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Stalin 1928-53 - Coggle Diagram
Stalin 1928-53
Personal Power
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Stalin used propaganda linking himself to lenin in the early years of his rule, some knew about the testament
after WW2, propaganda shows stalin as his own ruler and a god-like figure responsible for winning the war
Stalin had huge amounts of knowledge on each individual in the party as he had previously been General Secretary. He knew past crimes and personal weaknesses
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Structure
stalin now gave one ideology that must be followed, meaning that debate couldn't happen within the party
Party membership increased rapidly, the more members the more diluted the power
stalin rarely met with politburo, specially after WW2
The party was privileged, those with status had access to better goods, food and housing
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Terror
Chistka
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by 1935, 22% lost their party cards
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show trials
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humiliated men like Zinoviev, Kamenev and Bukharin - leading members of the party who were then executed
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purges
35,000 officers of the red army were shot or imprisoned
stalin recruited a new generation of less moral police members that he could bend to his will and blame for the terror
in 1936, Yagoda, the secret police chief was executed
the NKVD
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a quota system was introduced to determine the amount of 'enemies of the state' that had to be killed
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