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Soviet Union under Stalin

Soviet Union under Stalin. -Charismatic leader - Authoritarian -Secret police used to squash opposition = fear -State more important than individual -Indoctrination (teach, brainwash, program)  Communism -propaganda -censorship . -Government takes total control of the state (country)

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Soviet Union under Stalin

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  1. Soviet Union under Stalin

  2. -Charismatic leader - Authoritarian -Secret police used to squash opposition = fear -State more important than individual -Indoctrination (teach, brainwash, program)  Communism -propaganda -censorship -Government takes total control of the state (country) -Government takes total control of the economic, social, & political life of its citizens Totalitarianism -Stalin -Hitler -Benito Mussolini -Saddam Hussein -Freedom -Democracy -Voting -Individualism

  3. Charismatic leader takes total control of the Soviet Union To become dictator, uses Secret Police to purge (kill) all opposition Used propaganda to indoctrinate people (socialism) Joseph Stalin Totalitarian?

  4. Capitalist Hypocrisy

  5. “[Economically] we are 50 to 100 years behind the advanced countries [of the West]. We must make good this distance in 10 years” Joseph Stalin

  6. Stalin’s Economic Vision

  7. HAMMER Represents Industrial growth and power SICKLE Represents Agricultural growth Agricultural growth needed to feed industrial workers

  8. A Centralized Economy • Government takes control of economy • 5 Year Plan that set production quotas or targets • Plan called for the construction of massive industrial centers to build tractors tanks airplanes & ships • Stalin’s Plan to Industrialize • Stalin wants to catch up with Europe • Wants to transform the Soviet Union from an agricultural country to an industrial superpower • The Socialist Ideal • Soviet citizens worked for the overall good of the country… NOT for individual gain • Individuals sometimes died for the benefit of the Soviet Union • Agricultural Production • Needed to increase food production to feed people in industrial cities • Land taken from peasants • Land turned into collective or cooperative farms

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