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By 1937 collectivization was almost completed, kulaks had been eliminated and the peasants were afraid of Communist powers.
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Under Stalin the state planned industry and agriculture with a commission called Gosplan. A Five-Year Plan set targets for all basic industrial factories and workers. They started in 1928
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Trotsky was isolated and thrown out of the Communist Party.
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In 1924 a new constitution established the USSR. Each
republic had a government but they all had to be communist, and the system was run centrally by the Politburo. -
Lenin died in 1924
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In 1921 Lenin introduced a New Economic Policy to restore order and increase prosperity after the chaos of Revolution, Civil War, and War Communism.
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In 1918 Russia was divided into two factions
-The white Russians: The counterrevolutionary elements.
-The Red Army: Trosky created one of the best armies in history through discipline, organization and ideology. Futhermore, war communism was introduced. -
The Tsar created a parliament called the Duma with the promise of a more democratic government, but this d id not happen.
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MORE THAN 1.5 MILLIONS OF SOLDIERS HAD DIED BY THE END OF 1917.
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THE TSAR TOOK THE CONTROL OF THE ARMY.
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In 1914 the Russian Empire joined World War I.
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In 1905 Russia ́s
defeat in a war with Japan provoked rebellion.
