Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Ruled Communist Party of Russia from 1922-1953. Famous for his purges; cruel, tyrannical and evil

fascism

a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition

Famine

starvation in Russia from 1932-33

Soviet Union

Created by the Bolsheviks in the October revolution of 1917, changes from the original 'Russia' included no more class system. Everything brought under state control

5 Year Plan

Heavy industrialization and collectivization of agriculture; long working hours and six day weeks

First 5 year plan

250% increase in overall industrial productivity; questionably achieved with disastrous costs

5 Year Plan Conclusion

huge increase in industrial output but of low quality; second largest producer of iron and steel in Europe; enormous human life and suffering; unequal wages; capitalist practices

Collectivization

all the peasants give up their land and farm on large, government run enterprises

Goals of collectivization

increase food production; give government Control of farm production; spread socialism to countryside

Results of Collectivization

lack of mechanization in farming and resistance of peasants led to food shortages and starvation; millions of Ukranians starved to death; Stalin admits at least 10 million died

Kulaks

Prosperous peasants with their own land, did not like collectivization

Great Purge

Stalin kills millions he doesn't like in politics and Military through courts; even lets world reporters come watch

Kulak Resistance

destroyed livestock and crops to prevent collectivization; millions executed; results in famine and starvation

Nazi-Soviet pact

Stalin and Hitler agree to remain neutral if either country became involved in a war; Stalin needed time to build his army because he knew Hitler would attack