1. The attempt by a government to control all aspects of life
Totalitarianism
The attempt by a government to control all aspects of life

2. Common Features Single-Party Dictatorship Gov’t controlled economy
Use of secret police & terror
Strict censorship/gov’t control of media
Use of schools & media to indoctrinate people
Unquestioning obedience to a single leader

4. Command Economy
 Brought all economic activity under government control
Five-Year Plans: plans to build heavy industry, improve transportation, increase farm output
Collectivization: peasants were forced to give up farmland to form collective (shared farms) to increase output

5. The Great Purge
Stalin destroyed old party leaders and put his supporters in top jobs
Had paranoid/obsessive fears and eliminated anyone who opposed him
Used secret police, censorship, violent purges, terror, etc.…

7. Socialist Realism
Art and literature used to boost socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light, glorifying Soviet government

8. A Typical Day in the Gulag (FORCED LABOR CAMPS)
Time
Activity
6:00 AM
Wake up call
6:30 AM
Breakfast
7:00 AM
Roll call
7:30 AM
1 ½ hour march to forests, under guarded escort
6:00 PM
1 ½ hour return march back to camp
7:30 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
After-dinner camp work duties (chop firewood, shovel snow, gardening, road repair, etc.)
11:00 PM
Lights out