The rise of the Soviet Union as a

superpower
David Jimenez, Martin Botero, and Santiago Rodriguez Sossa
THE SOVIET UNION
1. Was known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
2. Was created in 1922
3. Vladimir Lenin- Joseph Stalin (main leaders)
4. Federal socialist state
5. Stalin changed the rules of the Soviet Union
6. Was one of the biggest powers that have ever existed
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Topic 1, Lenin dies, Stalin emerges
- December 30, 1922. USSR was
established
- 1924, Lenin dies
- Stalin succeeded Lenin and
created the Great Purge
 Subtopics
- It was a brutal political campaign
Topic 2, Great Purge
led by Stalin
- Started around 1936 and ended
in 1938
- At least 750,000 people were
killed
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Topic 3, Molotov Ribbentrop pact
- It was a German-Soviet pact
- Signed on August 23, 1939
- Consisted in a non-aggression
pact where they promised not to
attack the other
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Topic 4, The Soviet Union, a - Hitler wanted to convert Russia
communist superpower? in a German colony
- Operation Barbarossa, Nazi
invaded the Soviet Union
- By 1945, it was one of the two
superpowers in the world
Conclusion
The Soviet Union was a really strong superpower created after the World War I, it
joined the triple entente fighting against the central powers. It had a great impact in
the World War II and one of the main causes of this big war was thanks to this federal
socialist state, when they signed the Molotov Ribbentrop pact with Germany.
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