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Recap the Russian Revolution
Lenin Restores Order
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Lenin sets out to rebuild
the new USSR & its
economy
Organized Russia into
Republics; unifying the
country
Formed a new nation:
The Soviet Union
Lenin allowed some
private limited ownership
of property (NEP)
Established SOVIETS to
rule locally
Who influenced Lenin
Karl Marx:
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Ideas formed the basis of Lenin’s revolutionary idea
Wrote the book, THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
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Put for the idea of a class struggle the would lead to a take
over by the proletariat and then the establishment of a
“classless” society (COMMUNISM)
Inspired proletariats (working class) around the world
Vision of a lasting & prosperous society
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An economic & social system that advocated a single political party
& state ownership of property.
Lenin’s “right hand” man
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Leon Trotsky
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Fellow Bolshevik
Intellectual (educated)
Negotiated the Treaty of
Brest-Litovsk to end WWI
Commanded the Red Army
during the Civil War
Lenin’s Revolutionary Social Changes
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Abolish private property
Abolish all rights of inheritance.
Confiscation of all property of emigrants
and criminals/rebels.
Nationalize factories
Centralize agricultural production
(seize grain to feed army and workforce)
A classless society
Universal suffrage
A general distrust of organized religions
Lenin’s Economic Policies
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(NEP) New Economic Plan
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Some private ownership
Farms
 Businesses
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Farmers could keep their surplus
TOTALITARIANISM
Joseph Stalin
Stalin Takes Power
Stalin Vs. Trotsky
Stalin Seizes Control of the
Economy
Stalin called for a command economy—
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a system in which the government makes
all economic decisions
Stalin’s command economy promoted an
industrial revolution & an agricultural revolution
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Industrial Policies: initiated 5 Years Plans to promote
industrial growth; limited production of consumer
goods
Agricultural Polices: established collective farms;
eliminated wealthy peasants
5- Year Plans & Soviet Industry
Totalitarianism
A government that takes total,
centralized state control over
every aspect of public and
private life.
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1) Dictatorship & one-party rule
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2) Dynamic leader
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Justifies government actions
Glorifies the aims of the state
Demand total obedience to authority & personal sacrifice for the good of the state
Denies basic liberties
5) Dependence on modern technology
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Helps unite people toward meeting goals or a common vision
Encourages people to devote their unconditional loyalty & support to the state
Becomes a symbol of the government
4) State control over all sectors of society
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Key Traits of
Totalitarianism
3) Ideology
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Absolute authority
Dominates the govt.
Relies on mass communication (radio,newsreels,loudspeakers) to spread propaganda
6) Organized violence
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Uses force, such as police terror, to crush ALL opposition
Targets certain groups, such as national minorities & political opponents as enemies
Control Methods of Totalitarianism
Police Terror
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Great Purge (Kulak sent to camps, killed or exiled)
Used secret police & violent tactics to crush opposition
Other Useful Methods:
Art/Religion:
introduced SOCIALIST REALISM as a way to rally workers
Controlled the media / Censored all forms of creativity /
Replaced religious teaching with Communists IDEALS
Propaganda & Indoctrination:
Used Art & indoctrination to glorify the State
Education:
expanded & controlled education at all levels
Opened educational opportunities to women
Education Policies
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expanded and controlled education at all
levels;
Opened educational opportunities to women
Use Education to INDOCTRINATE people and
control them
Purges = Power!
Propaganda & Socialist Realism
Cult of Personality
Socialist Realism
Loyalty to your leader & Country is to replace devotion to the Church
Propaganda
Propaganda