HST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: War Communism, Stalinism, Mikhail Gorbachev
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Essay question 1: the ussr: 1917-1945, bolshevik revolution: october 1917 a. i. Did they have mass support: civil war (1918-1921) b. i. By the end of 1921, people are pretty miserable. Decrease in support within the ussr: nep (1921-28) c. i. Heavy industry is still controlled by the state, but in agriculture and low. Introduced a mixed economy level trade/manufacturing there is some privatization c. iv. Economy recovered c. v. lenin died, many people went to his funeral: stalinism d. i. Liquidation of the kulaks terror, repression: five year plan e. i. Economic growth & terror: terror, wwii, 1945-1953: communist takeovers, local support for communists in satellites a. i. Some areas had massive support: stalinization and terror. Source from prague: everyone is afraid of everyone; a time of anxiety and terror: stalin dies in 1953, 1953-1989, building socialism a. i. Satellites supposedly become free to practice socialism how they want: domination and repression b. i. Still see authoritarianism and use of militarism to keep power b. ii.
