2 What changes occurred in Russia under Stalins

• 2. What changes occurred in Russia under Stalin’s totalitarianism? • Thesis, total control • Economic – Command economy – Five Year Plans – Collective farming • Political – Great Purge – Propaganda – Censorship • Social – Women – Education – Suppressed religion • Conclusion: How will Stalin’s tactics be used by future leaders to take total control of individuals and states?

Command economy • Government makes all economic decisions • Government has total control over the economy • Stalin makes all decisions

5 year plans • Drastic steps to promote industrial growth • Set impossibly high quotas for production of steel, coal, oil, and electricity • People are required to have shortage of consumer goods

Collective farming • Seized 25 million privately owned farms • Combined small farms into large government owned farms • Eliminated the kulaks

Great Purge • Stalin launches a campaign of terror • Focused on Old Bolsheviks • Killed at least 8 million of his own people

Propaganda • Socialist realist art promoted Soviet life and communist leaders • Promoted labor

censorship • Government controlled newspapers, motion pictures, radio • Basis of the book 1984 • 2+2 = 5 • Slogan of the 5 year (completed in 4 years) plan used to torture main character

Women • Women gained equal rights in 1917 • Had more access to education than US women

Education • Learned about communism in free public schools • Path to success was through education

Suppressed religion • Tried to replace religion with communism • League of the Militant Atheists • Picture show Jesus being dumped like garbage