Russian Revolution: Section 4 Flashcards
(12 cards)
Command economy
All economic decisions were made by the government
Collective farms
Large farms worked by hundreds of families
Totalitarian
A country in which a dictator or a small group controls every part of the lives of its citizens.
Five year plan
Economic targets set for steel, food, coal, and many other products that must be reached in five years.
How did Stalin ideas on communism differ from Trotsky?
Trotsky and Lenin wanted to communism to be worldwide quickly while Stalin believed communism should happen more gradually and only in Russia before making it worldwide.
How did Stalin revolutionize Soviet industry? What were his polices to reorganize agriculture?
He revolutionized Russia using the five year plan, forcing unrealistic numbers to be produced, tiring the workers.
He established collective farms, taking the small farms away from the farmers.
What are the features of a totalitarian state?
There is a dictatorship, no opposition, secret police force, and controlling propaganda.
What steps did Stalin take in the 1930’s to stamp out all possible dissent?
-outlawed public worshipping
-enforced rules with the secret police (had then arrest, kill, and send ppl to camps)
-purges the politburo, removing anyone who threatened his popularity and power.
List two ways that Stalin broke with Lenin’s polices
- Wanted to prefect communism in Russia before having a worldwide communism revolution.
- Implements command economy.
List four ways that Stalins five year plan aimed to develop the Soviet unions industry.
-set high targets
-limited luxury goods
-he invest in heavy industry
-extends work hours
List the two main targets for stalins repression
-religion
-communist part itself
List three ways that stalins regime was a totalitarian
-he had all the power (absolute dictator)
-secret police force
-he controls all aspects of ppls lives
