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This was a purge by Stalins secret police and the police were killing anyone that tried to gain power. Most of the people that were killed weren't trying to gain power and were there to protest but his men still killed them.

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Once Stalin rose to power, he used the method of Indoctrination to control everything that was learned by the children of the USSR. The government chose the subjects and teachers who taught the children about Stalin, and any teachers who questioned communism were imprisoned.

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After Lenin's death, two people rose to power in the USSR, Stalin and Trotsky. Lenin had said that Stalin was the more dangerous man, but he was able to use his political maneuvering and cunning tactics to get rid of anyone who threatened his power. He used other leaders to chase Trotsky out of Russia, but after he got rid of Trotsky, he turned on the people who helped him.

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Other nations were trying to over throw the communist leaders but they failed.

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In the Soviet Union, Stalin was named dictator for life. There was no elections to run against him and anyone who was a threat to his power was taken out. The communist party was the only party in the Soviet Union and any other party was considered treason and a crime.

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Stalin used a lot of propaganda, if you were in the USSR at the time, you would never hear a single bad thing about Stalin. all of the news outlets were controlled by the government, so it was very very rare to get any accurate information about the USSR or any foreign countries. Propaganda gave him complete control over a part of a country and helped make him a totalitarian dictator.

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Stalin used many ways including what was known as the red terror to enforce his will upon his subjects. The people who were against the regime were coined the anti Bolsheviks, as the Bolsheviks were the reds. During this time of civil war, Stalin and his followers carried out mass killings in Russia to anyone who oppressed his ideas or the regime.

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Stalin burnt all of the books that made him look bad. All of the books were rewritten to be about Stalin and Lenin.