1. Stalin & the U.S.S.R. Objective~ Understand how Stalin creates a Totalitarianism state in the U.S.S.R. Lecture~ 3

2. Building a Communist Soviet Union 1921 Lenin adopted the New Economic Policy (NEP) –agricultural/industrial collapse –Some capitalism allowed to help economy 1923 Lenin establishes the U.S.S.R –Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

3. Lenin Dies in 1924 Lenin’s Casket is Carried Through the Streets of Moscow

4. JOSEPH STALIN LEON TROTSKY

5. Stalin Builds a Totalitarian State Totalitarian~ where the state, controlled by 1 person/class, recognizes no limits to its authority & strives to regulate every aspect of life –(Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Communist U.S.S.R) Five Year Plan (1928) Goal: transform USSR from agriculture to industrial based Command Economy~ gov. made all basic economic decisions (no individual ownership/opposite of capitalism)

6. Collective Farms –State owned farms that were operated by groups of peasants Wealthy peasants (kulaks) that refused to live on collectives and sell their crops at low prices were brutally dealt with at labor camps Gov. seized all the grain led to the Terror Famine of Ukraine (1932) 5-8 million died of starvation in the Ukraine (Genocide)

7. Stalin’s Terror Tactics The Great Purge (1934) killed anyone who threatened his absolute power (dissidents) –at least 4 million –Increased Stalin’s power Personal Freedoms eliminated

8. Communism in control Propaganda~ Stalin made himself s godlike figure (billboards/newspapers) outlined communist success and capitalism as the enemy Censorship~ controlled books/music/art Russification~ imposing Russian culture on minorities War on Religion~ Tried to replace religion with communist ideology

9. Short Response Question Explain how Stalin created a totalitarianism state in the U.S.S.R. –Be sure to define totalitarianism –Be sure to provide detailed examples –Should be a least 1 paragraph You have 15 minutes

10. Vocab story Directions~ use the following 12 words in a story accurately describing the events that took place in Russia. Min. half a page 1.Tsar Nicholas II 2.World War I 3.Rasputin 4.Bolsheviks 5.Alexander Kerensky 6.Vladimir Lenin 7.Joseph Stalin 8.totalitarianism 9.CHEKA 10.U.S.S.R. 11.Gulag System 12.The Great Purge