Totalitarianism Case Study: Stalinist Russia

1. Industrial Policies

initiated Five-Year Plans to promote industrial growth; limited production of consumer goods

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1. Industrial Policies

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2. Agricultural Policies

Established collective farms; eliminated wealthy peasants

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2. Agricultural Policies

Established collective farms; eliminated wealthy peasants

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3. Art/ Religion

Controlled media; censored all forms of creativity; replaced religious teachings with Communist ideals; persecuted the Russian Orthodox Church

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3. Art/ Religion

Controlled media; censored all forms of creativity; replaced religious teachings with Communist ideals; persecuted the Russian Orthodox Church

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3. Art/ Religion

Controlled media; censored all forms of creativity; replaced religious teachings with Communist ideals; persecuted the Russian Orthodox Church

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3. Art/ Religion

Controlled media; censored all forms of creativity; replaced religious teachings with Communist ideals; persecuted the Russian Orthodox Church

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4. Education

Expanded and controlled education at all levels; opened educational opportunities to women

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4. Education

Expanded and controlled education at all levels; opened educational opportunities to women

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5. Control Methods

Used secret police and violent tactics to crush opposition; launched Great Purge

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5. Control Methods

Used secret police and violent tactics to crush opposition; launched Great Purge

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5. Control Methods

Used secret police and violent tactics to crush opposition; launched Great Purge QuickTime™ and a

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5. Control Methods

Used secret police and violent tactics to crush opposition; launched Great Purge

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders.

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders.

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders.

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders.

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders.

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders.

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders.

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders.

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders

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6. Propaganda Methods

Used indoctrination and art to glorify the Communist state; created state-supported youth groups to train future leaders.

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Totalitarianism

Gov’t that exerts total control of every aspect of a citizen’s private and public life

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Command Economy

A system in which government makes all economic decisions

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Collective Farm

Large gov’t-owned farm on which food was produced for the state

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Five-Year Plans

A set of quotas to improve the Soviet economy

“Welcome, comrade, to work in our collective farm!”

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