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Title: Aim: Describe Stalin


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AimDescribe Stalins Goal of Transforming the
Soviet Union into a Totalitarian State
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Stalin Builds a Totalitarian State
  • Stalin aimed to create a perfect Communist state
    in Russia
  • Stalin planned to transform the Soviet Union
    into a Totalitarian state
  • Began by destroying his enemies (real
    imaginary)
  • Stalin built a police state to maintain his
    power
  • Used tanks armored cars to stop riots
  • Monitored telephone lines, read mail, planted
    informers everywhere
  • Arrested executed millions (8-13)
  • 1937 Stalin launched the Great Purge
  • Campaign of terror directed at eliminating
    anyone who threatened his power
  • Stalin gained total control

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Russian Propaganda Censorship
  • Stalins government controlled all newspapers,
    motion pictures, radio, and other sources of
    information
  • Soviet newspapers radio broadcasts glorified
    the achievements of communism
  • Under Stalin, the government controlled all
    education from nursery schools through the
    universities
  • School children learned the virtues of the
    Communist party

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Religious Persecution
  • Communists aimed to replace religious teachings
    with the ideals of communism
  • The government and the League of the Militant
    Godless spread propaganda attacked religion
  • League was an officially sponsored group of
    atheists
  • Religious beliefs were considered mere
    superstitions
  • The Russian Orthodox Church was the main target
    of persecution
  • Police destroyed churches synagogues
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