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. Kissinger 16. Essential Question: What peace terms ware agreed to during the war?. Approaches to Peace. Churchill. Reestablish traditional balance of power . Counterbalance USSR. Stalin. Capitalize on territory gained during war. L/O – To assess the role of censorship and propaganda in maintaining Stalinism. Origins of the Cult. This started as early as . December 1929. . The party and the media began consciously to build up Stalin as a . Darius Flanders. &. Aaron Broennimann. Early Life . Of Stalin. On December 18, 1879, in the Russian peasant village of . Gori. , . Georgia Stalin was born. Village . children treated him cruelly, instilling in him a . 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!’ . Unit 11.1. Theme #1. . T. he United States and the Soviet Union emerged from the Second World War as the two dominant enemy super powers, who became engaged in a dangerous Cold War. The Cold War soon became a global ideological conflict between democracy and communism.. Have your Study Guide Out for Chapters 1 and 2. Have a Novel. CLEAR DESK OF ALL OTHER MATERIALS. 1914 – 1917 –. World War I. Russian people are tired, poor, underfed, underpaid. Fighting with no weapons . 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. 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). 1945-1976. Reasons for the Sino-Soviet split. Mao and Stalin were too similar (personality) to get along (created immediate tension between China and USSR) . Chinese were unhappy with the unfriendly treatment by USSR. Both sides knew that a real “WW3”, a nuclear war, would be unwinnable.. However the Cold War had many characteristics of an actual war:. Arms race . (when countries compete to have the most effective armed forces). Learning objective . – to be able to assess the impact of the USSR invasion of Czechoslovakia In 1968.. I can . describe. the key features of the USSR invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.. Grade D. 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?.