History of Russia Questions

Communist, seized all property, farms, and factories in order to control economy & create equality

He had secret police use tanks and armored cars to stop riots. They monitored telephone lines, read mail, and planted informers everywhere Children told authorities about disloyal remark they heard at home

Destroying his enemies Using a police a state to main power ( stopping riots, monitored telephone lines, read mail, and planted informers everywhere, children told authorizes about disloyal remarks at home, constant arrest, executing of millions of traitors) The great purge ( killing any who threatened his power, thousands of Bolsheviks who helped stage the REvolution in 1917, they were sent to labor camps or killed, in total killed 8 to 13 million people) Stalin gained total control of the SOviet government and the communist party Controlling news, movies, radios, and other sources of info Propaganda and censorship Education and Indoctrination ( government controlled all education from nursery to universities, learning virtues of communist party) Religious persecution ( spread propoganda of attacking religions ,getting rid of religion and putting in communism, many people held onto religion, police destroyed church's and synagogue and many relgious leaders wre killed or sent to labor camps, religious people were persecuted

The government limited production of consumer goods People faced severe shortages of housing, food, clothing, and other necessary goods

Discontentment, miserable working conditions, low wages, and child labor Caused people to go on strike

Government began to seize over 25 million privately owned farms in the USSR and combined them to create collective farms

Yes. Industrial production of steel increased more than 25 %

Stood unopposed as dictator and maintained his authority over the communist party Didn't tolerate individual creativity (threat to conformity and obedience) Ushered a period of total social control and rule by terror rather than constitutional government Total power over industrial and political power

Use of terror, indoctrination, propaganda, censorship, and religious or ethnic persecution

They revolutionized soviet society Women roles greatly expanded People became better educated and mastered new technical skills Citizens lost personal freedoms, consumer goods in short supply, and dissent prohibited Huge need for skilled workers People could become skilled workers instead of farmers or cleaning ladies

Seeks to erase the line between government and society This is an ideology that all citizens are expected to approveIs led by a dynamic leader and a single policial party Mass communication technology helps spread its aim and support its policies Surveillance technology makes it possible to keep track of the activities of many people Violence discourage those who disagree with the goals of the government No personal freedom and privacy Every citizen has tv cameras that constantly survey their behavior

Utilizes secret police to crush opposition and create a sense of fear among the people. No one is exempt from suspicion or accusations that he or she is an enemy of the state

He combined al the farms and called them collective farms Hundreds of families worked on them called collectives The government expected that the modern machinery on the collective farms would boost food production and reduce the number of workers This caused resistance from the the kulaks, which were eliminated 90% OF ALL PEASANTS LIVED ON COLLECTIVE FARMS IN 1938 AND agricultural production was on the upswing Wheat was twice produce this year State Farm's were set up in more difficult areas to farm, which ran like factories, the workers received wages instead of a share of the profits. These farmers were much larger than collectives and mostly produced wheat

Impossibly high quotas, or numerical goals, to increase the output of steel, coal, oil, and electricity

Nicholas II abdicated his throne and a year later, he and his family was executed by revolutionaries

Lenin ordered that al farmland be distributed among the peasants. Lenin and the Bolsheviks gave control of factories to the workes

Himself and his trusted "advisers" But mostly himself because he kills off everyone else

Five year plan - set impossibly high quotes, or numerical goals, to increase the output of steely coal, oil, and electricity - to reach these targets, the government limited production of consumer good- as a result people faced severe shortages of housing, food, clothing, and other necessary good

Individual creativity that did not conform to the views of the state - soviet newspapers and radio broadcasts glorified the achievements of communism, Stalin, and his economic programs

organized violence against Jews Under Alexander III, a wave of pogroms broke out in many parts of Russia Police and soldiers stood by and watched Russian citizens loot and destroy Jewish homes, stores, and synagogues Alexander made Jews the target of persecution