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16 The Great Fatherland War and
Postwar Stalinism
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Overview
A. Themes
B. Soviet Foreign Policy in the Thirties
C. “Great Fatherland War”
D. Postwar Stalinism
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A. Main Themes
1. Troubled foreign policy of thirties
2. War preparations and shortcomings
3. Disaster of 22 June 1941
4. Reasons for Soviet victory: intelligence, German occupation, war administration, leadership, and Allied material aid
5. Impact of war
6. Postwar: declining vozhd’, crisis of Stalinism
7. From allies to confrontation: Cold War
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B. Soviet Foreign Policy in the Thirties
1. Issues and Interpretations
2. NKID: Chicherin, Litvinov, Molotov
3. Stalin’s Conceptions
4. Collective Security Debates, 1933-39
5. Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (23.08.1939)
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Trotsky, Nazis, and Japanese (1937)
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“If War Comes” (1938)
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Signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (23 Aug 1939)
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1939: Children and War Games
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C. Great Fatherland War
1. War Preparedness Issue
2. 22 June 1941 and Nazi Blitzkrieg
3. Great Battles: Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Kursk
4. Total War and War Crimes
5. Why the USSR Prevailed
6. Impact of the War
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Operation “Barbarossa”
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Soviet Military Offensive in WWII
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Moscow: Listening to News about the German Invasion (1941)
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Stalin Speech to the Nation (1941)
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1941 Poster: “The Motherland Is Calling You!”
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1941: German Execution of Red Army Soldiers
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German POWs (1941)
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Leningrad: Kirov Workers Armed as Militia (1941)
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Moscow: Citizens Build Defense Barricades (1941)
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Tula: Barricades against Germans (1941)
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Moscow: Civilians Slain by Germans (1941)
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Stalingrad: German Execution of Soviet Citizens (1941)
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Leningrad: German POWs on Nevskii (1941)
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Leningrad: Building Tanks (1942)
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Leningrad: “Road of Life” (1942)
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Leningrad: Bombardment of Nevskii (1942)
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Leningrad: Partisans Destroy German Train (1942)
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Battle of Stalingrad (Dec 1941)
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Moscow Factory: Making Molotov Cocktails (1941)
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German Destruction of Iasnaia Polana (Tolstoi Estate), 1941
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Moscow: November 7 Parade(1941)
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November 7 Parade (1941)
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Stalingrad Military Council: Khrushchev & Eremenko (1942)
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Stalingrad: Forced Labor Sent to Germany (1942)
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Ukrainian Slave Labor to Germany (1942)
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After Stalingrad: German POWs (1942)
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German POWs from Stalingrad
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Stalingrad: General Paulus Capitulates (1942)
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November 1943: Liberation of Center of Kiev
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American Supplies to Red Army (1943)
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German POWs March in Moscow (1944)
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German POWs Paraded in Moscow (May 1945)
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Leningrad Oblast: Partisan-Priest as War Hero (1944)
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Bishop Luka: War Surgeon
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Battle for Berlin: Firing “Katiusha” Rockets (May 1945)
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Soviet Troops: Fighting in BerlinMay 1945
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Soviet Flag over Reichstag(May 1945)
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German Military Banners Displayed in Red Square (May 1945)
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Victory Day, 9 May 1945Stravropol
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D. Postwar Stalinism
1. Expiring Vozhd’ and Power Struggle
2. Postwar Restoration
3. Economic Reconstruction
4. Social Policy
5. Into the Cold War
6. Crisis of Late Stalinism
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Big Three at Yalta (Feb 1945)
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Potsdam (July-Aug 1945)
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Children Celebrate the October Revolution (1947)
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Vorkuta Labor Camp (1946)
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1950 November Parade: Bulganin, Stalin, Malenkov, Beria, Molotov
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The “Near Dacha”: Main Dining Room
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Office in the “Near Dacha”
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Stalin’s Bedroom in the “Near Dacha”
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The Great Stalin: Banner of Friendship of the Soviet Peoples
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Stalin: Women’s Progress (1950)
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Stalin: Peace to the Peoples (1952)
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Stalin: Reader, Thinker (1949)
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Thank you, Dear Stalin, for a Happy Childhood (1950)