1. Totalitarianism
Chapter 14 Section 2

2. Totalitarianism Stalin Becomes Dictator Stalin: “man of steel”
Lenin believed Stalin to be a dangerous man
concentrated power
1928, total command
Trotsky exiled 1929

3. Totalitarianism Stalin Builds a Totalitarian State
Lenin, Trotsky: worldwide Communist Rev.
focused on Russian development
“socialism in one country”
centralized state control
over public and private life
“sense of security”

4. Totalitarianism Stalin Seizes Control of the Economy
An Industrial Revolution
Command economy
both industrial and agriculture
“Five Year Plans”
rapid industrial growth, strengthen defense
impossibly high quota
controlled the worker’s life
imprisoned or executed those not contributing
: production up 25%

5. Totalitarianism An Agricultural Revolution more brutal
seized 25+ million farms (private)
“collective farms”
protests by peasants
terror and violence
5-10 million died, or shipped to Siberia
kulaks, eliminated them
1938, 90% of peasants on farms

6. Weapons of Totalitarianism
Police Terror
destroy his enemies
executed millions of “so-called” traitors
1934, Great Purge, members of the Communist
“crimes against the Soviet state.”
secret police not above the law “quotas of criminals”
1939: Stalin has “total” control of government and the party
8-13 million died

7. Weapons of Totalitarianism
Indoctrination
instruction of the government’s beliefs- to mold the mind
party leaders lectured workers and peasants on the ideas of communism
State supported youth groups…training ground

8. Weapons of Totalitarianism
Propaganda
biased or incomplete information…to sway people
soviet newspapers, radio… glorified achievements
“Socialist realism”... artistic style praises Soviet life and Communist values
Stalin didn’t tolerate individual creativity
controlled newspapers, motion pictures, radio, and other forms of communication

9. Weapons of Totalitarianism
Religious Persecution
replace religious teaching…with communists ideas
atheists
Russian Orthodox Church…main target
destroyed churches and synagogues
Religious leaders…killed or sent to labor camps

10. Daily Life Under Stalin
Soviet Women
1917, women won equal rights
new educational opportunities
1950, 75% of doctors were women
responsible for household and child care
motherhood…patriotic duty

11. Daily Life Under Stalin
Education
government controlled all education
not merely indoctrination
university and tech training…key to better life