Examine the impact of one totalitarian state on the lives of
its citizens.
Totalitatian- absolute control of state (actions, idea,
thoughts, societal structure)
Since the Soviet state was a totalitarian State, exercising total
control over their citizens, the everyday lives of the masses was greatly impacted
through the suppression of religion, manipulation of education, and efforts to create
a more “equal” society.
Economic Industrialization
Urbanization -Industrial
workforce
Recourses not readily available
Lack of focus on agricultural society
Lack of
food- famine
(Raised Education)
History Changed
Children indoctrinated to turn in parents
Raised under a completely totalitarian state
Increased literacy & overall level of
No Backwardsness
“Fear”
Purges – ridiculous
Spies
Censorship
gulags
Classlessness
Political Conformity
Loss of religious
freedom
Not allowed to practice
Churches destroyed
Priests prosecuted
Decreasing moral
“Equality”
Women drafted into military
Women in workforce
Women
forced into “dual responsibility” of working and house work
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