The Soviet Experiment: Stalin’s Revolution HST 112 Lecture 15 (3/15/04) Ethan Pollock
Prologue: Alternative Modernities EUROPE AFTER 1919 I. Fascism and Nazism II. Communism III. Challenges to Liberal Democracy
The Soviet Experiment I. LENIN: Civil War, War Communism and the New Economic Policy (NEP) II. Stalin’s Rise to Power III. The Great Break: Collectivization and Industrialization IV. The Cultural Front V. The Purges
I. Lenin (ruled 1917-1924) A. Civil War and War Communism Timeline: 1917-1921 Civil War 1924 Death of Lenin 1921-1927 NEP 1928-1932 The Great Break 1932-1933 Famine 1936-1938 Great Purges A. Civil War and War Communism B. New Economic Policy (NEP) C. Repression D. Lenin’s Death
II. Stalin’s Rise to Power Timeline: 1917-1921 Civil War 1924 Death of Lenin 1921-1927 NEP 1928-1932 The Great Break 1932-1933 Famine 1936-1938 Great Purges A. General Secretary: The Party Bureaucracy B. Trotsky and the “Left Opposition” C. Bukharin and the “Right Opposition”
III. The Great Break Timeline: 1917-1921 Civil War 1924 Death of Lenin 1921-1927 NEP 1928-1932 The Great Break 1932-1933 Famine 1936-1938 Great Purges A. Collectivization and the Elimination of “Kulaks” as a class B. Industrialization and the Five-Year Plans C. Modernization and the Planned Economy
IV. The Cultural Front A. Cultural Revolution B. Upward Mobility Timeline: 1917-1921 Civil War 1924 Death of Lenin 1922-1927 NEP 1928-1932 The Great Break 1932-1933 Famine 1936-1938 Great Purges A. Cultural Revolution B. Upward Mobility C. Cult of Personality D. Propaganda
V. The Purges A. Kirov Assassination B. Show Trials C. The GULAG Timeline: 1917-1921 Civil War 1924 Death of Lenin 1921-1927 NEP 1928-1932 The Great Break 1932-1933 Famine 1936-1938 Great Purges A. Kirov Assassination B. Show Trials C. The GULAG D. Terror and the Soviet System