1. Stalin & the Totalitarian State

2. After Lenin’s Death
Many tried to gain
power.
Trotsky vs. Stalin

3. Trotsky Scholar & skilled speaker Urged a world wide
revolution against
capitalism

4. Stalin Shrewd political operator Uses position to gain power
Wanted to build socialism at home

5. Stalin Wins Trotsky is stripped of party and flees country in 1929
Eventually, in 1940, Trotsky was murdered by a Stalinist agent

6. Russia Under Stalin Command economy= government officials
make all economic
decisions
Government owns
all business

7. Economic Conditions Industry output is pushed Standard of living low
Oil, coal, steel, and mining production
Railroads built
Standard of living low
Central planning inefficient
Shortages & surpluses
Large quantities of low-quality goods

8. 1934 The Great Purge Getting rid of anyone
that Stalin thought was a threat
Lost a lot of military
generals that will hurt
him in WWII

9. The Totalitarianism State
A one party dictatorship that regulates
every part of the peoples’ lives
Stalin uses: Terror and Propaganda
Religion is no more= Atheism, state
policy, NO GOD
Russian Orthodox Church supports Czars

11. Benefits for the People
Free education for all
Medical care
Day care
Housing
Women won equality under the law
Access to new jobs; doctors, engineers

13. The Arts Art must serve politics Socialist Realism= boost socialism by
showing soviet life in a positive way
Censorship
Restrictions, must promote Stalin and communism