AG 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Kolkhoz, Intelligentsia, Egalitarianism
21 Jul 2020
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A revolution from above, the political order overthrowing the society and not the other way around. Lenin gained his followers only with charisma and rhetoric, not authority. Stalin knew how vulnerable he was, and during the struggle for power was almost defeated, he was not charismatic. Stalin decided to rule with authority and dictatorship. > we started with the people and ended with a dictator: trotsky"s criticism. (stalin"s worst enemy) Under the general secretary iosif stalin (1928-1935) -> the unleashing of a second revolution. After the establishment of a new political system by lenin, there is now a fundamental recasting of the social-economic order, turning upside down the lives of all people in the soviet union. >all the people, the peasants, that were ignorant and did not care or understand the su now had to know and be a part of it. >stalin"s mission industrialisation: from agricultural economy to industrial economy, A shocking and violent process of three simultaneous shifts:
