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JOSEPH STALIN

JOSEPH STALIN. Stalinism: an ideology based of Stalin’s interpretation of communism, characterized by totalitarian rule and repression of political opponents. Created Gulags (Prison camps) for those who opposed him. Secret police used to control the people by terror.

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JOSEPH STALIN

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  1. JOSEPH STALIN

  2. Stalinism: an ideology based of Stalin’s interpretation of communism, characterized by totalitarian rule and repression of political opponents

  3. Created Gulags (Prison camps) for those who opposed him. • Secret police used to control the people by terror. • Rewriting of history to display a state view of Russian history. • Private farms taken by force for collective use.

  4. “We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us.” • Stalin

  5. 5 Year Plans • Completely opposed liberalism • Complete government control over the economy. • emphasized heavy industry to lay the foundations for future industrial growth.. For instance, coal and iron production both quadrupled their output, electric power production increased and 1500 new industrial plants were built. • -did not focus on consumer goods

  6. Collectivization 1932-33 Ukraine experienced a drought. Stalin with held grain supplies in what is now considered to be a planned famine. Somewhere b/w 7 & 10 million starved. The government recognizes Holodomor as an act of genocide. Stalin did this to ruthlessly crush opposition from the state.

  7. Rejecting Liberalism • Dictatorship: - a form of government in which, one person or a small group possesses absolute power. Dictators are not accountable to the citizens, often use force, and maintain their power through intimidation, and fear.

  8. Techniques of Totalitarian Dictatorship • 1.) Force -to secure obedience, dictators use threat or the use of physical force -suppress opposition (real or imaginary) -secret police create terror within the population

  9. Great Purge • Stalin wanted to purge the country of any threat to him and the development of the country • At least 1,710,000 people were arrested • At least 1,440,000 people were sentenced • At least 724,000 were executed • Stalin used his secret police to purge the government, military, and citizens

  10. Techniques of Dictatorship • 2.) Indoctrination: • Control of the media • Make the ruler seem to be kind, concerned for the people to the point that they seem superhuman • Control the education system • Extreme use of propaganda

  11. Stalin controlled all media • Used extreme propaganda • Rewrote Russian history.

  12. 3.) Direction of Popular Dissent (Scapegoating) -build hatred to a real or imagined group -projecting that all national problems are the fault of that group For the communists their enemy was the capitalists

  13. 4.) Controlled Participation -allows non-members to feel like part of the elite -give people the appearance of having a voice in government ex: having elections but only allowed to vote for one party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I-JEU5RUeE&feature=related

  14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fJet5L7lRg • Propaganda • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAh5mfkuAXk • Speech • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkCXtMHCUTc Remember http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG9rbkSNYAQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp

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