Monday- Watched Movie
Tuesday- Finished Movie
Wednesday- Soviet Union Presentation
- Stalin was a dictator until he died in 1954
- Bolshevik Revolution-Communist Takeover-Purges and deportations to labor camps (Gulags)
- Strengthened the intelligence of the secret service
- Created a "Cult of Personality" (Banners, statues, and other things to get people to obey them and intimidate them to get them to do what they want)
- Nationalism and Collectivization (Government taking over farms; people fought back!!) of the Soviet Economy
- Industrialization (building up industry) of the Soviet Economy
- Five Years Plans- they hoped to go from one point to the next point (Goals for the country)
- Policies led to famine in Ukraine (5-10 million died-considered genocide)
- Banned religion
- Invaded Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland
- Neutrality Pact with Japan
- "Scorched Earth" Policy- burn everything if forced to retreat; leave the enemy with nothing
- The Russian Winter of 1941-42 that changed the tide of the war
- 1933-1934 The Russians are slowly pushing the Germans OUT of their country
- Battle of Berlin 1945- Hitler killed himself while the Soviets entered Germany
- Post WW2-Cold War- Soviet Took over ALL of Eastern Europe
Thursday-Career Fair
Friday-No School
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