Life Under Stalin's Involvement In The 1917 Revolution

Life under Stalin became known as a “personality cult”. The state controlled all forms of education. In 1932, a program of discipline and education was introduced. Exams, banned under Lenin’s rule were reintroduced. The government decided how the subjects were to be taught, especially history involving Stalin's involvement in the 1917 Revolution. The state also strictly censored books and Stalin ordered new books called “A Short History of the USSR,” these books had to be used in the schools. “The state paid families a child allowance if their were a married couple. It became a lot harder to get a divorce and restrictions were placed on abortions. Ceremonial weddings made a comeback” Women maintained the status as being effectively equal with
Health care expanded greatly. The poorer people of Russia could not have expected qualified medical help in times of illness, in the past. However, now it was available because demand for it was extremely high. “The number of doctors rose greatly but there is evidence that they were so scared of doing wrong, that they had to go by the rule book and make appointments for operations which people did not require.” However, housing still remained a problem for Stalin’s Russia. “In Moscow, only 6% of households had more than one room. Those apartments that were put up quickly, were shoddy by western standards. In was not unusual for flat complexes to be built without electric sockets despite electricity being available – building firms were simply not used to such things.” Leisure activities for the average person was based around fitness and sport. “Every Russian was entitled to have a holiday each year, his had been unheard of in the tsar’s days.” Clubs, sports facilities, were now being provided by the state. Movies and the radio were also being controlled by the state. An emphasis was highly placed on people educating themselves through the
His goal was to destroy the people there that were trying to break free from his communist rule. As a result, of these famines, it is estimated that over 7,000,000 people perished. “Soviet troops and secret police were rushed in to put down the rebellion. They confronted rowdy farmers by firing warning shots above their heads. In some cases, however, they fired directly at the people. Stalin's secret police (GPU, predecessor of the KGB) also went to work waging a campaign of terror designed to break the people's will. GPU squads systematically attacked and killed uncooperative farmers.” During Stalin’s 5 Year Plans, farms were collectivized which helped lead to famine. “By mid 1932, nearly 75 percent of the farms in the Ukraine had been forcibly collectivized. On Stalin's orders, mandatory quotas of foodstuffs to be shipped out to the Soviet Union were drastically increased in August, October and again in January 1933, until there was simply no food remaining to feed the people of the Ukraine.” The people of Ukraine were so desperate for any bit of food they turned to eatings leaves off trees and bushes, cats, dogs, mice, frogs, and birds. Some people went crazy because they didn’t have food that they ended up turning to cannibalism, and ate their own children. “By the spring of 1933, the height of the famine, an estimated 25,000 persons died every day in the Ukraine. Entire villages were perishing. In