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“Stalin” – Russian word for
‘Man of Steel’
-Why would someone
change their name to Stalin?
 Command Economy – economy in which government
officials make all basic economic decisions
 5 – Year Plan – one of a series of plans instituted by Joseph
Stalin to build the industry & increase farm output in the
Soviet Union
 Collective – large farm owned & operated by workers as a
group
 Gulags – Russian prison camps, where peasants who
resisted collectivization were sent to work. Over 20 million
Russians froze or starved to death in the camps.
1. Born in Southern
Russia, active member
of the Communist
Party & participated in
the Russian Revolution
2. After death of Lenin,
Stalin became the
supreme leader of
Russia (Soviet Union)
from 1924 – 1953
Positives (+) achievements
Negative (-) achievements
1. 5 – year plan – goal was to
make the Soviet Union a modern
industrial nation. Huge increase
in oil, coal & steel production.
1. Great Terror – peasants who
rebelled against collectivization
were imprisoned & forced to
work in gulags (prison camps).
Over 20 million Russians froze
or starved to death.
2. Collectivization – increased
agricultural efficiency &
production by creating huge
state – owned farms.
2. KGB – Russian secret police.
1oo,000’s of Russians were
executed to intimidate the
nation. Basic human rights were
denied to all citizens.
 Do Stalin’s positive achievements make up for the
negatives of his reign?