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