Totalitarianism Case Study: Stalinist Russia By: Jennifer Y.& Erica T.

Section 1 – Totalitarianism Review & Background Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin Man of Steel – Joseph Stalin Totalitarianism Similar characteristics of all totalitarian States An Industrial Revolution An Agricultural Revolution

Review & Background Review Orthodox Marxism Socialism Communism Capitalism Background Lenin Trotsky and Joseph Stalin Great Depression

Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin well-educated and cultured Theories World Revolution Permanent Revolution Trotskyism criticized Stalin's theory Joseph Stalin rough and crude Theories Socialism in one country Stalinism broke out from Trotsky and Lenin

Man of Steel – Joseph Stalin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UH7KjzJwvM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEtHZAxGdkI

Totalitarianism When I'm gone, the capitalists will drown you Stalin builds a totalitarian state. Stalin’s dream Great Depression Other totalitarian governments emerged. Germany – Hitler Italy – Mussolini China - Mao Zedong North Korea - Kim Il Sung Result of Totalitarianism When I'm gone, the capitalists will drown you like blind kittens

Similar characteristics of all totalitarian States Dictatorship and One-Party Rule Dynamic Leader Ideology State Control Over All Sectors of Society State Control Over the Individual Dependence on Modern Technology Organized Violence

An Industrial Revolution 1st and 2nd Five-Year Plan set impossibly high quotas Government controlled the worker's life. made impressive gains. agricultural nation → industrial nation

An Agricultural Revolution 1st and 2nd Five-Year Plan Collective farms Resistances of peasants Kulaks development

Section2 – Weapons of and daily life under totalitarianism Police Terror Indoctrination and Propaganda Censorship Religious Persecution Comparing Revolutions Soviet Women Education

Police Terror Used terror and violence to stop the opposition No privacy GREAT PURGE: campaign of terror. Eliminate whoever got in Stalin’s way 1939; ended the great purge Historians said that Stalin is responsible for all deaths

Indoctrination and Propaganda Indoctrination: Instruction in the government’s beliefs. Propaganda: biased or incomplete information used to sway people to accept certain beliefs or actions. ART was used for Propaganda Socialist realism: Artistic style that praised Soviet life and communist values.

Censorship Stalin wouldn’t tolerate individual creativity that threatened the conformity and obedience required of citizens in a totalitarian state. Controlled ALL medias No privacy Even children were supposed to tell the government about what they heard from their family.

Religious Persecution Ideals of communism The Russian Orthodox church was the main target of persecution. Other religions also suffered. Destroyed religion

Comparing Revolutions Russian Revolution was similar to French revolution. Both wanted to destroy social and political structures. Included Violence, and terrorism. French=monarchy, Russia=totalitarian.

Soviet Women Equal rights Under 5year plans, they were forced to join the labor force. Educational opportunities. Medicine was popular. 1950: There were 75% of women Soviet doctors Job, child, and housework. Motherhood was a patriotic duty.

Pictures Pilots Doctors Soldiers

Education Controlled all education. College professors and students who went against the communist party lost their jobs or faced imprisonment. Needed many skilled workers.

Sources http://pamolson.org/TransSibMoscow.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Hammer_and_sickle.png http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UH7KjzJwvM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEtHZAxGdkI