1. Stalin

2. Stalin Becomes Dictator
Lenin died in 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
Lenin died in Trotsky & Stalin (his biggest supporters) fought to become dictator
Joseph Stalin gained complete control over the communists &
set up a Totalitarian society.

3. 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)

4. Industrial Revolution
1928, Russia was 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)

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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- support ideals of a socialist society
Censorship: Gov’t controlled newspapers so nothing bad was printed about Stalin
Religious Persecution: atheism replaced religion

8. The Great Purge
, 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”

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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