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Terror and the Gulag were a result of Stalinism

Terror and the Gulag were a result of Stalinism. Kelly McGovern, Anna Mangan, Casey Killian & Brad Joiner . October Revolution . Bolsheviks took over power in 1917 through a revolution Lenin was the new leader . Soviet Communist Ideology . Sought workers and peasants as main supporters .

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Terror and the Gulag were a result of Stalinism

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  1. Terror and the Gulag were a result of Stalinism Kelly McGovern, Anna Mangan, Casey Killian & Brad Joiner

  2. October Revolution • Bolsheviks took over power in 1917 through a revolution • Lenin was the new leader

  3. Soviet Communist Ideology • Sought workers and peasants as main supporters

  4. Stalin’s ideology • Merciless killing • Stalin gave the approval to execute over 44,000 people spanning from 1937-39 (McCauley, 183). • Over 20 million fell victim • Gulags • Fear and control • Economic projects • Wanted to prepare for war • paranoia

  5. Great Terror • Show trials • Guilted into confessing to nothing • The main victims were communists

  6. Famine • Industrialization • Collectivization • Persecuting kulaks

  7. The difference between Stalin and Lenin • Lenin did a purge of the party but small number was rejuvenated • In Stalin’s terror it was 75% • Treatment of opposition

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