RISE OF COMMUNISM IN SOVIET UNION

• Communism set up a new legislature called the Supreme Soviet.
• Gave power to the people in a sense.
• However the Communist party used the army and secret police to enforce their will.
• Soon after, Lenin adopted the NEP or New Economic Policy.
• This allowed the Communist environment to fade away due to the ability for people to make private profit.

STALIN'S GAINS POWER

• Vladmir Lenin died in 1924 suddenly.
• Joseph Stalin and Trotsky had a power struggle as Communist leaders.
• They were exact opposites in their views, Stalin being more conservative.
• Trotsky fled the country due to being stripped of party membership in 1929.
• This led to Stalin taking power.

STALIN'S FIVE YEAR PLANS

• Wanted to make Soviet Union an industrial power.
• Made economy under his control.
• His plans made business efficient ,but to little benefit of the peasants.
• Wages were low and life remained of poor quality for the workers.
• Heavy industry was successfull, but consumer good were in need.

THE GREAT PURGE