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Stalin becomes dictator of the Soviet Union
Stalin was determined that the Soviet Union should find its plce among the most powerful nations. Stalin controled the government as well as the aspects of citizens' private lives. Totalitarianism used the fallowing to establish terror, indoctrination, propaganda, censorship, and religious or ethnic persecution. -
Stalin builds a Totalitarian State
Police State. Stalin bulit a secret police force that used tanks and armored cars to stop riots. They monitored telephone lines, read mail, and planted informers everywhere. Children had to tell authorities about disloyalty at home. Stalin turned against member of the Communist Party. -
Th Great Purge
Thousands of old Bolsheviks stood trial they were either executed or sent to labor camps.
