Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin's Influence on Communism
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Communism in Russia Lesson Plan - Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky
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- Early Soviet Union Communist Leaders
- Leon Trotsky
- Vladimir Lenin
- Joseph Stalin
- WWI was disastrous for Russia. The German military was too powerful.
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- The German government smuggled Lenin into Russia to further disrupt Russian society.
- I will get Russia out of WWI... I will give you PEACE, LAND, and BREAD!
- Lenin led the Red Army against the White Army.
- The Reds wanted Communism
- The Whites wanted the Czar
- How did these three men transform Russia from a monarchy to a communist dictatorship?
- Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky worked to develop the new communist Russia.
- Russian soldiers were ill-equipped. Soldiers often shared rifles or lacked ammunition. Frustration with Czar Nicholas II reached a boiling point.
- Lenin died.
- Lenin's arrival in Russia by train had almost mythological status. The German plan worked. Russia ended its involvement in WWI in March of 1918.
- Trotsky to Replace Lenin?
- You are not true to the Revolution!
- A bloody civil war between the Reds (The Communists) and the Whites (Czarists and allies) ended with a victory for Lenin and the Bolshevik party.
- Stalin sent agents to kill Trotsky in Mexico.
- With Lenin leading, the three men made progress. Unfortunately, conflicting interpretations of what the ideal communist state should look like led to trouble.
- After suffering a number of strokes, Lenin died in 1924. Two potential successors, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin, had very different characteristics.
- Intellectual, aloof
- Trotsky
- Shrewd, paranoid
- Stalin
- Stalin maneuvered to strip Trotsky of his communist party membership. Fearing for his life, Trotsky fled into exile.
- Stalin sent his agents after Trotsky while he was in exile in Mexico. They killed him with an ice pick at the home of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
- Stalin's Industrial Plans
- Stalin's Agricultural Plans
- These have been family farms for generations!
- Stalin's Purges
- GUILTY!
- Totalitarian Government
- Dictatorship
- Government control of business, art, housing...
- Secret Police
- No individual liberties
- Totalitarianism
- Ideology guides everything
- Anti-religious
- State before person!
- Indoctrination through education
- Stalin's five-year industrial plans produced real results, but put workers under tremendous stress.
- Steel Production
- Coal Production
- Collective, state-owned farms replaced privately owned farms. Wealthy peasant landowners resisted and were killed. Wheat production doubled in 10 years!
- Stalin periodically removed any potential threats to his power. Thousands of loyal communist party members were executed or sent to labor camps during these purges.
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- GUILTY!
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- Stalin's totalitarian government featured total control over all aspects of individuals' lives. Neither Lenin nor Trotsky envisioned this kind of state.
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- Batumi :: Stalin Museum :: Big and Small - tomislavmedak - (Licence Attribution )
- Frida Kahlo - Travis S. - (Licence Attribution, Non Commercial )
- Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow - George M. Groutas - (Licence Attribution )
- Trains du Steyertalbahn (Autriche) - Trams aux fils (Photos Alain GAVILLET) - (Licence Attribution )
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