Totalitarianism under Joseph Stalin Flashcards
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Joseph Stalin was the totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union (Russia)
What did Joseph Stalin establish?
He established a Command (or Communist) economy which was a system where
the government owns businesses, makes business decisions, and sets prices.
What was Stalin’s 5 year plan?
Stalin tried to modernize the industry and
agriculture of the Soviet Union by setting economic goals every five years.
What did Stalin do during Collectivization?
Stalin took over the individual farms that people owned and forced people to live on large government farms that were owned by the government
What did Stalin do to the Ukrainian People?
Stalin took away food from the people of Ukraine when they resisted his program of collectivization. Millions of peasants in the Ukraine died of forced starvation.
