Transcript Stalin

Totalitarianism
Case Study:
Stalinist
Russia
1. Industrial Policies
initiated Five-Year
Plans to promote
industrial growth;
limited production
of consumer goods
1. Industrial Policies
initiated Five-Year
Plans to promote
industrial growth;
limited production
of consumer goods
2. Agricultural Policies
Established
collective farms;
eliminated wealthy
peasants
2. Agricultural Policies
Established
collective farms;
eliminated wealthy
peasants
3. Art/ Religion
Controlled media;
censored all forms of
creativity; replaced
religious teachings
with Communist
ideals; persecuted the
Russian Orthodox
Church
3. Art/ Religion
Controlled media;
censored all forms of
creativity; replaced
religious teachings
with Communist
ideals; persecuted the
Russian Orthodox
Church
3. Art/ Religion
Controlled media;
censored all forms of
creativity; replaced
religious teachings
with Communist
ideals; persecuted the
Russian Orthodox
Church
3. Art/ Religion
Controlled media;
censored all forms of
creativity; replaced
religious teachings
with Communist
ideals; persecuted the
Russian Orthodox
Church
4. Education
Expanded and
controlled education
at all levels; opened
educational
opportunities to
women
4. Education
Expanded and
controlled education
at all levels; opened
educational
opportunities to
women
5. Control Methods
Used secret police and
violent tactics to
crush opposition;
launched Great Purge
5. Control Methods
Used secret police and
violent tactics to
crush opposition;
launched Great Purge
5. Control Methods
Used secret police and
violent tactics to
crush opposition;
launched Great Purge
5. Control Methods
Used secret police and
violent tactics to
crush opposition;
launched Great Purge
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders.
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders.
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders.
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders.
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders.
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders.
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders.
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders.
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders
6. Propaganda Methods
Used indoctrination and
art to glorify the
Communist state;
created statesupported youth
groups to train future
leaders.
Totalitarianism
Gov’t that exerts total
control of every
aspect of a citizen’s
private and public life
Command Economy
A system in which
government makes all
economic decisions
Collective Farm
Large gov’t-owned farm
on which food was
produced for the state
Five-Year Plans
A set of quotas to
improve the Soviet
economy
“Welcome, comrade, to
work in our collective
farm!”