Stalin was the Soviet Union’s most powerful and feared leader. He established policies that would make his nation the second most powerful in the world. Joseph Stalin operated one of the most powerful dictatorships ever. He went to the point where his rule became more than a dictatorship and turned to totalitarianism. This is where a government exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life. He achieved this by terror and forcefulness. He forced people to follow the concept of an absolute ruler and decided how his people thought, lived, and what they believed. His ideas were to be lived by without exception and no-one was allowed to challenge him as the absolute ruler.

The communist party was the only party allowed to exist in the Soviet Union. The party was run by Stalin and he demanded complete obedience from the party members. The Co

mmunist party was made to serve Stalin’s needs and not those of the communist party. Stalin made his party seem like it was democratic and like it suited the peoples needs by compelling them to vote in elections. Since there was only one political party, the voters were forced to vote for Stalin. He brought in a constitution in 1936 which was proclaimed to emphasize civil rights but also to emphasize the obligations of citizens to their ruler.

or killed. This lead to the Great Purge.

Since the third five year plan was interrupted by the war, the fourth and fifth five year plans were made to rebuild the country’s villages and towns that had been destroyed. Stalin continued the expansion of heavy industry like aircrafts, chemicals, and oil. The result of the build-up of heavy industry was the Soviet Union becoming the second largest industrial power behind the United States. World production increased from 2.6% to 16% in less than forty years.

The idea of collective farms was to make all of the farms into one large farm to increase the efficiency of the farm. These farms were run under the supervision of the government. Peasants were quickly angered by the new system of collective farms and rebelled against the government. The complaints from the peasants were ignored and the “collective farm” system continued.

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