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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION TEST
December 13, 2016 Global II Agenda: DO NOW: Multiple Choice Review NOTES #24: How did Joseph Stalin impact the Soviet Union? RUSSIAN REVOLUTION TEST TOMORROW
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How did Joseph Stalin impact the Soviet Union? Notes #24
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In 1924, Vladimir Lenin died, which immediately led to a power struggle among Communist Party leaders . . . Joseph Stalin Leon Trotsky Vladimir Lenin (1870 – 1924)
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. . . and eventually resulted in Joseph Stalin becoming the new leader of the Communists and the Soviet Union.
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NKVD secret police agency
Stalin’s leadership of the Soviet Union was a period of censorship and terror. NKVD secret police agency
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For example, during the 1930s, Stalin used purges and public trials to eliminate any opposition to himself and his government.
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An estimated 40 million people were killed as a result of Stalin’s policies
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Stalin established a command economy in the Soviet Union, in which the government determined the type and quantity of goods produced.
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Five-Year Plan propaganda posters
Under Stalin’s economic programs, called Five-Year Plans, the Soviet Union increased its industrial output by developing heavy industry. Five-Year Plan propaganda posters
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An estimated 14 million people died of starvation in the Soviet Union
However, a major effect of Stalin’s economic programs was a widespread food shortage throughout the Soviet Union. An estimated 14 million people died of starvation in the Soviet Union
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For example, during the 1930s, Ukraine experienced a famine as a result of the Soviet Union’s attempt to collectivize agriculture. Holodomor (1932 – 1933); an estimated 7.5 million Ukrainian people died of starvation
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