The Great Purge; Biography of Joseph Stalin

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The Great PurgeBiography of Joseph Stalin

• By Gabis Campis, Ryan Hoecker, Garrett Christian,
  Roberto Clark, and Job McKee

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Childhood

• Born Dec. 21, 1879
• Gori, Georgia
• Poor
• Other siblings died young (3)

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Schooling

• Expelled from Theological Seminary
• Marxism
• Disobeyed teachers
• Forbidden books

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Middle Life

• Unemployed
• Joined Socialist party
• Jailed for resisting Tsar
• Deported

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Party

• Socialists split up
• Lenin-Bolsheviks
• Martov-Mensheviks

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More Party

• Escaped from Siberia
• Lenin impressed
• Organized demonstrations
• Arrested a lot

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Groups

• White Army-Russians (Tsar)
• Red Army-Bolsheviks (Stalin)

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Rise to Power

• Lenin died- 1924
• Editor- Pravda
• Murdered Trotsky
• Leader of USSR
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vIkCXtMHCUTc

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Actions

• Started 5 Year Plans
• Farmland Collectivized
• Very unrealistic goals

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Actions cont.

• Assassinated anyone suspected of disloyalty
• Many deported to Siberia

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Actions cont.

• Signed non-aggression pact
• Hitler broke the pact

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Accomplishments

• Five Year Plans
• Many Military personnel assassinated
• Killed 24 million

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Death

• March 5, 1953
• Collapsed in his house
• Rumored to have been poisoned

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Interview Noah

• No discrimination
• Very good
• Everyone being nice to everyone

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Interview Gage

• Discrimination against race
• Pretty bad
• Closer monitoring of people

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Interview Mrs. Campis

• None
• Good. Used to be more racial
• Open minds

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Bibliography

• www.adherents.com
• www.spartacus.com
• www.wikipedia.org (picture)
• www.youtube.com (video)
• www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
• www.moreorless.au.com
• Gage Baker
• Noah Stephens
• Mrs. Campis