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4.1 - Introduction

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What was the situation when Lenin died?   The USSR had just been created; Lenin's NEP had started the economic recovery of the country, but industry and agriculture were still producing less than before the First World War.  
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In the later 1920s (after Lenin's death), what did Stalin do?   Consolidated his position and eliminated other contenders for the leadership, especially the main threat, Trotsky.  
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By 1928, what was Stalin able to do?   Start on a ruthless programme of rapid modernisation of the USSR.  
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By when was Stalin able to start on a ruthless programme of rapid modernisation of the USSR?   1928  
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What did Stalin make happen in the USSR after he came to power?   Censorship was tightened across all forms of expression; communist propaganda controlled the minds of the population. Anyone suspected of disloyalty - or even of being a possible rival to Stalin-was killed. The ordinary people of the country lived in fear  
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What had happened to the USSR by the end of the 1930s?   It was transformed.  
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By when had Stalin transformed the USSR?   By the end of the 1930s.  
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What did the transformation of the USSR by the end of the 1930s allow?   The USSR to defend itself against Hitler's attack in 1941.  
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