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04 STALINISM
Stalinist purges
waves of political terror in the 1930s
Thousands of people were placed under surveillance and arrested
People were interned in forced labour camps
gulags
massive political trials were held
involving old Bolsheviks
Millions of people were
victimised
imprisoned
deported
executed
JOSEPH STALIN (1879–1953)
Koba
born in Georgia
seized power in the USSR by eliminating his rivals
He launched purges to impose his power
Third International or Comintern
To reinforce Stalin's foreign policy
control communist parties around the world
Founded in 1919 to coordinate communist organisations
later used to serve Stalin's interests
Goal
ensure the security of the Soviet state
Control of the economy
by the Soviet State
end of the New Economic Policy (NEP)
economic planning and centralisation
five-year plans
making the country self-sufficient
industrially
militarily
it boosted
the development of
heavy industry
basic equipment
infrastructure
collectivisation of agriculture
forced expropriations to create collective farms (kolkhoz)
state farms (sovkhoz)
kulaks (wealthy or prosperous peasants)
were driven from their properties
deported en masse
those who resisted
executed
profound industrial renewal
accelerated economic growth
it failed in agriculture
it caused famines
significant social rejection
due to
the repression of any type of opposition
the low standard of living that it imposed on the population
heavy industry and arms were prioritised
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Death of Lenin in 1924
Collective body between Stalin and Trotsky was expected
however
they had different ideas regarding
the economy
internationalisation of the revolution
Stalin eliminated Trotsky and the members that were against him
Stalin was a SOLE leader
USSR began a totalitarian phase
STALINISM
imposed his vision of socialism on a single country
progressively normalised diplomatic relations with capitalist countries
Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1929
and killed in 1940
The USSR joined the League of Nations in 1934
