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Stalin

Stalin . Lenin died in 1924- Trotsky & Stalin (his biggest supporters) fought to become dictator Joseph Stalin gained complete control over the communists & set up a Totalitarian society. Stalin Becomes Dictator.

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Stalin

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  1. Stalin

  2. Lenin died in 1924- Trotsky & Stalin (his biggest supporters) fought to become dictator • Joseph Stalin gained complete control over the communists & • set up a Totalitarian society. Stalin Becomes Dictator • Lenin died in 1924- Trotsky & Stalin (his biggest supporters) fought to become dictator • Joseph Stalin gained complete control over the communists & set up a Totalitarian society.

  3. Totalitarianism • To have “total” control over all aspects of your country. • Typically, a bad country to live in because personal freedom is lost • Famous Totalitarian dictators in history are: • Stalin- Russia (Communist) • Hitler- Germany (Fascist) • Mussolini- Italy (Fascist)

  4. Industrial Revolution • 1928, Russia was 50-100 years behind other countries in industrialization • 5 Year Plan (replaced Lenin’s policy)- forced work hours, quotas, limit consumer goods, boost national defense, execution/jail for bad workers= rapid industrial growth • Command Economy (communism)- government makes ALL decisions Many sent to Gulags (work camps)

  5. Agricultural Revolution • Stalin seized 25 million farms and forced the previous owners to work on them. • Farms combined into larger farms called “collective farms” • Many workers (peasants) resisted and 5-10 million were killed or sent to prison camps • Many Kulaks (wealthy peasants) resisted and were sent to gulags

  6. Daily Life Under Stalin • Government assigned jobs and working hours • Education was important • Communist values promoted everywhere and everyday • Women were given equal rights • not working hard enough? =killed or sent to Siberia

  7. Weapons of Terror • Totalitarian dictators like Stalin often use terror to keep people under control • Read mail and listened to telephone lines • Spies everywhere/Secret police (KGB) • Indoctrination/Brain-washing • Propaganda: biased info meant to sway beliefs • Socialist Realism: artistic style of the era • Censorship:Gov’t controlled newspapers so nothing bad was printed about Stalin • Religious Persecution: atheism replaced religion

  8. The Great Purge • 1934-39, Stalin’s plan to eliminate anybody who threatened his power • Used phone taps, read mail, and used spies to determine enemies • Many were arrested and 8-13 million people were killed for “crimes against the Soviet state”

  9. Ukrainian Famine • Stalin raised quotas in 1932 and not enough food was left for the peasants. • Goal: break the spirit of the Ukrainian farmer • Peasants were not allowed to store food or travel to find food. • 7-10 million people died as a result

  10. Stalin • Approximate deaths- 20 million • Soviet Union became an industrial & political power • The ideals of communism will eventually lead to the Cold War with the United States • Stalin died in 1953

  11. Legacy leading to WWII • By 1939, Stalin had total control of the country • The U.S.S.R. was industrialized • They were also a political powerhouse

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