sentences not necessary. All information will come from last week’s notes and discussions. What caused the March Revolution to occur? What was the Duma?

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Stalinist Russia 1928-1953

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  1. Stalinist Russia 1928-1953

  2. Quick write: A little bit of review • Answer these as specifically as possible. Complete sentences not necessary. All information will come from last week’s notes and discussions. • What caused the March Revolution to occur? • What was the Duma? • Who were the Bolsheviks and what were they all about? Include V.I. Lenin in your answer. • What is the planned economy? • What caused the Russian Civil War to begin?

  3. A Government of Total Control • What is Totalitarianism? • “A government that takes control of almost all parts of people’s lives” • What would this include? • A very powerful leader leads this type of government • At first leader promises to bring security to the nation. • The government stays in power by using different ways to keep control. • Can we think of any historical or more recent examples of this?

  4. A government of Total Control • The weapons of totalitarianism include using: 1.) Police Terror • Police may: • Spy on people • Use brutal force • Exile political rivals or dissidents • Even murder them • The government might also control schools and use them to mold students’ minds.

  5. A Government of Total Control • Another weapon is Propaganda: • This is exaggerated or false information that is spread by the government to make people believe the government is working for their best interests. • At other times the government will censor, or block certain information from becoming public. • Governments of these regimes will even own the media, propagating stories as they wish. How is this propaganda? What is the poster trying to say about Stalin?

  6. Totalitarian Government: • A Totalitarian ruler might choose some people to persecute. • The group might be blamed when things go wrong in the country. • Often these people are from a certain ethnic group or religion • They may be forced to live in certain areas or have rules that apply only to them.

  7. What are the two weapons of totalitarian regimes? • What do rulers of totalitarian regimes do generally to hold onto power? • Are there any modern day examples where this sounds familiar?

  8. Stalin Builds a Totalitarian State • How did Stalin control the country? • Stalin kept tight control on the Soviet Union. • He did this by creating a powerful secret police. • In the mid 1930s, he turned against enemies-both real and imagined-within the Communist Party • Thousands were arrested • Many were sent to exile or killed • This was known as the Great Purge

  9. Stalin Builds a Totalitarian State • Stalin also used propaganda to keep control. • He controlled newspapers, radio, and other sources of information • He also used the arts to promote his ideas. • Stalin’s government also moved against religion-churches were destroyed. • Many church leaders were either killed or sent to exile

  10. Stalin seizes control of the economy • How did Stalin change the economy? • Stalin build a command economy. • This is an economy in which the government makes all the decisions about economic life. • He tried to make the economy fully industrial • All resources went to this effort • As a result there were shortages of food, housing, and clothing for many years

  11. Stalin seizes control of the economy • Stalin also began a farming revolution • The government took control of people’s farms--COLLECTIVZATION • It put together into large government owned farms called collective farms. • Wealthy peasants called kulaks resisted. Millions were killed and millions more were exiled to Serbia. • Stalin got farm output to rise by using these brutal methods Stalin and Mao Zedong on Chinese Postage stamp

  12. Daily Life Under Stalin; Total Control Achieved • How did Stalin change Soviet society? • Stalin completely changed Soviet society • Women enjoyed equal rights • They worked all kinds of jobs on farms and in factories • The could study for careers that had previously been closed to them How do these pictures depict Stalin?

  13. Daily life under Stalin continued: • People in general were more educated • By the mid-1930s Stalin was in complete control of all economic and political affairs in the Soviet Union • The Soviet Union had been transformed into a major political and economic World Power. What do you think this propaganda poster is trying to say?

  14. Stalinist Russia

  15. Create a timeline that shows the most important events of the Russian Revolution. It will be your job to place the events in chronological order writing the name of each event and its date above or below the corresponding box. Inside the box you will have to write a couple of sentences that briefly summarize the event as well as describe why it is a significant feature of the Russian Revolution Your 10 events for the timeline: (in random order) March Revolution Lenin takes over Bloody Sunday, Russian Civil War begins Russia enters WWI, November Revolution Russia becomes communist government Creation of the Duma Czar Nicholas II steps down Lenin’s Death Review for the Test .

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