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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Stalin
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.
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)
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)
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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