TOTALITARIANISM IN THE SOVIET UNION

 

CHARACTERISTIC

LENIN

STALIN

Single Party and Leader

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government Control of the Economy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Control of Education & Communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use of Political Terror & Force

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRITICAL THINKING

  1. What areas of people’s lives were controlled by the communists?

 

 

 

 

  1. Do you think that “Stalin,” meaning man of steel, was an appropriate name for Joseph Dzhugasvili?  Explain and support your answer.