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STALINISM
Lenin died in 1924
it was expected that the direction of the Soviet State would fall to a collective body
However, comrades expressed differences
Stalin eliminated them
established himself as the single leader
TOTALITARIAN PHASE
Stalinism
formed by Trotsky and Stalin
Trotsky defended the expansion of the revolution
was expelled from the Soviet union in 1929
assassinated in 1940 by a Soviet agent
Stalin imposed his vision of socialism
normalised diplomatic relations
USSR joined the league of Nations i 1934
he tried to control communist parties through COMINTERM
coordinate communist organisations
STALINIST PURGES
waves of political terror
Thousands of people were arrested
in forced labour camps
GULAGS
massive political trials were held
involving Old Bolsheviks
Soviet State took control of the economy
end of the NEP
replaced by economic planning and centralisation
FIVE-YEAR PLANS
making the country self-sufficient
included COLLECTIVISATION OF AGRICULTURE
forced expropriations to create collective farms (Kolkhoz) and state farms (sovkhoz)
many kulaks were driven from their properties
those who resisted were executed
brought profound industrial renewal
failed in agriculture, accelerated the economic growth
siffered social rejection
repression of opposition
JOSEPH STALIN (KOBA)
born in Georgia
tenacious revolutionary
seized power in USSR by eliminating his rivals
