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04 STALINISM
Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1929
defended the expansion of the revolution
was assassinated in 1940 by a Soviet agent
Stalin imposed his vision of socialism on a single country
normalised relations with capitalist countries
USSR joined the League of Nations in 1934
tried to control communist parties around the world through Comintern
Founded to coordinate communist organisations
was used to serve Stalin’s interests
goal was to ensure the security of the Soviet state
In the 1930s, the dictator unleashed the Stalinist purges
waves of political terror
Thousands of people were placed under surveillance and arrested
were interned in forced labour camps called gulags
Soviet state took control of the economy
decreed the end of the New Economic Policy
replaced it with economic planning and centralisation
did this using five-year plans
with the aim of making the country self-sufficient from an industrial and military point of view
boosted the development of
basic equipment
infrastructure
heavy industry
included collectivisation of agriculture
with forced expropriations to create collective farms and state farms
collectivisation was brutally carried out
Lenin died in 1924
direction of Soviet state would felt to a collective body formed by Trotsky and Stalin
comrades expressed differences on what policies should be carried out
Stalin eliminated them and established himself as the sole leader
USSR began a totalitarian phase
new policy brought profound industrial renewal
produced a phase of accelerated economic growth
was even more significant as it paralleled the Great Depression
