CGS SS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Great Terror, The Stalin, Vsevolod Meyerhold

• School: Boston University
• Department: Social Sciences
• Course: CGS SS 102
• Professor: Michael Kort

Document Summary

Roots of the stalin revolution old russia bolshevik tradition stalin. C. ) tali(cid:374)"s ideas: socialism in one country strong state voluntarism new socialist man. Colle(cid:272)ti(cid:448)izatio(cid:374) of argi(cid:272)ulture (cid:862)de-kulakizatio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:862)dizzy with u(cid:272)(cid:272)ess(cid:863: private farming comes to an end. A. ) (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)"s (cid:448) (cid:1005)9(cid:1007)(cid:1004)"s, lyse(cid:374)ko a(cid:374)d biology, o(cid:272)ialist realis(cid:373) (cid:862)boy (cid:373)eets tra(cid:272)tor(cid:863) Socialism in o(cid:374)e cou(cid:374)try: e(cid:374)d (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)"s, so(cid:272)ialis(cid:373) (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t spreadi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)y(cid:449)here. Contradicting marxism: the state has to be stronger when there are so many oppositions. Will: human will can overcome human forces. New socialist man, woman, children, babies: new conditions will make us different. The plan is operational 5 months before it was adopted and 9 months before it was ready. That"s (cid:449)hat tali(cid:374) ki(cid:374)da did (cid:449)ith the 5-year plan. A lot went wrong, too much was ask from the people cost on ordinary people. Mill, meat, sugar, food production went down so food consumption went down. Terrible famine at the end of the 5-year plan.