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Communist Russia - Coggle Diagram
Communist Russia
Communism Takes Root
Vladimir Lenin comes to power, overthrows Tsar Nicholas II in the October Revolution of 1917
The Bolsheviks defeat the White Army in 1922, causing Lenin to gain control of the country
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Economy
Many wealthy independent farmers (kulaks) were sent to forced labour camps (gulags) for refusing to give up their land.
Stalin introduced Five Year Plans, used to boost the economy of the USSR
Stalin invented collectivisation, creating large state-owned farms by merging multiple different farms
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Terror
Stalin expelled almost 1 million people from the Communist Party who he believed to be challenging his authority.
Over 1 million people died in the 30,000 gulags that existed in the USSR at the time
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Propaganda
Cities were named after Stalin, e,g. 'Stalinsk'.
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Photos were doctored, for example a photo with Yezhov and Stalin was edited to remove Yezhov after his execution.
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Show trials
In March 1938, Nikolai Bukharin and Genrikh Yagoda were accused of plotting to assassinate Lenin and Stalin in the third show trial
In January 1937, 13 Bolsheviks were executed and the rest were sent to the gulags for 10 years in the second show trial
Zinoviev and Kamenev were executed in the first show trial after being tried for the assassination of Sergei Kirov in August 1936
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