1. In 1924, Stalin said: "the state is an instrument in the hands of the ruling class, used to break the resistance of the enemies of that class."

2. The Leader

3. The Leader

4. Historical Context- Role in WWI

5. Historical Context- Operation Barbarossa

6. Historical Context- Battle of Stalingrad

7. The Elimination of the Opposition and Rule of Regime – Rise to Power

8. The Elimination of the Opposition and Rule of Regime- Purges and Mass-Murder

9. The Elimination of the Opposition and Rule of Regime- Purges and Mass-Murder

10. The Elimination of the Opposition and Rule of Regime- The Great Terror

11. Origins of single-party states - Conditions that produce single-party states

12. Origins of single-party states – Aims, Ideology, Support

13. Establishments of single-party states -

14. Rule of single-party state- Political, Economic, and Social Policies

15. Rule of single-party state

16. Rule of Single-Party State – education, arts, media, propoganda

20. Rule of Single-Party State - Status of women, minorities, religious groups

21. Regional and Global Impact- Foreign policy as a means of maintaining the regime

22. Regional and Global Impact- Foreign policy as a means of maintaining the regime

23. Regional and Global Impact- Foreign policy as a means of maintaining the regime

24. Regional and Global Impact- Impact of the regime outside of the state (Country)

25. Regional and Global Impact- As a factor in the Cold War

26. Regional and Global Impact- As a factor in the Cold War

27. Bibliography