the rise of stalin in the ussr
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The Rise of Stalin in the USSR. How did Stalin come to power and how did he make the USSR into a world power?. What was Russia like after the Russian Civil War?. Russia was in very bad shape after World War I / the Russian Civil War Cities in ruins Millions of dead (20 million) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How did Stalin come to power and how did he make the USSR into a world
power?
The Rise of Stalin in the USSR
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What was Russia like after the Russian Civil War?
Russia was in very bad shape after World War I / the Russian Civil WarCities in ruinsMillions of dead (20
million)Country in chaos
On top of everything, a power struggle is going to start after Lenin’s death in 1924
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American troops in Russia?
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The Russian Winter of 1924
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Who are going to be the Bolsheviks fighting for
power?
Leon Trotsky –1879 – 1940“The Brains”
Lenin’s second-in-command during the Russian Revolution
Commander of the “Red” Army during the civil war
The USSR’s minister of foreign affairs Got Russia out of World War
I
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Lenin and Trotsky together
at a political
rally, 1920
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Who are going to be the Bolsheviks fighting for
power?
Joseph Stalin–1878 - 1953“The Muscle”
Help smuggle Lenin back into Russia
Helped to form Russia’s secret police forceDealt with all those
disloyal to the Bolsheviks
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Lenin and Stalin together, 1922
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Lenin’s Body on Display, 1924
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Who came out on top in this grab for power?
STALIN!!!!
Trotsky is deported from the USSRLater assassinated in
Mexico City
Stalin begins to set up a “totalitarian state”Government has
complete control over every aspect of public / private life
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What were some of the features of Stalin’s totalitarian state?
1. An increase in the secret police (NKVD)The People’s
Commissariat for Internal Affairs
2. Religion is outlawed
3. Removal of all those disloyal“The Great Purge”8 – 12 million people
died
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“The Great Purge”
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“No Man…No Problem!”
BEFORE
AFTER
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The Soviet “gulags”
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A massive grave at one of the gulags in Stalin’s Russia, cir 1931
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How did Stalin develop the USSR into a world power?
Stalin wanted to catch up to the US / Europe with rapid industrialization
Instituted his Five-Year Plan (1928)Build up Russia’s
industriesCollective farmingBuild up its military
The government sets the goals & controls every aspect of worker’s lives“Command Economy”
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Collective Farming as a Weapon?
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The Starving of Ukrainian peasants
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The Russian Liberation Army (POA)
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What was the results of Stalin’s efforts?
The USSR did make great strides in catching up with the WestIncrease in food productionElectricity production jumps
800% over 10 years18 million tons of steel
produced
Allowed USSR to become a major world “superpower”
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Stalin’s Death