How did Stalin reinforce his dictatorship 1929-41
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- Created on: 11-06-17 14:07
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- Stalin 1929-41
- Communist party control over government
- Stalin controlled the Poliburo
- Stalin controlled a government
- Stalin set up the NKVD
- Outside the law
- Lenin had created a Constitution in 1924 that recognised the USSR
- Stalin described it as the most democratic in the world
- freedom of religion and speech
- Reason for purges
- Stalin felt insecure
- Afraid of the 'Old Bolsheviks'
- A way of excusing failure and setbacks
- Getting rid of 'enemy of the state'
- Stalin suffered form paranoia
- Created Nationalism
- Really good for the USSR as Germany was being threatening
- Extent of purges
- Began with Kirov 1934
- He was young and popular
- Newspapers announced that he had been part of a conspiracy to kill Stalin
- Kamev and Zinoviev immediate arrested on false charge of terrorism
- Hard labour or execution
- Kirov killed on Stalin's orders is only a modern theory
- Began with Kirov 1934
- Show Trails
- Done by the NKVD
- To justify sentences
- Almost all of the 'Old Bolsheviks were found guilty and confessed to everything
- Accused of spying for Germany or Japan
- Broadcast around the world
- 3 show trails
- Great Terror
- Millions of people arrested
- Shot or sent to Labour camps
- A target was introduced for each town
- Lead to random killings
- NKVD had spies everywhere
- Millions of people arrested
- Purges in the Armed Forces
- 1937
- Believed the Officers could end his dictatorship
- Purged 8 Generals
- 35,000 officers where purged
- Crippled the armed forces
- A reason why Stalin signed the Nazi-Soviet pact
- He had a much smaller armed forces and could not afford to got to war
- Cult of personality
- Used control over government to present himself favourable
- Everything praised Stalin
- Books
- Film
- Artists
- Musicians
- Lots of propaganda produced
- Communist party control over government
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