Stalinism

- rose to power after Lenin’s death in 1924

- also totalitarianism

- removes Trotsky

- end of NEP --> makes a five year plan (1928-1932) - forced, nationalized industrialization and collectivization of agriculture

- purges of his enemies

- Reached religious proportions by the 1950s

- Rewriting of history to aggrandize Stalin’s contributions

- Ubiquitous statues and portraits; streets and cities named after him