Joseph Stalin and the USSR
Jan 18, 2016
Joseph Stalinand the USSR
Russia and World War I
•Internal dispute among people•Rasputin•Russia backs Serbia in war•Lack of Food, Fuel and Supplies.•Russian Eastern front•Nicholas II loses control
Provisional Government
•Nicholas acknowledges the provisional government
•Offers thrown to Brother•Democratic Government
Vladimir Lenin
•Born and Raised in Christian middle-class home
•Became an avid believer in Marx’s ideas•Joined Marxist organizations•Was imprisoned•Chosen to be Bolsheviks’ leader
The USSR’s Early years
•Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks came to power
•They were a Marxist group who Created the USSR
•Bolshevik political party was later know as the communist party
Who was Joseph Stalin?• As a child nearly died of small pox which left his
face permanently scarred • After multiple carriage accidents he also had a
permanently damaged arm• Went to Seminary, but was kicked out for rebelling,
slacking off, skipping exams and not paying tuition • After Leaving seminary Stalin discovered the
words or Lenin and became interested in Marxism• Became a revolutionary and an outlaw • Exiled to Siberia 7 times
What did Stalin Do?
• Created supposed “equality”•Created a public Russia with no private
businesses•Complete autocracy•Tried to create a rapidly industrialized
Russia•Disrupted agriculture created widespread
famine throughout all Russia
“Great Purge” (“Great Terror”)
•Silenced all who opposed him (KGB)•Eliminated White Russian class•Tried to create a solely communist
country with no other parties
Leon Trotsky
•Second in command•People's Commissar for Military and
Naval Affairs of the Soviet Union•Brains•Created “The Fourth International”•Kicked out, deported, assassinated
Leon Trotsky, Vladimir Lenin, and Lev Kamenev (from left)
Failure in WWII
•Not prepared for WWII•No experienced military officers•Ignored rumors the Germany was going to
attack Russia•Turned allies into enemies•Died in 1953