totalitatianism, centralised state control
- totalitarianism: govt that dominates all life aspects
- leader often dynamic/persuasive
police terror
- use to spy & intimidate ppl
indoctrination
- govt shapes ppl's minds thru slanted edu
propaganda & censorship
- govt controls all mass media/crushes opposing views
relig/et persec
- minorities labelled as enemies of state
- great purge: terror campaign vs stalin's perceived enemies
- end of 1938, stalin in complete control, 8-13+ mill dead
russian propaganda & censorship
- govt control newspapers, radio, movies
- artists censored, work harnessed to glorify commy pty
stalin seizes control of the economy
command economy: new econ sys
- govt makes all decisions
indust revltn
- 5 yr plans: 1ST ONE 1928-33, 2ND ONE 1933-38; stalin's plans for developing econ
- result: lg growth in indust pwr, shortage of consumer goods
agric revltn
- 1928 govt creates collectives; peasants resist change, 5-10 mill die in crackdown
- 1938 agric finally rising









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Everybody wants to sail the sea,
Fighting, killing, plundering, and raiding,
Everybody wants to be me!
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