Chapter 11 Section 2 5 Soviet Union Soviet

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Chapter 11 Section 2. 5 Soviet Union

Chapter 11 Section 2. 5 Soviet Union

Soviet Union “Soviet” means council- or council of workers and peasants (soldiers) Hammer and

Soviet Union “Soviet” means council- or council of workers and peasants (soldiers) Hammer and Sickle

Soviet Union (U. S. S. R- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ) • Countries

Soviet Union (U. S. S. R- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ) • Countries surrounding Russia joined- Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan • Capital in Moscow • Leader (1927 -1953): Joseph Stalin – killed more people than Hitler

Powerful Central Government Communist Government • Communism- a single political party controls the government

Powerful Central Government Communist Government • Communism- a single political party controls the government and the economy Socialist Economy • Socialism- a system in which the government controls all resources • No private property • No private companies own resources

Controlled Economy • Collective farms- workers produced the amount of food the government told

Controlled Economy • Collective farms- workers produced the amount of food the government told them to and received any surplus crops • People were still starving to death • People had low quality of life • Poor housing • Low income • Little access to consumer goods: clothes, electronics, appliances, vehicles • Basically anything you could buy with money

What did the Communists want to do? • Take over of agriculture - produced

What did the Communists want to do? • Take over of agriculture - produced machines for farming; collective farms • Industry- “jobs for all” • Strong military • Promote the “state” – Soviet Union- above all authority including religious and personal • “Government knows what is best for you. ”

Joseph Stalin • Dictator • Kept people from contact with “West”- Europe and the

Joseph Stalin • Dictator • Kept people from contact with “West”- Europe and the USA • Controlled EVERY part of people’s lives • Rule of terror using secret police force – KGB Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem. - Joseph Stalin

Mikhail Gorbachev • President 1985 -1991 • Fought for less government control of the

Mikhail Gorbachev • President 1985 -1991 • Fought for less government control of the economy (perestroika- “restructuring”) • Encouraged people to speak openly about the government (glasnost- “openness” ) The world will not accept dictatorship or domination. Mikhail Gorbachev • Opened up to America and the West

Propaganda • Soviets (Stalin) used propaganda, like this poster, to promote Communist ideas. •

Propaganda • Soviets (Stalin) used propaganda, like this poster, to promote Communist ideas. • Propaganda- information designed to influence people’s opinions What symbols do you see? What feeling does this want you to have? How do the people look? What colors do you see? Why would the government make this poster? Did it intend to make people DO something or FEEL a certain way? Long Live Great Stalin!!

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