Monday, March 3, 2014

1. Monday, March 3, 2014 Goal: 10.7.2 Describe in detail Stalin’s goal of transforming the USSR into a totalitarian state In-class: 14.2 Totalitarianism & Stalinist Russia Notes, Communist Smurf Video Reflection #2: Review of the Russian Revolution (Look through your notes to answer the questions below). Why did Russia’s involvement in WWI bring about the Russian Revolution? (think about Russia was ready to be involved in war). After the Russian Revolution, the government changed from a monarchy to ____________________. After Czar Nicholas was overthrown, Lenin was in charge of Russia. After Lenin died, __________________is in charge of Russia.

2. 14.2 Totalitarianism & Stalinist Russia Ms. Wyatt Spring 2014

3. Totalitarianism • Gov’t takes complete, central control over every aspect of public & private life • Challenges the values of democracy • reason, freedom, human dignity, and the worth of the individual

4. Police State • Secret police spied on people, had informers everywhere • People lived in fear • Police arrested & executed millions of so-called traitors • Stalin became more powerful than any czar

5. Indoctrination Def: Instruction in the govt’s beliefs Used to mold people’s minds Controlled education from a young age

6. Religious Persecution State demanded atheism (belief that there is no god) Police destroyed churches & synagogues Persecuted religious leaders But people still clung to their faiths

7. Great Purge Stalin turned against Communist Party Arrested Bolsheviks who participated in the revolution & almost every leader in his govt for “crimes against the Soviet state” These killings were called the Great Purge 8 to 13 million died

9. Command Economy Def: system in which the govt made all economic decisions Wanted to catch up to the rest of Europe in industrialization

10. First Five Year Plan & Worker’s Lives 1928: Stalin outlined Five-Year Plan Govt takes drastic steps to promote rapid industrial growth & strengthen military Set impossibly high quotas for the output of steel, coal, oil, & electricity To reach goals, Russia limited the production of consumer goods – hurting the people Govtcontrolled every aspect of a worker’s life

11. The Agriculture Revolution 1928, Stalin seized 25 million private farms & combined them into huge govt owned farms, called collective farms. Peasants revolted by destroying crops & livestock Stalin sent in secret police, sending peasants to work at the threat of death Between 5-10 million peasants were killed with millions more sent to Siberia The kulaks, wealthy peasants, revolted & their entire class was sent to death or work camps

12. Success! • In 10 years: • Wheat production was doubled due to collective farming • Electricity production was up 800% • Steel production increased from 4 to 18 million metric tons • The USSR was becoming a major industrial power

13. Role of Women Bolshevik Revolution (1917) declared men and women equal More educational opportunities—science, medicine, engineering Women worked, but also had a “patriotic duty” to raise their children to be loyal & obedient citizens

14. In the Long Run Stalin responsible for Russia’s industrialization Russia was able to stand up to Germany in WWII Stalin changed Russia from an unimportant agricultural economy into a world-power industrial giant But the people paid the price for these gains