Transcript Review - Wilson School District

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Take Out:
Agenda
– Communist Manifesto Handout/Now Statement book
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Review Communist Manifesto
Quotes from Stalin
Totalitarian State
Review
Hwk: Russia Notes/Current Events Groups
April 30th/Test May 5th/Project May 2nd/Stalin
Primary Doc./Soviet Era Handout.
Objective: To describe the aspects of Stalin as a
leader.
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“Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.”
“One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic.”
“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on
who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”
“When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the
rope we use.”
“The people who cast the votes don’t decide an
election, the people who count the votes do.”
“In the Soviet Army it takes more courage to
retreat than advance.”
By Joseph Stalin
 Lenin
warns Communist
party of Stalin before
death
– “find someway of
removing Stalin from his
position and appoint
someone else”
 Stalin
Vs. Trotsky
– Trotsky exiled and
executed
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Stalin wanted to modernize
rapidly
– 50-100 years behind
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Focused on heavy industry
– Ex. Steel mills
– Used slave labor
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Collectivization
– Peasant farms into large
collect farms
– Was resisted by Kulaks, etc.
 Stalin
made new
Constitution that set
up the Supreme Soviet
– Elected by all citizens
– Only candidates that
could run were
communists
 Theory
Supreme Soviet
made laws but was
ruled by the
Communist Party
Communist
Party
–Worked at every level of society
–Run by the Central Committee
–Within it had the Politburo
–In the Politburo was the
General Secretary of the
Communist Party
–The most powerful person in
the country
Communist Party
Central Committee
Politburo
General Secretary
Most powerful person
b/c makes agenda for Communist party,
who then tell the Supreme Soviet what to do
Power increases
towards the center
Stalin signs Non-Aggression
Pact with Hitler
 Ideological enemies
– Fascism Vs. Communism
– 1941 Hitler invades
Russia
– Failure at Leningrad,
Moscow, and Stalingrad
– Hitler’s armies froze to
death, captured, or
retreated
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Soviet Union Ambassador Video
Click Link Above
 Aftermath
in Russia
–20 million or 20% of the
population was killed
–Western Russian land and
industry was destroyed
–Stalin occupied Eastern
Europe and made those
nations Communist so
Germany could not
invade again
Winston Churchill Video
Click Link Above
Succeeded Stalin
 Called Stalin a tyrant
 Ended Brutal terror and
censorship
 Communist party took
him from power in 1964
and replaced him with
Brezhnev
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– Who cracked down on
dissidents
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Society
– Bolsheviks abolished old titles
of nobility, landlords, etc.
– Party elite were given
privileges: better goods,
medical care, vacations, etc.
– Limited membership: 10% of
people allowed to join party
– Nationalities: Ukrainians,
Belarusians had little power
 Forced to Russification
 Russians settlers
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Religion:
– Communists used power to reduce
influence of religion
– Attacked Orthodox Church and Jews
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Economy:
– Neg: Low wages
– Pos: Everyone had a job
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Shortages:
– Black Market
– No consumer goods made b/c
military spending
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Education:
– Pos: Education for everyone, ended illiteracy,
focused on Math and Science
– Neg: Propaganda taught “evils of capitalism”
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Family:
– Replace family ties with loyalty to state
 Example: Marriage (went to gov. office no
ceremony)
– Urbanization: Fewer Children
– Women:
 Treated equally
 70% of doctors, many lawyers, etc.
 Outnumbered men after WWII
How
was Stalin as a
leader?
What were the goals of
Stalin?
How did WWII impact
the Soviet Union?
 Review
Agenda-Skipped
went to Cold War
 Totalitarian
State and Life under
Communism
 Review
 Hwk: Russia Notes/Current Events
Groups April 30th/Test May 5th/Molotov
Primary Document/Project due May 2nd
 Objective:
To analyze the lives of
People under Communism.
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Review
What was the Supreme
Soviet?
Was it more advantageous to
be part of the Communist
Party or the Supreme Soviet?
What position did Stalin have
in the government?
 Stalin
made new
Constitution that set
up the Supreme Soviet
– Elected by all citizens
– Only candidates that
could run were
communists
 Theory
Supreme Soviet
made laws but was
ruled by the
Communist Party
Communist
Party
–Worked at every level of society
–Run by the Central Committee
–Within it had the Politburo
–In the Politburo was the
General Secretary of the
Communist Party
–The most powerful person in
the country
Communist Party
Central Committee
Politburo
General Secretary
Most powerful person
b/c makes agenda for Communist party,
who then tell the Supreme Soviet what to do
Power increases
towards the center
Stalin signs Non-Aggression
Pact with Hitler
 Ideological enemies
– Fascism Vs. Communism
– 1941 Hitler invades
Russia
– Failure at Leningrad,
Moscow, and Stalingrad
– Hitler’s armies froze to
death, captured, or
retreated

