PPT-The USSR under Stalin

Power struggle 1924 27 Lenin had not appointed a successor but adviced other members of the Politburo to remove Stalin from power since he claimed that Stalin had concentrated too much power in his. HI 168: . Lecture 11. Dr. Howard Chiang. OVERVIEW. Rise of Cold War in East Asia: 1945-46:. - Beginnings. - Turning Point: Truman’s Decision. - In Perspective. The CCP’s “Lean-to-One-Side Decision”. L/O – To identify the driving forces behind Stalin’s economic policies. Stalin’s USSR 1924-1953. Origins and Rise to Power. Ideology and Nature of the State. Establishment & Consolidation of his Rule. Yezhov. was relieved from his post as head of the NKVD and shot. . Lavrenty. Beria, a fellow Georgian and Stalin confidant, succeeded him as head of the NKVD. WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF THE PURGES ON THE SOVIET UNION?. Chapter 17, Section 5. The Soviets Dominate Eastern Europe. After Stalin died new moderate groups ruled the USSR. Many allowed the satellite countries a taste of independence. Of course they needed to remain communist. War Communism . (Lenin). . . what. When. . : 1918 -1921. What. : Industry was nationalized, compulsory . labour. was introduced and private trade was suppressed. Why. : because of the desperate need to obtain food for the Red Army & the urban population. War tension. What is the message of this cartoon? (7). An American cartoon, published in 1947. It shows Marshall on the left and Uncle Sam sitting down.. The caption says Neighbours. ‘Come on Sam! It’s up to us again!’ . In Eastern Europe, Democracy is failing.. WHY???. Little tradition of political democracy. Many illiterate peasants. Much land dominated by large landowners who feared peasant uprisings. Ethnic conflicts. From Allies to Enemies & Cold War Theory. Thesis. The West's fear of communism and perception that the USSR reneged on a series of deals made at various conferences at the end of World War II, coupled with Joseph Stalin's paranoia about at Third World War led to an increasing divided between the Allies at the end of World War II. This caused tacit escalation on both sides resulting in the perception that two ideologies were opposite and incompatible. The result was a series of moves isolation and dividing Europe between East and West, resulting in the Cold War. Ms Leslie. History 12. Major elements. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - gets Russia out of the war as Lenin felt the revolution would not survive while fighting Germany. Civil War - Foreign powers helped out the Whites and started the tension. 1953: July -- Korean War ends. 1954: March –KGB established. 1954 -- CIA helps overthrow unfriendly regimes in Iran and Guatemala . 1954: July -- Vietnam split at 17th parallel. 1955: May -- Warsaw Pact formed. Mr. Daniel Lazar. Stalin: Hot . Emo. Hipster cum Statesman. c. 1902. Yalta, 1945. Building the USSR. 1922 . Constitution was democratic and socialist. Supreme Soviet. = elected legislature. Universal suffrage (18 and older). Preview and Processing. Who are the main characters in the cartoon?. What is the cartoon implying about the United Nations?. What is the cartoon saying about communication between democratic and communist countries?. Revision for HSC 2014. The 1945 Conferences. Yalta Conference. In February 1945 Winston Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference. At this conference it was decided that Germany would be divided into four allied sectors after the war; that the Soviet Union would join the war against Japan; free elections would be held throughout Eastern Europe and the Lublin Committee, provisional Polish government, would no longer consist of just Communists. However, the Soviet Union did not adhere to these terms and instead; Stalin began to install communist governments in other Eastern European countries. . The Russian Revolution. Review.. 15. Who fought in the Russian Civil War? . 14. What did Lenin promise Russia when he took control?. 13. Which two figures were in charge following the October Revolution?.