Social Studies 20

Chapter 6

Endangers
international
peace

May involve
contempt for
other nations

Extreme or
excessive
nationalism

ULTRANATIONALISM

Ultranationalists
glorify national
identity

May promote
racism

Russian
Ultranationalism

Early 1900s Russia was ruled by an

absolute monarchy
Russian Revolution in 1918 resulted in
the assassination of the czar and a civil
war
1928 Joseph Stalin, a communist,
emerged as the countrys leader

Life Under Stalin

Under Stalin he created collective farmssmall farms were seized, put together,
and owed by the state. Anyone who
objected was executed or deported to
forced labor camps in Siberia or Central
Asia (estimated 5 million).
Stalin wanted to replace the loyalties of
100 distinct ethnic groups in the Soviet
Union with SOVIET NATIONALISM

Stalin and Enemys of the people

Anyone considered to be against Stalin

or the Communist Party was exiled to
Siberia or executed. Some of these
people included:
A man who took down a portrait of Stalin to

paint a wall
An 85yr old woman who made the sign of
the cross as a funeral passed
A writer who made an insulting comment
about Stalin in a private letter

Ukrainian Famine (Genocide?)

Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet

Union, set in motion events designed to
cause a famine in the Ukraine to destroy
the people there seeking independence
from his rule. As a result, an estimated
7,000,000 persons perished in this
farming area, known as the breadbasket
of Europe, with the people deprived of
the food they had grown with their own
hands.

Victims of the Ukraine Famine

Holdomor

By mid 1932, nearly 75 percent of the farms in

the Ukraine had been forcibly collectivized.
Much of the hugely abundant wheat crop
harvested by the Ukrainians that year was
dumped on the foreign market to generate
cash to aid Stalin's Five Year Plan for the
modernization of the Soviet Union and also to
help finance his massive military buildup.
If the wheat had remained in the Ukraine, it
was estimated to have been enough to feed all
of the people there for up to two years.

Propaganda and
Ultranationalism
Propaganda- the spreading of carefully
selected information, rumors, or ideas to
persuade people to support a goal; often
biased or distorted.
Ultranationalists often use propaganda
to manipulate strong human emotionsespecially fear and insecurity- and
persuade people to behave in certain
ways.

Soviet Propaganda

Beloved Stalin- a fortune of the nation

Be on guard.
Be paranoid about "Enemies of the
People", "Sabboteurs" and other evil
elements trying to sabotage happiness in
the Soviet paradise. It's a good cover for
future cases of indiscriminant persecution.
Party had warned you, now if you see
someone being arrested you would know
why.

Propaganda often
Calls opponents names (eg. Terrorists) that are
designed to arouse peoples anger or fears
Plays down peoples own failures or uses words
that hide the true meaning of their actions (eg.
Calling their own wars holy wars)
Uses respected symbols to appeal to peoples
values (eg. A cross)
Appeals to peoples fears when trying to
persuade them to support particular actions (eg.
If they are not defeated they will attack us)