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STALINISM
Totalitarian phase
Lenin died in 1924
Expected that the direction of the Soviet state
Would fall to a collective body
Formed by Trotsky and Stalin
Stalin eliminated them
Established himself as the sole leader
USSR began Stalinism
Trotsky
Was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1929
Defended the expansion
Of the revolution
He was assassinated in 1940
By a Soviet agent
Socialism
USSR joined the League of Nations in 1934
Stalin imposed his vision
On a single country
Progressively normalised diplomatic relations
With capitalist countries
Comintern
Third International
To reinforce foreign policy
Tried to control communist parties
Goal
Not to support the revolution
To ensure the security of the Soviet state
To coordinate communist organisations
Later used to serve Stalin’s interests
Stalinist purges
Waves of political terror
Thousands of people
Were placed under surveillance and arrested
Were interned in forced labour camps
Gulags
Massive political trials were held
Millions of people
Were victimised, imprisoned, deported or executed
Five-year plans
Decreed the end
Of the New Economic Policy
The aim of making
The country self-sufficient
From an industrial and military point of view
Boosted the development of
Heavy industry, basic equipment and infrastructure
Collectivisation of agriculture
Forced expropriations to create
Collective farms
Kolkhoz
State farms
Sovkhoz
Brutally carried out
Kulaks
Wealthy or prosperous peasants
Were driven from their properties
Economic growth
More significant as it paralleled
The Great Depression in capitalist countries
New policy
Brought profound industrial renewal
Failed in agriculture
Caused famines
Social rejection
The repression
Of any type of opposition
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The low standard of living
That it imposed on the population
JOSEPH STALIN
Also known as Koba
Was born in Georgia
A tenacious revolutionary
Seized power in the USSR
By eliminating his rivals
