Russia under Stalin
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- Created on: 05-06-16 18:49
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- Stalin
- Rise to power
- He used his position in the Bolshevik Party to his advantage
- appointed people who supported him/shared his ideas
- formed anti-Trotsky alliance with Kamenev and Zinoviev in 1924
- 1926, Stalin turns on Zinoviev and Kamenev, joining forces with Bukharin and the right of the party
- 1927 Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev and were expelled from the party
- Stalin turned on Bukharin and right wing politicians. He attacked the NEP, saying it was uncommunist, and had them removed from office.
- By 1929, Stalin was the undisputed leader of the USSR.
- (left-wing Bolsheviks who had opposed NEP)
- Stalin turned on Bukharin and right wing politicians. He attacked the NEP, saying it was uncommunist, and had them removed from office.
- 1927 Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev and were expelled from the party
- 1926, Stalin turns on Zinoviev and Kamenev, joining forces with Bukharin and the right of the party
- Ideology and Propaganda
- socialism in one country
- achieve a stable, socialist/communist Russia before spreading revolution
- Stalin criticised Trotsky - said he did not not believe in the Russian people
- Believed Russia needed support from more advanced country's to become comunnist
- people did not want to risk further foreign intervention after the civil war
- it was feared Trotsky's policy of world revolution would anger foreign powers
- people needed peace and stability after the years of revolution and civil war
- Therefore, Stalin's ideology was more appealing to the general public.
- Stalin criticised Trotsky - said he did not not believe in the Russian people
- achieve a stable, socialist/communist Russia before spreading revolution
- Trotsky's ideology
- encourage world revolution
- Believed Russia needed support from more advanced country's to become comunnist
- released picture of himself with Lenin
- made himself out to be Lenin's disciple
- socialism in one country
- Trickery
- Tricked Trotsky into missing Lenin's funeral. Trotsky turned up a day late. A lot of people loved Lenin. They thought Trotsky didn't care
- meanwhile Stalin made a stirring speech praising Lenin
- made him look like Lenin's close friend and an obvious person to follow after Lenin
- meanwhile Stalin made a stirring speech praising Lenin
- Tricked Trotsky into missing Lenin's funeral. Trotsky turned up a day late. A lot of people loved Lenin. They thought Trotsky didn't care
- Before his death, Lenin wrote a testament.
- In it, he criticised Stalin, saying he was too rude and should be removed from his post as general secretary
- Kamenev and Zinoviev prevented his removal from post . (little did they know Stalin was just using them.)
- However, the testament also criticised other high command Bolsheviks and the decision was made that it should not be released.
- In it, he criticised Stalin, saying he was too rude and should be removed from his post as general secretary
- He used his position in the Bolshevik Party to his advantage
- Purges
- In 1934 Kirov, leadrer of the Leningrad Communist party, was murdered
- This was most likely on Stalin's orders as Kirov was very popular with the Russian people - to popular.
- This marked the start of the purges known as the Great Terror. Stalin used this episode as an excuse for the purges.
- Who was purged?
- Communist leadership
- 93 out of the 139 Central committee leaders put to death
- photographs and history books were changed to eliminate even the memory of those arrested
- 81 out of 103 admirals executed
- photographs and history books were changed to eliminate even the memory of those arrested
- 93 out of the 139 Central committee leaders put to death
- the armed forces
- 81 out of 103 admirals executed
- Red army targeted as they were likely to be loyal to Trotsky
- The Communist Party
- 1/3 of members purged
- 3 million members
- 1/3 of members purged
- Ordinary people
- by 1930's the Great Terror had spread to ordinary people
- 20 million sent to Gulags where as many as half died
- (Gulags - labour camps)
- People were turned into NKVD, never to be seen again, by people they'd annoyed
- Distrust and fear among the people
- Chistka - where Stalin kicks out undesirables from the Bolsheviks
- 20% expelled
- Communist leadership
- Who was purged?
- In 1934 Kirov, leadrer of the Leningrad Communist party, was murdered
- Control
- securing his position as ruler
- removed opposition
- People unhappy with Stalin ruling Russia and wanted Trotsky
- Trotsky exiled and later assassinated
- Red army targeted as they were likely to be loyal to Trotsky
- Trial and execution of old Bolsheviks who might know Lenin didn't like him
- People unhappy with Stalin ruling Russia and wanted Trotsky
- removed opposition
- Controlling his people
- The Yezhovshrina
- mass killings 1937-8
- The Yezhovshrina
- securing his position as ruler
- Praises
- Stalin was in every aspect of Russian life
- Newspapers praised him with every success
- He was thanked for bringing the spring, the harvest etc.
- Newspapers praised him with every success
- Parents taught their children to love Stalin more than themselves - they dared do nothing else.
- whenever Stalin's name was mentioned people would leap to their feet and applaud.
- Stalin changed history books to give himself a heroic role in the 1917 revolution, whereas actually he had been in Siberia in exile at the time.
- Stalin's Personality cult
- presented as god-like. He replaced religion in Russia - people worshipped him like a God
- Posters presented Stalin as fatherly, a family guy and loving father.
- education
- Children were taught about Stalin in school
- Stalin was in every aspect of Russian life
- Rise to power
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