Stalin and Communist Russia

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Stalin and Communist Russia
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Economic Systems

• How a society organizes the production,
  distribution, and consumption of goods and
  services

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Capitalism

• Characteristics
• private or corporate ownership of goods
• when the prices, production, and distribution of
  goods are determined mainly by competition in a
  free market
• unequal distribution of wealth

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Communism

• Characteristics
• the government owns everything (in the name of
  the people) - there is no private ownership and
  everyone works for the good of all
• When the prices, production and distribution of
  goods is set by the government
• ideally, there are no rich - everyone is equal or
  the same social class

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The Romanovs Russias Royal Family circa 1905
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Lenin giving a speech
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Workers and Soldiers demonstrating
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Loyalists to the monarchy shooting at
demonstrators
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Stalin took over when Lenin died
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The Great Purge
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No independent thinking was allowed
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Russian culture under Stalin
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Kulaks or land-owners were killed by the
millions, even if you just owned animals, you
could be considered a Kulak.
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A parade of children marching under the banners
"We will liquidate the kulaks as a class"
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A summer camp for Young Pioneers. The sign over
the porch reads "Thank you Comrade Stalin for a
happy and joyous childhood."
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Anti-capitalist propaganda
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Propaganda
Women work hard and are happy in the U.S.S.R
The U.S.S.R. is very modern with its countless
tractors
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Picking tomatoes at a kolkhoz (government farm)
outside Moscow.
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Stalin steps up industrialization
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Millions die under Stalin
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Stalin -The Military Leader
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Large portions of the USSR were destroyed in
World War II
Stalingrad
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German soldiers surrendering to Russians
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Winston Churchill, President Roosevelt, and
Stalin were allies
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Europe after World War II
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Stalin a world leader
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Cold War

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VS.
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Stalin is remembered