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Dictatorship & Propaganda (Stalin) - Coggle Diagram
Dictatorship & Propaganda (Stalin)
KEY TERMS
Cult of Personality
Propaganda used to create an idolised image of someone
Gulags
Labour camps. Workers completed animal-like work
Communism
State ownership of agriculture and industry
Democracy
Country ran by the people through voting. Power of speech and right to freedom
Fascism
Private ownership of agriculture and industry
Dictatorship
A country ran by 1 person/party
Propaganda
Info that influences the opinion of the general public (biased)
Collectivisation
Joining of small, unproductive farms together to create large state-owned farms
Kulaks
Wealthy independent farmers
STALIN'S PROPAGANDA
Prauda (communist newspaper) praised him & critisised his rivals
Cities/streets named after him
Treated like god
Enemies often airbrushed from photos
Posters of him everwhere
Developed cult of personality
STALIN'S TERROR
NKUD ran gulags. At least 16million people died
Stalin became paranoid and began a purge against anyone who challenged his authority
The Cheka (later NKUD) arrested enemies of state and encouraged people to report anybody suspicious
Organised 3 show trials. Defendants were tortured to scare the public
ECONOMIC POLICIES
Collectivisation
Joining of small, unproductive farms to create large, state-owned farms
Used fprce to get farmers to co-operate
2.5m kulaks sent to gulags
90% of farmland was collectivised
3 Five-Year Plans
Believed USSR was 100yrs behind other countries in industry world
Set of targets designed to meet them over 5yrs - boosted industrialisation
Betweeen 1928-1941
Propaganda used to get people to work harder (Stakhanovite Movement)
Consequences of Collectivisation
Russia not producing enough food (milloins died due to famine)
Milliosns of kulaks resisted change (killed and sent to gulags)
All of land taken over by state to increase mechanisation
Millions moved to urban areas to work
Consequences of 5 Year - Plans
No unemployment
Industrialised cities (Siberia)
Urban population grew by 29 million
2nd largest industrial country in the world
WOMEN'S LIVES CHANGED
Créches developed to allow both parents to work
Child allowances for married couples
Worked in "men's jobs" (engineering, construction)
Wanted ;larger families after WII due to loss of population
DIFFERENT LIVES CHANGED
Education
1950- nearly all 8-50 literate
Text books exaggerated Stalin's role
Wanted free, compulsory education
Housing
Not enough houses to facillitate urban population (homelessness)
Health
More hospitals, more doctors
70% doctors= female
Free healthcare