1. 1. To what extent did Stalins dictatorship devastate the Soviet Union?
2. 2. 1) General Social Impact 2) Social Groups
3. 3. Social goods like housing, education, health services and even holidays were decided by the state Workers and Communist Party members given better treatment Why?
4. 4. More people moved to cities to work in factories Overcrowding! Shortage of Housing Many lived in cramped conditions - In Moscow, only 6% of households had more than one room
5. 5. Workers made to work long hours with low wages in order to meet government targets
6. 6. Shortage of everyday items Worsened with famine in 1930s Basic items like bread were rationed until 1935 Consumer goods still short in supply
7. 7. Citizens lived in fear Punishments for: Enemies of the state Workers who failed to meet targets
8. 8. Social Groups Religious Groups Minorities New Soviet Man Women Youth and Education
9. 9. What does this poster tell us about Soviet attitudes towards Religious Groups?
10. 10. Many priests attacked collectivisation and Stalin instructed local party organisations to attack churches and priests Churches were vandalised and many priests were killed. The number of working priests fell from about 60 000 in 1925 to under 6000 by 1941. Many Muslim and Jewish leaders also fell victim.
11. 11. For the Bolsheviks, COMMUNISM was the only religion and they wanted people to worship the communist state instead of God.
12. 12. Minority nationalities lost their freedom with the creation of the Soviet Union Minorities were subject to centralised control and had to follow instructions from Moscow
13. 13. Minority groups who resisted were purged and persecuted Ukraine Famine
14. 14. To an extent, unique cultural traditions could be preserved = better off than when under the tsars
15. 15. Introduced to motivate citizens to support the governments aim to transform the Soviet Union into a superpower
16. 16. Workers and miners were put up as role models (Stakhanovites) Through such campaigns, workers were influenced to work for the countrys future
17. 17. Abortion and divorce was made a lot more easy under Lenin. Stalin changed all this Divorce made illegal in 1936 to protect motherhood and childhood
18. 18. Women were encouraged to enter the workforce State-run childcare centres were opened to allow women to work in factories Girls, what kind of lives do you think Soviet women lived?
19. 19. School attendance was made compulsory every child was allowed to have at least 9 years of free education
20. 20. Emphasis on 1) Propaganda messages, communism and atheism 2) Technical subjects Meet national goals What are these?
21. 21. Stalin wanted to be seen as the father of the people and he needed to win the loyalty of young people to maintain that image.
22. 22. Outside of school, children were expected to join youth organisations such as Pioneers for the 10 to 16 year olds. From 19 to 23 you were expected to join the Komsomol.
23. 23. Children were taught how to be good communists and an emphasis was placed on outdoor activities and loyalty to Stalin. Looking at this picture, What do you think the youths were taught?
24. 24. Crisis and Conflict: Communist Russia Copyright 2006 26 Communist Russia became an industrialised country Farms in Russia were collectivised Development of a terror state Tight control over culture What was the impact of Stalins regime on Communist Russia?
25. 25. Crisis and Conflict: Communist Russia Copyright 2006 27 Did Stalin bring more harm than good to Communist Russia? Consider the viewpoints below. What were the harms and what were the goods?
26. 26. Crisis and Conflict: Communist Russia Copyright 2006 28 Did Stalin bring more harm than good to Communist Russia? Consider the viewpoints below. What were the harms and what were the goods?