PPT-Why did Stalin make the ‘Great Turn’?

LO To identify the driving forces behind Stalins economic policies Stalins USSR 19241953 Origins and Rise to Power Ideology and Nature of the State Establishment amp Consolidation of his Rule. L/O – To evaluate the impact of the Cult of Personality. Was the Cult ‘genuine’?. Stalin received . adulation. on a scale and intensity that few leaders have known and, according to Robert Service, he had a ‘. 39 Stalin Stalin OVERVIEW J leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, employed terror, repression, and execution to maintain his control over the Soviet people. Fami Part . Two . – The . Yezhovshchina. L/O – To identify and describe the key features of the . Great Terror. What was the Yezhovshchina?. After the first show trial in September 1936, . Nicholai . Yezhov. L/O – To evaluate the position of different historians on the Great Terror. Explaining the Great Terror. There has been a . vigorous debate . between historians over the explanation of the Great Terror. The process that led to so many arrests and executions is . L/O – To assess the significance of opposition to Stalin before 1934 . Stalin’s Russia: . 1924-1953. Origins and Rise of Stalin. Historical Context of Stalin’s Rise. Key Stages of the Power Struggle. Rise of Japan. Review:. 1853: Japan opened to outside trade. 1868 Mutsuhito (Meiji) comes to throne and modernizes. 1894-1895 Japan attacks and defeats China. Sino-Japanese War. 1904-1905 Japan attacks and defeats Russia. Stalin Takes Power. When Lenin died in 1924, Joseph Stalin took power. He led the USSR through World War II and died in 1953. . By 1928, established himself as absolute dictator.. Totalitarian State. Individualism. Freedom. Human dignity . Aggression . From the perspective of Western leaders, Stalin’s actions as leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics reflected an emphasis on which of the following concepts? . Totalitarianism. Dictator requires everyone to be subservient. The people have no voice. The government runs everything in your life. Does this sound good or bad?. “Socialism in one country!”. Build up military and socialist ideas in Russia and then export it to other countries. Recap.. The struggle for power. Industry and the five year plans. Agriculture and collectivisation. the purges. The cult of personality. Recap. When Lenin died in 1924, he had been very successful in imposing a communist dictatorship in Russia.. Soviet expansion and famines. , 1924-1939. Thesis. After the creation of the USSR and ensuing power struggle, Joseph Stalin emerged at the dominant political force through a mixture of false alliances and lies. Continuing this style of ruling—and seeing what he, and therefor others, could and would do to keep power— caused Stalin to become both paranoid and vindictive. This manifested itself multiple times throughout the course of his terror, beginning with . Russia . . Describe how Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union. (4) . Why did Stalin have many people murdered and imprisoned in the 1930s? (6). By 1941, how far was the USSR stronger as a result of Stalin’s policies? (10 ). A government that takes . total control . over every aspect of public AND private life.. People give up liberty for a . sense. of security.. Need a dynamic leader to pull it off. Stalin. Mao. Hitler. Engelsina. became a minor celebrity, but her parents weren’t so lucky. Her father ‘disappeared’ and when her mother protested she was sent into exile where she died. However, when Stalin himself .