9.2.2 the Soviet Union under Stalin - T -

people in this lesson
Joseph Stalin
dictator
Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin
Communist leader
Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Stalin's rival
Soviet Union
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This lesson contains 11 slides, with text slides and 3 videos.

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people in this lesson
Joseph Stalin
dictator
Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin
Communist leader
Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Stalin's rival
Soviet Union

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Word Duty






New Economic Policy: program instituted by Lenin for a temporarily more capitalism-oriented economic policy
superpower: very powerful and influential nation in the world
totalitarian state: state with a centralised government that is dictatorial and controls every part of people’s lives
Five-Year Plan: Stalin’s plan to industrialise the Soviet Union over five years
collectivisation: forceful joining of agriculture into huge state farms
kulak: peasant in Russia, who is wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labour
Great Purge: period of repression and persecution in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s
Gulag forced labour camps: system of forced labour camps in which opponents of the Soviet Union were imprisoned and many people died
cult of personality: excessive public admiration for or devotion to a famous person









WORD DUTY

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Important dates in this lesson:

1924: Lenin dies
1928: first Five-Year Plan
1936-38: the Great Purge



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What you will learn in 
this lesson

  • How did Stalin come to power?
  • Why and how Stalin wanted to turn the Soviet Union into an industrial superpower
  • Explain the workings of the Five-Year Plans and Collectivisation
  • how Stalin ruled as a dictator, purged his enemies  and created a cult of personality around himself
Use these questions to make your own summary

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In this lesson:


Death of Lenin (1924). Stalin is successor.

Stalin's rule: 
  • Five-Year Plans
  • Collectivisation
  • the Great Purge
  • Cult of Personality




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Introduction

Lenin had begun to transform the new Soviet Union into a communist state, but died before his plans were realised. After a power struggle, Joseph Stalin became the new leader. How did Stalin rule the Soviet-Union?




Propaganda poster. The text says: ‘And Stalin raised us to be loyal to the people, inspired us to work and to deeds!’, Leonid Golovanov, 1949,

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‘Thank you beloved Stalin for our happy childhood’, Viktor Govorkov, 1936

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You can recap the essentials of this lesson by watching the next 2 videos

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