| From Lenin to Stalin Notes 3-7-01 - Lenin calls Russian Empire USSR - USSR = Union Soviet Socialists Republic - Russia was largest of many republics - Lenin slowed the economy - His message was to put the economy in the hands of the people - Reality was the economy was in the hands of government - Lenin�s NEP (New Economic Policy) - Lenin dies in 1924 - Joseph Stalin becomes new leader (man of steel) - CHEKA (destroys opposition) Paranoid individual - Command Economy- All factories and farms under his control - Workers that meet goals � rewarded/ Those that didn�t were punished - Production levels rise but people are poor Lenin Vs Stalin Classless society Make USSR Industrial giant Peasants hold land/private business Command economy Wages rise Agriculture under govt. control Standard of living falls |