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Brief Description- who, what, when, where
Primary source about it

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Why was it made?
What was its purpose?
How did it effect the USSR?

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Quick Explanation in Paragraph form or Bullet Points

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Quick Explanation in Paragraph form or Bullet Points

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Stalin takes control of USSR- April, 1922 

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Stalin takes control of USSR- April, 1922 

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How did Stalin take and maintain TOTAL power?

Stalin controlled the USSR through fear. To keep the citizens under control, he would execute the people who opposed him and he expanded the secret police. Millions of people were killed or sent to labor camps called gulags (primary source: shown above) as a result of people being encouraged to spy on each other by the government.
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/joseph-stalin

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After (I couldn’t put in a second image, but it was smaller before it became the USSR)

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Brief Description & Why Lenin established it
2 Maps that show Russia to USSR (the before and after)

The USSR was made up of 15 republics and was considered the new government of Russia after the white army was defeated.

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Describe it and write or list the effects
Provide graphs, charts, data, etc. that shows the effects on the USSR (show change so I need to see data from before, during, and after)

The first 5 year plan was from 1928 to 1932 and focused on the industrialization of various industries along with transferring the ownership of most private farms to the government. It started in 1928 on October 1.
It was common, when farms were forcibly  transferred to government ownership, for farmers to destroy their fields and kill their livestock, which resulted in food shortages. As people were forced to leave their farms, more started to work in factories. Those that chose to work in factories had to deal with harsh conditions, little pay, and long hours. Hundreds of people were put in prison for not meeting their quotas, or for being accused of sabotaging the five year plan. Yet, many more died due to the terrible conditions they worked in or the several famines that were happening as a result of collectivization.

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Joseph Stalin, The Great Purge, Soviet Union, 1936-1938. The great purge was a mass murdering of 750,000 people over the course of a few years. People who seemed to be associated with anything against Joseph Stalin's ruling were executed. This was used to strike fear into the people to keep himself from being overthrown.

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find 1-2 primary source(s) to back up this claim
The reds were Bolsheviks that were guided by the ideas of Karl Marx. They believed in communism and equality could only be restored if the working class liberated themselves from the ruling class.

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They were anti-communist and opposed the views of the Bolsheviks. They also believed that the monarchy and the Romanov dynasty should return.
"The Bolsheviks have plunged Russia into an abyss of misery and destruction. They have destroyed the old order without being able to create a new one. They have brought chaos and anarchy to our land. We, the White Army, are fighting to restore law and order, to save Russia from the Bolsheviks and their destructive ideology. We believe in the restoration of the monarchy and the Russian Empire, in the preservation of our culture and traditions. We are fighting for a better future for our country and our people." - General Anton Denikin, "The White Army and its Leaders" (1919)

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Bolsheviks, urban workers and soldiers
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Bolshevik". Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Apr. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bolshevik. Accessed 14 April 2023.

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Use 3 different FORMATS of Primary sources that display his promises/ things that made people want to follow him

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In this news article, it shows Lenin's new policy and his trust in it to help the people for the famine and jobs. This policy was used by Lenin to promise the new Soviet people to trust in him and his rule. This will further improve the support of the people for Lenin.

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Primary Source- Propaganda Poster(s) he used

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Primary Source- Propaganda Poster(s) he used

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interpret and explain the purpose of the following elements in the poster...
the colors or lack there of
Any people, animals, plants, etc.
Are there any potential symbols? What could they represent?

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The poster is dominantly red-colored to show patriotism towards communism, since the communist flag is also red.

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The image/propaganda was used by Lenin, in the image, it has a soldier pointing at the viewer and encouraging the people to enlist into the Red Army. Dmitrii Moor, the painter, used only red and black and positions the pointing figure above to catch the viewers' eyes.

