stalin

• command economy 


  totally controlled by the state
• five year plan 


  would be set production targets supported by collectivisation
• totalitarianism 


  superstructure highly personalised under total control of one person
• cult of personality 


  propaganda centering on cult of the personality (positive image of leader)
• when was wwII


  1939 - 1945
• true communism wasn't achieved but the cultural revolution did achieve a new sense of national identity for the soviet people
• stalins aims

  • modernise soviet society and economy creating truly communist and prosperous society
  • ensure the national security of the ussr
  • maintain his position as leader
• what was the outcome of WWII

  they won under his leadership
• power after Lenin

  1. rykov - chairman of sovnarkom
  2. kamenev - chairman of the politburo
  3. zinoviev - chairman of the comintern
  4. Trotsky - commission of the war
  5. stalin - general secretary of the communist party
  6. tomsky
  7. bukharin - head of propaganda