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Stalin's plans alled for a command economy
A command economy is a system which the government made all the economic decisions. Political leaders identify the country's economic needs and also determine how to fulfill them. -
privately owned farms in the USSR
The government began seizing over twenty-five million farms. It combined these farms into large, government owned farms. These farms were called collective farms. Families worked on these farms producing food for the state. -
Editorial in the Communist Newspaper
The newspaper, Pravda, was used to explain the purpose of art. "Literature, the cinema,the arts are levers in the hards of the proletariat which must be used to show the masses of positive models of initiative and heroic labor." -
A second plan is launched
Impressive results occured after Stalin's tough methods were produced. Industrial production of steel increased more than twenty-five percent during this time. -
Stalin turned against members of the Communist Party
Stalin built a police state to maintain his power. He had the police men monitor telephone lines. He also had them arrest family members. These police officers arrested and executed millions of so-called traitors. -
Stalin launched the Great Purge
The great Purge was a campaign of terror directed at elimnating anyone who threatened his power. Those who helped stage the revolution were either executed or sent to camp. The labor camps were created for "crimes against the Soviet State." -
The Great Purge ended
After the Great Purge ended, Stalin gained complete control of the Communist Party and of the Soviet government. Stalin, at this point, was responsible for 8 to 13 million deaths. -
90 percent of all peasants worked on the farm
Between a number of five to ten million peasants died working on the farm. This was a direct result of Stalin's agricultural revolution. These peasants were called collectives who worked on the collective farms.
