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Assignment #6: Stalin Case Study. What was going on when we last left Russia?. Lenin promises a new way to govern:. “All Power to the Soviets”. Provisional Government Falls & Civil War Breaks Out. Civil War - Treaty of Brest Litovsk -Cheka and war communism. Lenin’s Political Reforms.
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Assignment #6: Stalin Case Study What was going on when we last left Russia?
Lenin promises a new way to govern: “All Power to the Soviets”
Provisional Government Falls & Civil War Breaks Out • Civil War - Treaty of Brest Litovsk -Cheka and war communism
Lenin’s Political Reforms In 1922, nation became the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) NEP – New Economic Policy – allowed some capitalism (Stalin would Later change this to a command economy) Bolsheviks rename themselves the Communist Party By Lenin's death in 1924 USSR became a dictatorship controlled by the Communist Party, not the people
Lenin in power • Civil War ends in 1921 • The Bolsheviks have to ask: Now that the revolution of workers has happened, what next? • What does Marx say? • Did this happen?
Whether it is possible for the state to “wither away” or not….the Russians do the opposite. • Lenin = kind of Totalitarian (see HW tonight) • Stalin = VERY Totalitarian
Next in Line? Trotsky? Or Stalin?
How does Stalin Modernize? maintain power? Collectivization, Gulag Kulaks, purges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKjPSbXB6Xc
Fascism vs.Stalin’s Communism Similarities: • Both promote total obedience to government authority • Both outlaw political opposition and freedom of speech • Both used propaganda, secret police & indoctrination techniques • Both seek to modernize their countries. Differences: • Communism utilizes a state controlled economy while fascism has a capitalist economy (private ownership of business) • Fascism did not promise a classless (economically equal) society • Fascism emphasizes aggressive nationalism and military force to conquer other countries.