New Leader•After Lenin died in 1924, Stalin gained control of the Communist Party, becoming the Soviet Union’s leader.
Totalitarian rule•Stalin’s leadership of the Soviet Union can best be characterized as a period of censorship and terror.
NKVD secret police office
Eliminate Opposition•Stalin used purges and public trials to eliminate any opposition
•Called The GREAT PURGE
Command Economy (communist)•Established a command economy in the Soviet Union
•Gov’t determined the type and quantity of goods to be produced.
Bad Plans•Stalin’s economic programs included Five-Year Plans and collective farms.
Five-Year Plan and collective farm propaganda posters
Industry•Under Stalin, the Soviet Union increased its industrial output by developing heavy industry.