The Soviet Union Under Stalin

people would confess their crimes for their obedience and loyalty to the party

Stalin made people believe everything he did was good for the state

Stalin launched a purge

millions of people were arrested and executed

no one felt safe

used to silence opposition

campaign to glorify work and produce productivity

press was used to praise Stalins policies

writers and artists expected to glorify the state and Stalin

workers were set with a quota for the day and if failed to reach the quota they were punished

peasants forced to work on collective farms

Stalin forced peasants to give up land and livestock to start collective farms