communism in the soviet union lenin and stalin 1919-1953
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Communism in the soviet union
Lenin and Stalin 1919-1953
The Soviet Union under Lenin
• Changing ideas of Marxism • Professional revolutionaries ( the elite Vanguard
party) will run the revolution• Vanguard party will run the country after revolution
takes place• Anyone practicing capitalism before the revolution
must be removed from society
• New Policies for Russia• Pulled out of WWI• Collectivization and “War Communism”• New Economic Policy• Relax censorship and repression
Josef Stalin
• Video and questions