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Compare & Contrast their leadership & Organization

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Compare & Contrast their leadership & Organization

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Use this website linked below to create a Venn Diagram and attach it here.
https://www.classtools.net/Venn/202304-RedsWhitesFood3BYVBfk

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Create Venn Diagrams with this Online Generator from ClassTools.net

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Create your own Venn Diagrams at ClassTools.net

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Write your own goal & a 3 word Propaganda slogan to express this goal and Rally support

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Write your own goal & a 3 word Propaganda slogan to express this goal and Rally support

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-my goal is to succeed in life and be kind my slogan is "Win And Win" because being a loser means you failed and you cant be failing so you got to be the best of the best :D

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zyc72hv/revision/6#:~:text=The%20Bolsheviks%20were%20a%20revolutionary,control%20of%20the%20ruling%20classes.
https://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/white-armies/#:~:text=White%20propaganda%20drew%20heavily%20on,prejudices%2C%20particularly%20anti%2DSemitism.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bolshevik
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Bolshevik". Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Apr. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bolshevik. Accessed 14 April 2023.

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The Bolsheviks were a revolutionary party, committed to the ideas of Karl Marx. They believed that the working classes would, at some point, liberate themselves from the economic and political control of the ruling classes. Once they had achieved this, a genuine socialist society based on equality, could be established.

However, the Bolsheviks differed from the Mensheviks in that they believed that this revolution should move more quickly as the workers were not ready to rule themselves. Hence, the Bolsheviks would form a Dictatorship of the Proletariat to hold power until Russia was modernised. The Poletariat were the original supporters of the Bolsheviks and tended to be industrial workers.

At the time of the February Revolution, which overthrew the Tsar, the Bolsheviks were still relatively weak. Most of their leaders, including Lenin, were in exile in Switzerland. The chances of the Bolsheviks ever attaining power in Russia seemed remote.

But in late 1917, Bolshevik leader Lenin decided that the conditions in Russia were ripe for revolution.

Role of Lenin

In April 1917, assisted by Germans, Lenin returned to Russia from Switzerland. At once he took control and direction over the Bolsheviks. He prepared to seize power using a clear plan:

First the Bolsheviks had to gain control of the Petrograd Soviet

Then they would take power in the name of the Soviet

The process would then be repeated in other cities

Lenin's energy and drive convinced the Bolsheviks to agree on this course of action.

For the plan to work, it was necessary to increase Bolshevik support within the Soviets. Lenin developed Bolshevik policies with this aim in mind. These policies were outlined in his April Theses.

The April Theses

Lenin declared "All power to the Soviets". This showed that the Bolsheviks did not believe in the existence of the Provisional Government or an elected national assembly.

He also promised "Peace, Land and Bread" to the masses

Peace -

Lenin could see that the Russian people wanted an end to the war

The Bolsheviks declared that they would make peace with the Germans.

Land -

Bolsheviks support was concentrated in the cities

they had very little support among the peasants who made up the vast majority of the population

by offering them land, Lenin ensured that the peasants stayed neutral when the Bolsheviks made their bid for power

Bread -
Lenin claimed that the Bolsheviks could solve the food shortages that existed in the towns and cities

However, the influence of the Bolsheviks was limited until Autumn 1917. The Petrograd Soviet was dominated by Social Revolutionaries and Mensheviks, while the Provisional Government remained in control of Russia.

Leon Trotsky

Lenin was actively supported by Leon Trotsky. In September, Trotsky became Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet and was head of the Military Revolutionary Committee. The MRC was established to protect Petrograd and allowed socialists to infiltrate the army.

Trotsky had superb organisational and improvisational skills. His position in the Soviet allowed him to create the Red Guard. This was a Bolshevik militia, formed from armed factory workers, soldiers and sailors.

Lenin returned to Petrograd in early October, determined to seize power quickly. The Provisional Government had announced that elections would take place in November and he was certain that the Bolsheviks would perform poorly.

Trotsky took charge of planning the Bolshevik coup that was intended for the end of October.

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Role of the Bolsheviks - Reasons for the success of the October Revolution, 1917 - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize

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The Bolsheviks were a revolutionary party, committed to the ideas of Karl Marx. They believed that the working classes would, at some point, liberate themselves from the economic and political control of the ruling classes. Once they had achieved this, a genuine socialist society based on equality, could be established.

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https://uwaterloo.ca/library/special-collections-archives/first-five-year-plan

https://www.historyhit.com/first-five-year-plan-begins/

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https://www.bl.uk/russian-revolution/articles/propaganda-in-the-russian-revolution