1. Joseph Stalin
The Red Terror

2. Joseph Stalin Rules Russia 1928 – 1953 Stalin means “MAN OF STEEL”
Rules Russia 1928 – 1953
Stalin means “MAN OF STEEL”
He was a rough and crude person
Considered ruthless

3. Stalin’s Road to Power
Lenin Dies in 1924 and a power Struggle develops between Joseph Stalin versus Leon Trotsky
The outcome of this power struggle would dictate the future course of the Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin

4. General Secretary
1922- Stalin was General Secretary of the Communist Party
This position allowed him to:
appoint people he favored to powerful positions
remove people he did not like
Slowly Stalin built up a power structure of loyal supporters

5. Joseph Stalin
By 1928 Stalin had established total control of Communist Party
Lenin and Trotsky had promoted worldwide revolution
Stalin said “socialism in one country”

6. Totalitarianism Stalin transforms Russia into a Totalitarian State
Definition: A Central Government takes control over every aspect of public and private life
Stalin transforms Russia into a Totalitarian State

7. Life in Totalitarian States
We are all perfectly happy!

8. Totalitarian Leaders

9. Lenin responds to Stalin
Primary Source Reading:
Testament
Written in 1922