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Our Agreements
1. Respect the Speaker2. Be Open to Each Others' Ideas3. Be Open to Growth4. Challenge the Statement Not the
Speaker5. Step Up/Step Back
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Essential Questions• How can our ability to think change the
course of history?• How can a person's ideas affect his or
her life?
Aim: Did the Russian Revolution benefit the Russians?
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Group Tasks
Rogers 204205• How would you evaluate Lenin based on the acts he passed & on the argument made by the Russian citizen, Izvestia?
Handouts B1 & B2• Discuss the ways Stalin Russified Russia. Was this beneficial for the Russian people?
Andrea 389393• Discuss why collectivization of agriculture was a key component of Stalin=s plan. Does the socialist theory, or the defense of the USSR, seem more important to him?
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Vladimir Lenin's Communist Revolution October 1917
Bolsheviks, Reds, Communists are all the same
leads a revolution of the peasants & industrial workers• against the Provisional Government democratic govt that replaced the Czar when he fled
the throne> majority of people were upset with this new democratic govt
– doesn't support the majority of the ppl b/c majority not rich
"he promises the people peace, land and bread"
leads w/absolute force becomes a dictator
imprisons poltical figures
estabs secret police force
promotes a new govt for the benefit of the poor & working class
the workers & peasants have no land, freedom, rights & Communism works for them
communism creates a shared society equality amongst all workers in a given industry• Economic System
> Sets up the NEP New Economic Policy– allows some private business to still operate regardless that he is a Communist
« this allows Russia to gain some profit & make $ b/c more profits mean more taxes for the nation & Lenin» prevents the nation from competing in the world w/other nonCommunist
nations
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Stalin
Communist & also rules as a dictator• Kills Leon Trotsky the rightful ruler after Lenin
> lies to ppl about this • Goalsmake Russia more Russian
wants Russia to flourish hold on to similar language, culture, faith, customs
get rid of the differences
creates the USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
added new lands to USSR Ukraine, etc.
"cult of Stalin"
keeps the secret police becomes KGB
gulags poiltical enemies are sent to gulags in Siberia to be killed/ die
not Russian, not of established of the state, different political vision, if you spoke out against Stalin or the govt
> he is a totalitarian leader dictator– CONTROLS everything: religion, culture, the history, laws
« eliminates the free press so Stalin can control the entire story of what is happening in USSR
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• Stalin Propaganda> makes himself seem like a hero
– like a leader– in Lenin's shadow
« to make himself seem like a legitimate heir
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Stalin's 5 Year Plans• took control of all farms in USSR & put them under the state's control
> all the peasants worked on these state/Collective Farms> in 5 years take control of them all & then reassess every 5 years> farm land taken from the rich land owners (kulaks) and they were eithert arrested/killed> wasn't a success overall first 5 year plans no gains at all > no crop rotation kills the nutrients in the soil so not enough food being grown
– led to starvation• goal is to help USSR advance & catch up with the rest of the world • Industrial Development
> no steel production over 10 year period – takes ppls metal objects to melt them down
• STalin hides the true effects of the plans & communism