From Lenin to Stalin: Soviet Consolidation

What this note covers

1. Aftermath of the Civil War and the New Economic Policy (1921–1924)
2. Lenin's Death and the Succession Struggle (1924–1929)
3. Collectivisation and the Five-Year Plans (1928–1941)
4. The Great Terror and the Purges (1936–1938)
5. The Nature of Totalitarian Stalinist Rule by the Late 1930s
6. Historiographical Perspectives on the Stalinist State

6 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes