The Russian Revolution Pt. III

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Who were the main candidates to fill Lenin's position after his death in 1924?

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Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky.

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What happened to Leon Trotsky after Stalin became the leader of the USSR?

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He was exiled to Mexico and killed in 1940.

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An economic system where all decisions are made by the government.

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What is a Command Economy?

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What were Stalin's '5-Year Plans'?

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Plans setting high production quotas with harsh punishments for missing targets.

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Government ownership of all farmland, requiring peasants to surrender their farm equipment, livestock, produce, and homes.

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What is Collectivism in the context of Stalin's policies?

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What were the consequences for communities not meeting '5-Year Plan' quotas?

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Their grain would be confiscated, or people would be sent to Gulags.

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The forced starvation of Ukraine from 1932-1933, resulting in 3.5-5 million deaths.

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What was the Holodomor?

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What role did the NKVD play under Stalin?

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They acted as Stalin's secret police, murdering or exiling enemies to Gulags.

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What was the Great Purge?

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A campaign from 1936-1938 where over 700,000 people were killed or died in Gulags.

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How did Stalin's government control education and culture?

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By removing ideas that contradicted Stalin from textbooks and literature, and sending critical artists, composers, or writers to Gulags.