Social 30-2 Welcome to Stalinism!
Housekeeping Remember, your test is on Tuesday! Report Cards will be completed tomorrow. Your Grades are on the wall. Your Vocab books are due on Tuesday!
Review What is Leninism? Who are the Bolsheviks? What was the “Red Terror”? What was the effect the Leninism had on the working population (proletariat).
The Change
Let’s Get Started Lenin gave the working people a lot of freedom. Unless you went against him! However, Lenin’s rule ended abruptly when he died in 1924. Stragnly enough, the people liked him and asked to have his body kept!
Really…
But, we have someone new! When Lenin died, the USSR started a new form of Communism. Under Joseph Stalin, it was called Stalinism? Why might is be called Stalinism?
Stalinism Political ideology based on Soviet dictator Stalin. Characterized by totalitarian rule and repression of political opponents.
Coming to Power Stalin fought for the leadership. He finally had his opponent deported and finally assassinated in Mexico. Once he came to power, He changed the idea of socialism based on Freedom and Equality. It become one based on Fear and Oppression.
He did some strange (Not Liberal Things) The Creation of Gulag (Prison Camps) Use of secret police. Purged all political enemies. Collectivization of all farms. Changing Russian History to show a communist past.
He Rejected All Capitalism. Individual Freedoms. All opposing political parties. He also is known for the Ukraine Famine.
Later on After Stalin, the Cold War, and other leaders. Russia became a Perestroika, a liberal democracy. We will get into the cold war later.
We’ve finished chapter 7 Now, let’s get a review sheet. That’s it… We’ve finished chapter 7 Now, let’s get a review sheet.