1. Soviet Union under Stalin
What methods does Stalin use to maintain control?

2. Stalin’s Economic Plan - Industry
1928: Stalin ends NEP & start own economic plan, the 5 Year Plans
Stalin’s goal is rapid industrialization
Quotas were raised for production of steel, oil, coal & electricity, which will limit regular consumer goods
Although the high goals aren’t met, Soviets made huge gains
Agriculture
Gov took control of all private farms
Farms combined into “collective farms” – producing food for state
Ukrainian kulaks resisted collectivization
Ukrainian Terror Famine
1932: Stalin orders the liquidation of the kulaks
3 million killed, 2 million starved to death during Ukrainian Terror Famine
Overall, 10 million Soviet citizens were killed during Stalin’s collectivization plan

3. Stalin’s Weapons of Terror
Stalin’s Methods
Examples
Police Terror
Cheka & spies eliminate opponents
Sent people to Gulags (prison camps)
Launches Great Purge (8 to 13 million killed)
Propaganda
Used artwork, posters & media to spread word of how good the Soviet Union is doing – enemies airbrushed out of pictures
Censorship
Official newspaper Pravda prints only what Stalin tells them to print
Religious Persecution
Soviet Union is an atheist state
Must teach communism, not religion
Indoctrination
Government controls all schools
Virtues of communism are taught
Teachers who resist are victims of Great Purge

5. Translation: Beloved Stalin is the people's happiness!