Joseph Stalin became the Soviet Premier in 1928 after eliminating his rivals like Trotsky. He sought to industrialize the Soviet Union through totalitarian control and Five Year Plans that focused on rapid growth of heavy industry, collectivization of agriculture, and use of propaganda, censorship, and terror to maintain power over citizens.

1. Joseph Stalin & the Soviet
Union

2. I. Soviet Leader 1928-1953
a. After death of Lenin (1924),
fights for control of the
government
b. In 1928 does away with
Trotsky and becomes Soviet
Premier
c. Goal to build the Soviet Union
into a world economic power
through totalitarian control

3. II. ”Five Year Plan”
a. Goal for attaining industrial
expansion (command
economy)
1. Rapid growth of heavy
industry (steel mills,
hydroelectric dams)
2. Increase farm production
through collectivization
(collective farming)
3. Light industry (clothing,
public service) suffer and
are goods are defective

4. III. Totalitarian State
a. The Bolsheviks are a one
party dictatorship lead by
Stalin
1. Controls all aspects of
citizens lives
2. Opposition and critics are
imprisoned (death
camps) or executed
3. Uses propaganda,
censorship and terror to
force his will

5. Kulaks (peasant framers)