Stalin-Totalitarianism

__Joseph Stalin __

Stalin made all economic decisions and he shaped the direction of Europe after World War II.

 * Stalin created the five year plan: **
 * The five year plan was made in order to increase growth of heavy industry and farm production thought agriculture.
 *  The five year plan brought everything under his control including industrial development.
 * He would decide what would be produced, how it would be produced and where it would be produced.
 * The five year plans brought a lot of hardships but in the end Stalin transformed Russia into a word class industrial power.


 * Stalin was definitely a totalitarian leader: **
 * Stalin used terror as a political tool
 *  the peoples opinions counted for nothing.
 * Stalin used propaganda, censorship, and terror to get his way.
 *  Schools were strictly controlled and those who opposed the Communist Party’s interpretation of science and history risked losing their jobs or imprisonment.
 * He controlled education by making a false image on the minds of children, so they will believe that it was all done for the welfare of the citizens, which would also get children spying and betraying their own parents.
 *  He spread propaganda attacking the church and set up “museums of atheism” which showed people that religious beliefs were merely superstition.
 *  Stalin took away millions of peasants land. Those who disagreed, died. By 1938 more than 90 percent of the farmers lived on collective farms.

=== A good thing that came out of Stalin's policies is that women had rights equal to men and were allowed to vote and work. During this time, economy was at it's best point. ===