Unit: The Russian Revolution
Topic: Joseph Stalin
Joseph Djugashvili?
1. What is
totalitarianism?
A. This is a
one-party
gov’t that
takes total
state
control
over every
aspect of
public and
private
life.
B. A dynamic
leader
uses
secret
police to
crush
opposition
and
create a
sense of
fear
among
the
people.
2. A
Government of
Total Control
A. Stalin
wanted to
create a
perfect
Communist
state in
Russia.
B. He made
himself into
a godlike
figure to
support his
absolute
power.
“We receive our sun from
Stalin,
We receive our prosperous life
from Stalin…
Even the good life in the
tundras filled with
snowstorms
We made together with him,
With the son of Lenin,
With Stalin the Wise.”
C. Out of fear
that other
Communists
were
plotting
against him,
Stalin
launched
the Great
Purge in
1934.
C.Almost 800,000 people Stalin thought were
“disloyal” were executed; some were sent to prison
camps; 4 million were killed altogether.
3. Industrialization
A. Stalin set out
to make the
Soviet Union
into a modern
industrial
power.
B. In 1928, Stalin
launched the
first of a series
of Five-Year
Plans to build
industry and
increase farm
output.
C. Under Stalin’s command economy, the
gov’t controlled all factories, businesses,
and farms.
D. Between 1928 and 1939, oil coal
and steel production grew and large
factories and hydroelectric power
stations rose across the Soviet
Union.
E. However, most Russians remained poor and
endured shortages in everyday goods;
those that were made were of low-quality.
4.
Collectivization
A.Stalin forced
peasants to
give up their
small farms
and live on
HUGE stateowned
farms, or
collectives.
B. The gov’t controlled prices and supplies
and set production quotas.
C.The goal was to supply enough food for Russia
and surplus for sale overseas.
D. Peasants, or kulaks, rebelled by destroying
farm tools and crops, and poisoning animals.
E. More than
five million
died from
starvation
- in the
end,
collectivization
didn’t
improve
farm
output.
5. The Arts
A. The purpose of
art was to
praise
communism
and Stalin.
B. Artists, writers,
and musicians
were observed
by Stalin’s
secret police.
C. There was
censorship of
books, music,
and art.
6. Stalin’s
Impact on the
Soviet Union
A. By the time Stalin
died in 1953, the
Soviet Union had
become a military
and industrial
leader.
B. However, over 20
million Soviets died
under Stalin’s brutal
system and Soviets
lived meager lives
compared with the
West.