chapter 12- government, propaganda and foreign relations

Question 1

what were stalins style of government

Answer 1

-bureaucratic centralism
-persuaded people that he was Lenin’s closets comrades
-divide and rule
-his loyal henchmen
-use of terror

Question 2

how did stalin use propaganda

Answer 2

• images of happy productive workers reinforced the socialist messages for industrialisation and collectivisation
• the five year plan was marketed as inspiration of the all knowing leader stalin
• he was often pictured with Lenin or Marx

Question 3

what was stalins attitude to foreign powers

Answer 3

• stalins main aim was to keep russia safe
• building socialism in one county
• stalins foreign affairs representatives Georgii Chicerin and Maskim Livinov

Question 4

what was stalins alliance with china

Answer 4

• the chinese communist party formed in 1921 and expected support from stalin
• stalin preferred to support Jiang Jieshi leader of the revolutionary nationalist movement the guomindang (GMD) who he believed would bring more stability in the boarders
• stalin tried to force the CCP to join forces with the gmd however they had conflict instead

Question 5

what was the conflict between CCP and the GMD

Answer 5

march 1926- the gmd massacred striking workers in Canton and established military dictatorship
april 1927- GMD suppressed workers revolt in Shanghai and killed thousands
1927- gmd massacred striking workers in wuhan
- 30 000 workers were killed in 1927

Question 6

how did stalin respond to the chinese conflict

Answer 6

• stalin was worried for the stability of russia, not spreading revolution to other countries
• he gave the gmd military support as he believed they were stronger
• stalin also pressured the politburo into accepting the gmd into the comintern

Question 7

how did others respond to stalins alliance with the gmd

Answer 7

-stalins betrayal of the ccp was criticised by trotsky and the left opposition
- but stalins policy of socialism in one country had wide support in the party

Question 8

what was the treaty of rapallo

Answer 8

-a treaty with the weimar germany signed in 1922

Question 9

what was the treaty of berlin

Answer 9

• 1926
• adapting the german-russian agreement at rapallo to a new political situation
• if either country was attacked by a third power the other would remain neutral
• not to join any economic boycott that would effect russia or germany
• would remain in force for five years

Question 10

changes in the comintern

Answer 10

• low priority for stalin- more concerned in internal affairs
• his grip tightened in 1929 as part of his ‘stalin revolution’
• the beginnings of his revolution were high tempos of industrialisation and collectivisation through his ‘war against the kulaks’