Global Studies II

Unit II Russia

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Totalitarianism under Stalin

1. Define the term totalitarianism It is when a government takes full control of public and private lives
of the citizens of that state.

2. While reading the excerpt, create a list of methods of control used by Soviet leaders and examples

Methods
1. Totalitarianism
2. Police terror
3. Propaganda and censorship

Examples
1. Where the government takes over full
control of the state.
2. Police would normally respond any criminal
activity but in this form of government
they only react to the central
government.
3. They used propaganda to try to sway
people to believe in certain beliefs or
religions

Of all the methods of control, which allows the MOST long-term control?
3. Stalins methods of control.
a. What was the Great Purge? How would Stalins use of this action increase his power?
It was to protect his power and to eliminate anyone who tried to take that power from him. He did this
after he turned his back on the communist party.

b. What was Pravda? How did Stalin explain the purpose of art in the USSR?
He wanted to really show all of the positives that came out of the heroic labor that was going on in this
time and that it could really help.

c. What is an atheism? How did Stalin use atheism to influence his control over his citizens?

It is rejection of a religion and he really used to this to his advantage against the citizens.

4. Stalins control over the economy.

a. What is a command economy? Where the government makes all of the decisions
b. Stalins Five Year Plans
1. Purpose To try to help increase the things like oil, steel, coal, and electricity to help the
economy

2. Results? This was a very negative result because people had shortages in their homes and
didnt have enough food and had about shorter supplies of about everything

c. What methods did Stalin use to bring agriculture under state control?
He used secret police to get these peasants under control and to control them and try to kill them. He also
started paying them wages instead of paying their share that they needed. After the Stalin agricultural
revolution 90% of peasants lived on collective farms which is like a bunch of peasants that have to live all
on one farm.

d. Kulaks - Who were they? Kulaks were wealthy peasants

1. How did they create a problem for Stalin?

Because they already had money that could fight off Stalin which other regular peasants
didnt stand a chance against Stalin and his ways.

2. How did he solve the problem?

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