Stalin & the U.S.S.R. Lecture~ 3 Essential Question ~ How did Stalin create a Totalitarian state in the U.S.S.R.?

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

Lenin Dies in 1924 1924 Lenin dies after having 3 strokes Lenin’s Casket is Carried Through the Streets of Moscow

Power Struggle~ Stalin Wins JOSEPH STALIN LEON TROTSKY

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) Low standard of living/wages/no workers unions Mining & transportation expanded

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)

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

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

Vocab story Directions~ use the following 12 words in a story accurately describing the events that took place in Russia. Min. One page Tsar Nicholas II World War I Rasputin Bolsheviks Alexander Kerensky Vladimir Lenin Joseph Stalin totalitarianism CHEKA U.S.S.R. Gulag System The Great Purge

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 2 paragraph You have 15 minutes