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Autocracy definition

System where one individual holds unlimited power

Cheka established (year)

1917 - secret police to suppress opposition

Cold War dates

1945-1990; no direct military conflict between superpowers

First Five Year Plan launched

1928 by Stalin

Gulag purpose

Forced labour camps, managed by NKVD from 1930

Collective farming

Grouping individual farms into collectives supervised by State

NKVD

People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs - ran Gulag camps

Totalitarianism

System demanding absolute citizen obedience to the state

Great Purge dates

1936-1938 - height of Stalin's terror

Socialism in One Country

Build socialist state in USSR regardless of world developments

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Introduction

Russia Before the Revolution of February/March 1917

The February/March Revolution of 1917

Developments between the Revolutions of 1917

The October/November 1917 Revolution

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Consolidation of the Communist Dictatorship

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: The Civil War

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Economic and Social Developments

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Foreign Relations

Stalin’s Rise to Power: The Power Vacuum and Power Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Ideological Debates and Leadership Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Economic Developments

Stalin's Rise to Power: Government, Propaganda and Foreign Relations

Economy and Society: Developments in the Countryside

Economy and Society: Developments in Towns and Cities

Economy and Society: Development of the Stalin Cult

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Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Foreign Relations

Stalin’s Rise to Power: The Power Vacuum and Power Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Ideological Debates and Leadership Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Economic Developments

Stalin's Rise to Power: Government, Propaganda and Foreign Relations

Economy and Society: Developments in the Countryside

Economy and Society: Developments in Towns and Cities

Economy and Society: Development of the Stalin Cult

Economy and Society: Condition of the Soviet Union by 1941

Stalinism, Politics and Control: Dictatorship and Stalinism

Stalinism, Politics and Control: The Yezhovshchina

Stalinism, Politics and Control: Culture and Society

Stalinism, Politics and Control: International Relations

The Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945

The Defeat of the Germans

‘High Stalinism’, 1945–1953

Transformation of the Soviet Union’s International Position

Conclusion

Overview and Revision

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Introduction

Russia Before the Revolution of February/March 1917

The February/March Revolution of 1917

Developments between the Revolutions of 1917

The October/November 1917 Revolution

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Consolidation of the Communist Dictatorship

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: The Civil War

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Economic and Social Developments

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Foreign Relations

Stalin’s Rise to Power: The Power Vacuum and Power Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Ideological Debates and Leadership Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Economic Developments

Stalin's Rise to Power: Government, Propaganda and Foreign Relations

Economy and Society: Developments in the Countryside

Economy and Society: Developments in Towns and Cities

Economy and Society: Development of the Stalin Cult

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Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Foreign Relations

Stalin’s Rise to Power: The Power Vacuum and Power Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Ideological Debates and Leadership Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Economic Developments

Stalin's Rise to Power: Government, Propaganda and Foreign Relations

Economy and Society: Developments in the Countryside

Economy and Society: Developments in Towns and Cities

Economy and Society: Development of the Stalin Cult

Economy and Society: Condition of the Soviet Union by 1941

Stalinism, Politics and Control: Dictatorship and Stalinism

Stalinism, Politics and Control: The Yezhovshchina

Stalinism, Politics and Control: Culture and Society

Stalinism, Politics and Control: International Relations

The Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945

The Defeat of the Germans

‘High Stalinism’, 1945–1953

Transformation of the Soviet Union’s International Position

Conclusion

Overview and Revision

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Introduction

Russia Before the Revolution of February/March 1917

The February/March Revolution of 1917

Developments between the Revolutions of 1917

The October/November 1917 Revolution

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Consolidation of the Communist Dictatorship

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: The Civil War

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Economic and Social Developments

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Foreign Relations

Stalin’s Rise to Power: The Power Vacuum and Power Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Ideological Debates and Leadership Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Economic Developments

Stalin's Rise to Power: Government, Propaganda and Foreign Relations

Economy and Society: Developments in the Countryside

Economy and Society: Developments in Towns and Cities

Economy and Society: Development of the Stalin Cult

Show more

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Foreign Relations

Stalin’s Rise to Power: The Power Vacuum and Power Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Ideological Debates and Leadership Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Economic Developments

Stalin's Rise to Power: Government, Propaganda and Foreign Relations

Economy and Society: Developments in the Countryside

Economy and Society: Developments in Towns and Cities

Economy and Society: Development of the Stalin Cult

Economy and Society: Condition of the Soviet Union by 1941

Stalinism, Politics and Control: Dictatorship and Stalinism

Stalinism, Politics and Control: The Yezhovshchina

Stalinism, Politics and Control: Culture and Society

Stalinism, Politics and Control: International Relations

The Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945

The Defeat of the Germans

‘High Stalinism’, 1945–1953

Transformation of the Soviet Union’s International Position

Conclusion

Overview and Revision

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Introduction

Russia Before the Revolution of February/March 1917

The February/March Revolution of 1917

Developments between the Revolutions of 1917

The October/November 1917 Revolution

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Consolidation of the Communist Dictatorship

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: The Civil War

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Economic and Social Developments

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Foreign Relations

Stalin’s Rise to Power: The Power Vacuum and Power Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Ideological Debates and Leadership Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Economic Developments

Stalin's Rise to Power: Government, Propaganda and Foreign Relations

Economy and Society: Developments in the Countryside

Economy and Society: Developments in Towns and Cities

Economy and Society: Development of the Stalin Cult

Show more

Bolshevik Consolidation, 1918–1924: Foreign Relations

Stalin’s Rise to Power: The Power Vacuum and Power Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Ideological Debates and Leadership Struggle

Stalin’s Rise to Power: Economic Developments

Stalin's Rise to Power: Government, Propaganda and Foreign Relations

Economy and Society: Developments in the Countryside

Economy and Society: Developments in Towns and Cities

Economy and Society: Development of the Stalin Cult

Economy and Society: Condition of the Soviet Union by 1941

Stalinism, Politics and Control: Dictatorship and Stalinism

Stalinism, Politics and Control: The Yezhovshchina

Stalinism, Politics and Control: Culture and Society

Stalinism, Politics and Control: International Relations

The Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945

The Defeat of the Germans

‘High Stalinism’, 1945–1953

Transformation of the Soviet Union’s International Position

Conclusion

Overview and Revision

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