Study Overview

1. The state of the USSR in 1924: the power struggle after Lenin’s death, and Stalin’s victory
2. Economic policies: collectivisation and the Five Year Plans
3. State control: the purges and the cult of personality
4. Daily life in Stalin’s USSR
5. The Soviet experience of WW2, and how it shaped the USSR after the war

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Stalin’s Propaganda Machine

In this unit

1. The reasons for state-controlled thought in the USSR
2. The methods and results of state-controlled thought in the USSR

Study Overview

1. The state of the USSR in 1924: the power struggle after Lenin’s death, and Stalin’s victory
2. Economic policies: collectivisation and the Five Year Plans
3. State control: the purges and the cult of personality
4. Daily life in Stalin’s USSR
5. The Soviet experience of WW2, and how it shaped the USSR after the war

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The Purges and Political Control

In this unit

1. Red Tsar (The reasons for the purges)
2. Key features of the purges
3. Results of the purges

Study Overview

1. The state of the USSR in 1924: the power struggle after Lenin’s death, and Stalin’s victory
2. Economic policies: collectivisation and the Five Year Plans
3. State control: the purges and the cult of personality
4. Daily life in Stalin’s USSR
5. The Soviet experience of WW2, and how it shaped the USSR after the war

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Agricultural Collectivisation

In this unit

1. The reasons for pursuing collectivisation
2. Features of collectivisation
3. Assessing the successes and failures of collectivisation

Study Overview

1. The state of the USSR in 1924: the power struggle after Lenin’s death, and Stalin’s victory
2. Economic policies: collectivisation and the Five Year Plans
3. State control: the purges and the cult of personality
4. Daily life in Stalin’s USSR
5. The Soviet experience of WW2, and how it shaped the USSR after the war

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Rapid Industrialisation and the Five Year Plans

In this unit:

1. Nyet to the NEP, Da to Industrialisation (The reasons for rapid industrialisation)
2. Building Stalin’s Dream (The processes of rapid industrialisation)
3. Assessing the Fruits of Industrialisation (successes and failures of rapid industrialisation)

Study Overview

1. The state of the USSR in 1924: the power struggle after Lenin’s death, and Stalin’s victory
2. Economic policies: collectivisation and the Five Year Plans
3. State control: the purges and the cult of personality
4. Daily life in Stalin’s USSR
5. The Soviet experience of WW2, and how it shaped the USSR after the war

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The State of the USSR in 1924 and Stalin’s Victory

In this unit:

1. A Brave New World? (The state of the USSR by 1924)
2. What’s got the Reds all riled up? (Issues left unresolved after Lenin’s death)
3. Filling Lenin’s shoes (The contenders for Lenin’s position)
4. From Arch Mediocrity to Arch Nemesis (Stalin’s victory in the power struggle)