Joseph Stalin Comes to power after the death

Characteristics ■ Communist ■ General Secretary of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic

Five- Years Plan ■ Intended to transform the Soviet Union from a peasant society

Great Purges 1936 -1938 “Great Terror” ■ Brutal political campaign to eliminate opposing members

Full of Himself ■ Named cities after himself ■ Soviet history books were rewritten

■ Command economygovernment officials made all basic economic decisions. ■ Ruled by terror and

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Joseph Stalin ■ Comes to power after the death of Lenin ■ 1922 he became secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, a role that enabled him to appoint his allies to government jobs and grow a base of political support. ■ Collectivized farming and enemies into labor camps or were executed was meant to boost agricultural production through the organization of land labor

Characteristics ■ Communist ■ General Secretary of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) ■ Dangerous and ruthless ■ Totalitarian dictator ■ Launched the Great Purges and Collectivization of agriculture where millions of Russians will die ■ Used indoctrination

Five- Years Plan ■ Intended to transform the Soviet Union from a peasant society into an industrial superpower ■ Centered on government control of the economy ■ Included the forced collectivization of Soviet agriculture-government took control of farms ■ Government owned all businesses and distributed all resources

Great Purges 1936 -1938 “Great Terror” ■ Brutal political campaign to eliminate opposing members of the Communist Party along with anyone that was a threat ■ The Great Purge-series of campaigns designed to rid anyone opposed the Communist Party. The military and other parts of Soviet society from those he considered a threat ■ 750, 000 people were executed Over 1 million were forced into labor camps “gulags” ■ Eliminated all the original Bolsheviks that participated in the Russian Revaluation in 1917

Gulags

Full of Himself ■ Named cities after himself ■ Soviet history books were rewritten to give him a more prominent role in the revolution and mythologize other aspects of his life ■ Subject of flattering artwork, literature and music, and his name became part of the Soviet national anthem ■ Government also controlled the Soviet media

■ Command economygovernment officials made all basic economic decisions. ■ Ruled by terror and with a totalitarian grip ■ Expanded the powers of the secret police ■ Encouraged citizens to spy on one another and had millions of people killed