Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Creation of the
USSR - 1922
- Creation of the USSR
- 29th Dec 1922 - The Union of
Soviet Socialist Republicans
- Contained
aspiration of
worldwide
revolution.
- Solution of creating a
multi-national communist state.
- Each republic
possess its own
government, as part of
a federal structure.
- Individual
republics send
representatives to
a Congress of
Republics which
consisted of
Congress of
Soviets and
national parliament
of the USSR.
- Lenin's dictatorship
- Political power firmly in
hands of Communist
party.
- From 1921 - no other
political parties allowed
in USSR.
- Only communists could
stand for the Soviets.
- Most senior committee - Council
of people's commissars
- Main policy making body -
Politburo (senior committe
of commuist party).
- Lenin possessed
complete control over
the communists -
propaganda = father
of nation.
- Control of the media
- Only communist
newspapers.
- Terror police (cheka)
- 1922 - dissolved to be
replaced by State Political
Administration)
- Sept 1918 - Gulag
system of labour
camps = contain
opponent regime.
- Created worlds
first totalitarian
dictatorship.