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dictatorship and stalinism
state terror and NKVD
people kept under strict surveillance by party activists and informers
Stalin extended the use of terror to expel polítical opponents and enforce collectivisation
In 1930 Stalin expelled some of his former supporters for criticising collectivisation
In 1931 Stalin put a group of former Mensheviks and social revolutionaries on trial
by the end of the second 5 year plan there was renewed signs of opposition to Stalin
In 1934, the USSR’s internal security was passed to the NKVD led in turn by yagoda, yezhov and beria
Labour camps were reorganised into a national system known as gulags
Kirov's murder
at the 17th party Congress in 1934, there was a split between Stalin who wanted to force industrialisation, and kirov who wanted to stop forcible grain seizures
Kirov was murdered in December 1934 and Stalin was quick to claim it was part of a plot to overthrow the party
Over 100 party members were shot and thousands more were arrested
The assassination caused the party to tighten control over the country and begin widespread purges
the show trials
public trials where foreign journalists were invited to "prove" that the USSR was facing opposition from enemies of the state
The purpose was to demonstrate the accuseds guilt
All forms of interrogation were used, such as manipulation, torture and threats to the defendant and their family
The first major trial was in 1936 for Kamenev and zinoviev, and were accused of allying with trotsky
the stalin constitution
the constitution declared that socialism had been achieved
Stalin claimed his constitution was the most democratic in the world
The all Russian congress of soviets was replaced by the new supreme Soviet
The new constitution promised autonomy for local ethnic groups and 4 yearly elections