Soviet Union Ambassador Video
Click Link Above
 Aftermath
in Russia
–20 million or 20% of the
population was killed
–Western Russian land and
industry was destroyed
–Stalin occupied Eastern
Europe and made those
nations Communist so
Germany could not
invade again
Winston Churchill Video
Click Link Above
Succeeded Stalin
 Called Stalin a tyrant
 Ended Brutal terror and
censorship
 Communist party took
him from power in 1964
and replaced him with
Brezhnev

– Who cracked down on
dissidents

Society
– Bolsheviks abolished old titles
of nobility, landlords, etc.
– Party elite were given
privileges: better goods,
medical care, vacations, etc.
– Limited membership: 10% of
people allowed to join party
– Nationalities: Ukrainians,
Belarusians had little power
 Forced to Russification
 Russians settlers
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Religion:
– Communists used power to reduce
influence of religion
– Attacked Orthodox Church and Jews
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Economy:
– Neg: Low wages
– Pos: Everyone had a job
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Shortages:
– Black Market
– No consumer goods made b/c
military spending

Education:
– Pos: Education for everyone, ended illiteracy,
focused on Math and Science
– Neg: Propaganda taught “evils of capitalism”
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Family:
– Replace family ties with loyalty to state
 Example: Marriage (went to gov. office no
ceremony)
– Urbanization: Fewer Children
– Women:
 Treated equally
 70% of doctors, many lawyers, etc.
 Outnumbered men after WWII
The Church of ST. BASIL. Several
churches are connected to it to
commemorate the victories of the
Russian Empire.
The detail of the dome ornaments. In
the background: Ivan the Terrible’s
Bell Tower.
The monument to Russian popular
heroes Kuzma Minin and Dmitri
Pozharsky.
The Kremlin in Moscow.
Wall paintings inside
the Kremlin.
Orthodox Churches in Russia.
The Hermitage Museum and
the Winter Palace of the
Czar.
Inside the Winter
Palace of the Czar.
Peter the Great’s throne
room.
Tombs of the Czars.
WWII memorial to USSR soldiers.
Similar to the US Vietnam memorial.
The US has yet to complete our own
WWII memorial.
Russian theater
entertainment.
A Russian dance. With
limited consumer goods
Russians rely on dance and
art as their source of
entertainment.
Russian school children
share their culture for
visitors to their country.
Capitalism and
Westernization impacting
Russia.
Russian Rubbles.
In 2004, 2,988
Rubbles = 1
American dollar.
Lyuba Gnatovskaya
23, Sverdlov str, fl.32
Yaroslav
Russia
June 12, 1995
Hello, I’m a twelve year old girl. I live in the town of Yaroslav, which is situated not far from
Moscow. We don’t have the house of our own, because the land is very expensive in our
country. So almost all people who live in towns occupy flats. Some flats are big and
comfortable, the others are very small.
Our flat consists of three rooms, a kitchen and bathroom. It is not so bad because some of
my friends have their flats consist of one room and a tiny kitchen.
My family is not big. My mom’s name is Lyudmila, she is a teacher of Music. My dad’s name is
Vladimir, he is a journalist. I have no sisters or brothers. We have a cat named Styopa. He
looks very sweat when he is sleeping.
The school I attend is called Secondary School #4 with the Profound Learning of English. I’m
in the eighth grade though I’m 12 years old, and my friends are 13 and 14.
My friends think that I’m a very sociable girl. I can agree with it because the main reason why
I like to go to school is in my friends. It is always a pleasure for me to communicate with
them. But still I have some favorite subjects. They are Literature and English. I’m also
interested in Physics and Chemistry but they are a little bit boring for me. I like to travel but
I’ve never been abroad. I have visited many Russian towns and cities. I think that St.
Petersburg is the most beautiful city of our country. We call it the Northern capital, the “Star of
Russia.” I hope my family will go there this summer.
Not so long ago we had a guest from Exeter, England. This girl lived in our family
during one week. We became good friends. I’ve learned a lot about their traditions
and I tried to tell her as much as I could about our life. We had almost no problems
with understanding each other.
One funny thing about her was the following. When she came to Russia the weather
was very hot for our climate. Sometimes the temperature was +95 F. But when she
was packing her clothes in England she thought the at the weather in our country
was very cold and windy and rainy. So she had almost no summer clothes with her
but her suitcase was full of warm sweaters and jeans. That’s why she had to wear
the same clothes all the week long. She looked funny in her black T-shirt, lightbrown trousers and green boots.
Today is June 12. In Russia we celebrate the Independence Day today. People don’t
go to their jobs today. Also our president is going to deliver his speech. (It’ll be so
boring!) So this holiday isn’t so important for me. When and how do you celebrate
Independence Day in America? Is this holiday important to you personally?
Now answering your question about Chechnya: I think that all wars are terrible.
War means only death and misery, and nothing else. That’s why all my countrymen
wait for the end of it.
I hope to hear from you.
Your Friend,
Lyuba Gnatovskaya
How
did WWII impact
the Soviet Union?
How did Communism
change the Russian
people?
What
was it like
to have a job in
the Soviet Union?
What role do
women play in
Russia?